I wasn't recommending it as the archive manager, I was just answering this
part, as I like it for dem rars and for other few features. Peazip is great.
>Unless it has changed since Trisquel, 'unrar-free' only supports old
versions of RAR, whereas 'unar' supports later versions.
AFAIK the decision has been made to use Mate. I think this is a good
decision, and I might start recommending Trisquel 8 to new users switching
from Windows/MacOSX (I currently recommend Mint as a stepping stone from
proprietary OS to fully libre GNU/Linux).
GNOME 3 is great, but in most
I've written before on this forum about how confusing the Add/Remove
Applications user experience is. It is *not* limited only to user-friendly,
mature apps. It's not even limited to only graphical applications. It's just
a GUI for every piece of randomware that happens to be under a license
Hello :)
I know most of you are really excited about Trisquel 8.0 and so happy with
the new Alfa (I am really happy too).
But it seems important to me to remind you that Free Software is not about
technology or progress (something I've heard Richard Stallman say several
times).
Free
The option of opening a .rar without the CLI would be nice indeed. Some other
options (didn't try any of these):
https://superuser.com/questions/110681/is-there-a-free-ubuntu-unrar-gui
By the way, it's getting hard to read. Is there a way to make an online poll
somehow?
I enjoy it
I do have one, with one line being "Retirer le volume sans risque".
Oh, wait, not on a file, but on the disk name in the sidebar on the left. My
mistake.
Well, It does unmount, but doesn't go all the way (the disk is still on),
because I'm " not authorized to perform operation"...
Well,
I forgot about PeaZip - I had it in Ubuntu, but lost in when I moved in to
Trisquel because it is not in the Trisquel repositories. I really like
PeaZip. It may not open as many formats as File Roller (or Archive Manager)
can, but I think that its cleanliness of interface make it better
We have a small disagreement I think is worth a bit of discussion...:
-Ekiga: since, like, 2009, everytime I install a new system I look for Ekiga,
install it if absent, and try to make it work... and fail. Still, I am
willing to give it more chances. There's got to be an alternative to
Hibernate sometimes doesn't work but suspend works on trisquel 7 so i don't
see why it would be a problem...
I really hope it doesn't have to come to that with hibernate, as for suspend
it shouldn't need to happen at all.
Yep I noticed this as well...
I have used Banshee in the past, and use Rhythmbox at present by way of not
bothering to try something different. So after reading your messages I
installed both Banshee and Exaile, and I found that I had to rule out Exaile
because of these two things:
-Intelligent library classification:
This sounds like microsoft in a nutshell...
A screaming kicking spoiled child. ;)
We all know its a fork, so there is no need to have Caja and Nautilus
installed when only Caja is needed for desktop rendering and file management.
It is the default file manager for MATE and the Ubuntu MATE distro after all.
If you haven't been aware of the Nautilus project the past few
Yes, of course Inkscape and GIMP are excellent, though I don't how widely
used they are.
I agree gThumb is good, as a matter of fact I have it installed. Hoever,
gThumb lacks a feature which I find essential in a photo manager - red eyes
fix. Both Shotwell and F-Spot have it.
Are you sure about that? I was a gThumb user a couple of years ago and
remember the red eyes fix feature very well, as it was very easy to use and
worked like a charm.
I already mentioned Evince, Okular and Cups in the Office section. Agree on
Pfd Shuffler, and like Scribus too though get too idea it is of big size and
don't know how widely it is used.
Thanks so much to Reuben and everyone else who has worked on this alpha
release. I look forward to testing whatever is the latest test version when I
get back home after summer.
I'm not sure how necessary a desktop email client is these days, but an
address book and a calendar are definitely useful things to have, as contact
and information information is sensitive, and should be stored on and
accessed from a local drive with a local app, even if there is some
I know very few people who use offline email clients at all. IceDove would be
a better choice than Thunderbird, and also provides support XMPP and IRC. A
client for GNU Social and other free code social media apps would be great,
but I can't suggest one.
For the photo manager, I'd like to mention gThumb. I only used it briefly a
long while back, but I remember it being pretty nice and working with images
in already existing directory structure. It also seems to be more actively
developed than F-spot.
**GIMP** AND **ImageMagic**
Document editor: LibreOffice - yes!
Dictionary: Mate Dictionary - ok.
PDF viewer?
Text Editor: MousePad or LeafPad? I know this is usually in Accessories but I
think it would be easier for new users to find under Office. I often want to
quickly tap out some text without risking a web-based
Lynx
* Ekiga? I vote no. I've never managed to get it to work, and WebRTC systems
like Meet.jit.si and Palava.tv make a local app for voice/ video chat
obselete. Put Ekiga in the repos for anyone who knows how to use it and wants
to.
* I vote for Transmission. It's always worked fine for me and
It just occurs to me that there might be a way to completely sidestep the
debates about the default application set in Trisquel 8. What if we don't
install any apps by default that aren't essential to the running of the base
OS and the desktop environment? Instead, we fill the application
Sybaptic, Hardinfo, Modem Manager GUI.
