Re: [Trisquel-users] [Trisquel 7][KDE] Can't apply theme

2014-12-23 Thread Teodorescu Petre
I am writing about selecting oxygen or qtcurve in kde system settings and after that, new opened windows of dolphin are using the gtk theme, like mist or clearlooks or whatever is set with lxappeareance. Basically the kde/qt apps (dolphin) are using the gtk theme set with lxappearence.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Review of FSF High Priority Projects list -- your input is needed

2014-12-23 Thread tomlukeywood
gnash is a important project but arent the majoraty of flash programs non-free? dose libre-actionscript need to be made? although if you have to use flash then its much better to use gnash than the horrible adobe program

[Trisquel-users] Re : [Trisquel 7][KDE] Can't apply theme

2014-12-23 Thread lcerf
You must have in ~ a configuration file that is the cause of your problem.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Review of FSF High Priority Projects list -- your input is needed

2014-12-23 Thread shiretoko
I don't think your proposal is wrong, I just think that it can't solve the problem. My proposal is a mixture of 1. your proposal (writing as many userscript replacements as possible) 2. stallman's proposal (trying to convince as many server owners to release their code as free javascript; i

Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : [Trisquel 7][KDE] Can't apply theme

2014-12-23 Thread Teodorescu Petre
Yes, that should be true; all thou I haven't identified it yet, I assume is an artifact from logging in with trisquel mini after finishing the installation. I'm glad that it was something I missed and not a bug. Thanks! -- I use: trisquel.info | ceata.org | fsf.org | riseup.net |

Re: [Trisquel-users] Review of FSF High Priority Projects list -- your input is needed

2014-12-23 Thread gromobir
Sure, of course there is much more needed than just replacing Skype to really free a computer but it would be a tremendous step forward. The problem of convincing all your friends is a very common one. I had to deal with it many times before because usually the majority of people goes with

[Trisquel-users] Kodi 14.0 Helix Unwinds

2014-12-23 Thread maestro
i just did a apt-get update and my xbmc updated to kodi !! Kodi 14.0 Helix Unwinds hit stable version and was released today yea :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Kodi 14.0 Helix Unwinds

2014-12-23 Thread davesamcdxv
How is it compared to gotham (and is the launch executable the same?)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Acer Aspire laptop too dark

2014-12-23 Thread designer
Do, didn't do any updates. Agreed, i'll try that. The laptop display is so hard to read when in that state, I'll use an external monitor to get updates. Thanks Mzee.

[Trisquel-users] Re : How to share files with ChatZilla ?

2014-12-23 Thread calinou
Mibbit basically uses IRC. You can register a nick name using the IRC services, see `/msg NickServ help` for information. For sharing files, you would use DCC, but this requires a compatible client and port forwarding.

[Trisquel-users] Translating the installer texts

2014-12-23 Thread calinou
Hello, In French, some of the welcome texts (in the Ubiquity installer) are not translated. Where can I help translate them?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Kodi 14.0 Helix Unwinds

2014-12-23 Thread maestro
http://kodi.tv/kodi-14-0-helix-unwinds/ there you can read the improvements. it feels a little snappier on my atom slow box.. It is the same old xbmc with a new name and theme and some improvements (mainly the codecs) xbmc, pardon, kodi rocks! and by the way I'd like to know one thing -

Re: [Trisquel-users] Acer Aspire laptop too dark

2014-12-23 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
Few things you could try is another *Linux-libre kernel, e.g. a binary from http://www.jxself.org/linux-libre/ If this helps and you'd be willing to dig deeper you could compare the kernel configs to see what they do differently (although this will likely be a long list) *free distro from

Re: [Trisquel-users] Acer Aspire laptop too dark

2014-12-23 Thread designer
The updates installed. I was embarrased to find that the brightness could be adjusted in the settings panel, but the setting only lasts the one session. Next boot it comes on darkened, the brighness 'slider' at 0. I find if the brightness is as it should be, mine looks ok at about 60%, if

[Trisquel-users] Re : Translating the installer texts

2014-12-23 Thread Julius22
Hello! I think you have to (or rather you'd better to) translate it via Launchpad as the project is hosted there (including translations). Here is the link to the translations: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity. And thanks in advance for translating it into

Re: [Trisquel-users] Translating the installer texts

2014-12-23 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
Here seems to be something https://devel.trisquel.info/trisquel/trisquel-packages/tree/master/7.0/ubiquity-slideshow-trisquel/data/usr/share/ubiquity-slideshow/slides/l10n

Re: [Trisquel-users] Acer Aspire laptop too dark

2014-12-23 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
Since you seem to be able to change the brightness, this thread might be of interest (long messy thread, sorry) https://trisquel.info/en/forum/toutatis-brightness-control

Re: [Trisquel-users] Translating the installer texts

2014-12-23 Thread legimet . calc
Trisquel has different welcome texts than Ubuntu.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Translating the installer texts

2014-12-23 Thread mtlben
And while you're at it, you could also fix the following mistake: Installation d'Trisquel - Installation de Trisquel Thanks:).

Re: [Trisquel-users] Connecting to wifi

2014-12-23 Thread hugh . mayfield
Staying with the folks over Christmas - they have the same router, so will be interesting to see if the fault is reproduced.

[Trisquel-users] [OT] Fetching BBC Radio Programs with get-iplayer?

2014-12-23 Thread dhunt
I wish to fetch an episode of a radio drama that was broadcast on Radio 4 last night, according to the schedule. Last week, I gave the command, get-player Good Omens --future and got numbers that, I believe, correspond to the 6 episodes in the series. Today, I tried get-iplayer --get

[Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 cannot detect the mic on my Libreboot Thinkpad X60.

2014-12-23 Thread lovexdrew
Or any other mic for that matter. It's a fresh install of Trisquel 7. It can't detect the mic in the Thinkpad or the mic in my logitech webcam. Sound settings shows nothing on the input levels and sound recorder does not get anything. Can someone please help me? I don't know what to do.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 cannot detect the mic on my Libreboot Thinkpad X60.

2014-12-23 Thread onpon4
Older versions of GNOME had a hardware tab that allowed you to manually select what hardware to use. That was removed at some point between 3.4 and 3.10. I understand why they did it (because ideally GNOME should be able to figure out what to use automatically), but I do wish they'd left in

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 cannot detect the mic on my Libreboot Thinkpad X60.

2014-12-23 Thread maestro
alsamixer in terminal and see if the setting are right and there if you press f6 you can choose which mic to use. hope that helps

[Trisquel-users] EU to fund Free Software code review

2014-12-23 Thread maestro
https://fsfe.org/news/2014/news-20141219-01.en.html As in when they want security and privacy they look at free software :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Changing virtualbox with AQEMU

2014-12-23 Thread ramo26
My BIOS don't support virtualization, i can't use virt-manager. Another idea?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 cannot detect the mic on my Libreboot Thinkpad X60.

2014-12-23 Thread lovexdrew
I tried to turned everything related to input all the way up in alsamixer but it did not change anything.

[Trisquel-users] Free Software to Securely Erase a Hard Drive

2014-12-23 Thread tesseract
Is there a free software program to securely erase/wipe a hard drive?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Free Software to Securely Erase a Hard Drive

2014-12-23 Thread onpon4
The command is shred. It's part of coreutils; a basic command of the system. If you want a graphical frontend, you can install the nautilus-wipe package to add wipe menu entries to GNOME's file manager.

Re: [Trisquel-users] If Chromebooks retail for $250 and have free-BIOSes ...

2014-12-23 Thread chris
It's probably not possible at this time. There may be some potential candidates around the corner that it may be possible to totally free (at least the core board, ie not necessarily including hard drives, etc). There are issues with the wifi being integrated on most of the chromebooks. If

Re: [Trisquel-users] Wireless N USB Adapter (TPE-N150USB)

2014-12-23 Thread joel
The N USB just went out on me, unfortunetly just before I got to the new firmware. It had the same symptoms as the last few times. Fortunately, I have the G and it is working fine. It has really great reception too. Should I use the new firmware with the G, or should I stick with the older

Re: [Trisquel-users] Home Directory in Dedicated Partition, Pros Cons?

2014-12-23 Thread joel
Thank you, this was very helpful.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Home Directory in Dedicated Partition, Pros Cons?

2014-12-23 Thread joel
I didn't remember seeing a seperate partition when installing. I used rEFIT when installing dualboot, following these instructions: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MactelSupportTeam/AppleIntelInstallation#Dual-Boot:_Mac_OSX_and_Ubuntu Could mine being on the same partition be because I

Re: [Trisquel-users] Free Software to Securely Erase a Hard Drive

2014-12-23 Thread davesamcdxv
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/low-level-formatting.html

Re: [Trisquel-users] Free Software to Securely Erase a Hard Drive

2014-12-23 Thread Teodorescu Petre
I prefer to zero it because I use full disk encryption but if you don't you can use: cryptsetup -c aes-xts-essiv:sha256 -y -s 512 luksFormat /dev/sdx1 cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdx1 empty dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mapper/empty -- I use: trisquel.info | ceata.org | fsf.org | riseup.net |

Re: [Trisquel-users] Changing virtualbox with AQEMU

2014-12-23 Thread Sachin
In the Step 4 of creating virtual machines in the advanced settings you can qemu