Packages: randr, gworldclock, cups-pdf, dpkg-dev, gksu, libnotify-bin,
p7zip-full, unrar-free, wmctr, xdotool
Can some of you please help Salman (who is working on the installer) & update
the page with users proposals
https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/flidas-release-issues
I personnaly have no time actually ( i just spent 6 month working on the
french wiki) and it's no longer possible for me to spend x
From my experience, it doesn't. MyPaint is a painting program aimed at
graphic tablet users, resembling a traditional drawing experience in many
ways. While it does offer advanced functions, it's image manipulation
abilities are very limited from what I can remember. I don't think a
Hi
these are my software proposal for Trisquel 8
PREFACE
I'm far too lazy to divide my suggestions between all the topics already
opened that's why I put them all in one post.
I don't use the same groups all the topics already opened use.
I refer to Debian's package name (exception made for
Seconded.
WinFF
Evince, qpdfview or Okular, Pdf Chain or Pdf Shuffler
>Anything over Rhythmbox, which is notoriously buggy. I quite like Banshee,
You may want to try Exaile.
The only thing I've seen of Peazip is that it isn't able to open the ReTux
archives because it forbids including "|" as part of an entered password. I
have nothing against Peazip, but I don't see why you would exchange a more
capable archive manager for a less capable one.
I don't see a graphical archive manager there. Perhaps you misunderstand what
p7zip-full is? Archive managers such as File-Roller use this to open
encrypted 7z archives.
I've recently found http://jenkins.trisquel.info/makeiso/iso/ from OMG Ubuntu
article.
I was staring eyes on http://mirror.fsf.org/trisquel-images/ for possible
aplha,beta version of Trisquel 8.0, though I can understand that only final
version can be found there.
I've visited
Peazip is great and supports everything AFAIK, but AFAIK it is not in the
Bunnunntu repo.
http://www.peazip.org/peazip-linux.html
It had been many days that the gnuzilla filters are down, what's wrong?
http://gnuzilla.gnu.org/filters/blacklist.txt
What you suggest basically is to make a menu from the current "Add/Remove
Applications" (or whatever it is called), where a choice already exists (only
graphical applications) and where applications already are categorized.
In my opinion, showing all possible options in the main menu would
Unless it has changed since Trisquel, 'unrar-free' only supports old versions
of RAR, whereas 'unar' supports later versions. Also, I see no need to
substitute GNOME's archive manager, FileRoller. It is good.
> You turn your head to the left and see whatever is to your left in the VR
environment without having to do it with your hands.
Yes, and this is not generally useful for game design. It's a novelty, and
it's much more complex than the more traditional alternatives, plus it
requires
> There's got to be an alternative to closed-source Skype and WhatsApp.
Yes... it's called Jitsi. Or you can use Pidgin. Either through any XMPP
server, or in the case of Jitsi, through meet.jit.si (I gather that the
latter is easier, but haven't tried it yet).
File-Roller supports using unar now and has for quite some time. I don't know
about Engrampa, though.
Picard
That was a response to Magic Banana, not you.
Not only do I disagree with your interpretations, we don't even seem to be
looking at the same reality. I'm not sure where in the world you live, and I
can only based my comments on what I observe going on here in Aotearoa, which
tends to be a weird mix of the stubbornly backwards and the
I think it's mostly a lack of volunteers. Beyond that making it work like a
wiki where where anyone can come along and do anything is an absolutely
horrible and dangerous idea. No distro works like that. Not even Debian does.
It's not as if, in Debianland, absolutely anyone can walk up
One more point; flatscreens don't offer anything significantly more useful
than CRTs for desktops and TVs, but who still uses a CRT? Similarly,
touchscreens are gradually replacing non-touch flatscreens on laptops, and
will eventually do the same on desktops (assuming they continue to exist
> I remember being told in the 90s that because those were "specialized
equipment that not everyone has", I was wasting my time with teaching
activists to use websites and email lists.
There's a big difference between something that is only useful for particular
kinds of games and
> flatscreens don't offer anything significantly more useful than CRTs for
desktops and TVs
This is completely untrue. There are two major reasons LCD screens became the
norm rather than CRTs: they're much more power-efficient, and they're much
more lightweight. In fact, CRT screens are
Your comment has made me to open it and search throughtout the menus of
gThumb viewer... nothing. Then, I noticed two icons at the right, that
opened additional menus with tools, and sure, Red Eye Removal is there.
So, I agree on gThumb over Shotwell or F-Spot.
I largely agree with the point you aim to make, Onpon, but there are a few
claims you have made above with which I beg to differ.
Firstly, although I'm not a fortune teller, there do seem to be several
'work' applications for VR, some of which are already emerging. I recall
reading about
>> Then in the process of changing distros (I'm a distro hopper) I
accidentally deleted the configuration file. I didn't have the heart to go
back and go through the process of getting it back the way I wanted it.
I see that the functionality is listed in the specs, but even after
installing unar (an extra step one has to be aware of?), I can't make it work
:/
I'll look further into it.
I'm not into telling anyone what to do or not to do, but I think it's worth
asking you to consider what impression that picture and SuperTramp83's
comment would give a women browsing these forums to see if she was welcome
and respected in the Trisquel community. Not judging, just inviting
meet.jit.si is OK, but unreliable:
It worked fine once, and not at all another one.
That was a fine way to make free software unattractive to the person I was
trying to reach. The first time made an impression though, but the second
impression was more impactful.
As for Jitsi itself, when
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