Re: [Trisquel-users] Recommendations about ways of writing documents.

2015-02-04 Thread andrew
As the others say, LateX is the way to go. Years ago (i.e. before GNU FSDG distros existed) there was a specific package which exampled the building of a whole thesis, including statistical charts, in make style using LaTex and other tools. Nowadays I suspect you can roll your own from

Re: [Trisquel-users] problems compiling from source

2015-02-04 Thread andrew
You'll probably need to invoke the assembler separately from the C compiler in your Makefile. Package srecord handles the Intel Hex which will be output but depending on the emulator you will likely need to cook it in other ways too (e.g. add ROM reader info to the image). Lastly, in

Re: [Trisquel-users] Recommendations about ways of writing documents.

2015-02-04 Thread portocultural
Try Texinfo, the GNU documentation System. It will really help you. You can produce output in a number of formats: tex, dvi, html, info, pdf, xml, etc.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Brother HLL2300

2015-02-04 Thread lcerf
HP makes a good job at documenting the support for its printers. Here is how to choose one (skip the first four paragraph): https://trisquel.info/fr/forum/h-node#comment-24649

Re: [Trisquel-users] Install and use Unity

2015-02-04 Thread franparpe
Yes, I see the error: Stop using this punctuation sign: ' just type in the terminal without quotes.

[Trisquel-users] Antwort: Install and use Unity

2015-02-04 Thread amilopowers
I tried it again on a fresh install exactly like described here: https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/how-install-unity-desktop-environment-and-create-session-entry-trisquel-70 But it didn't work. When I do the last step nothing happens. But I don't know if this is normal (see picture below).

[Trisquel-users] Old firefox sync

2015-02-04 Thread amilopowers
Hello Is there a way to use to old discontinued pre Firefox 29 sync? I have an Owncloud and would love to use that again. I am aware that it doesn't in Abowser at this point. Thank you

Re: [Trisquel-users] problems compiling from source

2015-02-04 Thread gramex
On the project page there is a blue Add new button on the mid-right of the screen. There is a guide on the new repository page on how to push code to it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Freedom friendly wifi router

2015-02-04 Thread bob
Well, most people don't re-flash the bootloader in their router. The libreCMC images don't include u-boot. Think Penguin ships their routers with a modified version of u-boot that provides a failsafe web-ui (so you can unbrick the router) and they provide a full source code CD.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Explain why fsf says that hardware with firmware that cannot be updated is free software?

2015-02-04 Thread calinou
Note that “The FSF can approve the hardware” is very different from “The hardware runs on free software.”. This is for practical reasons, else nothing could be RYF-certified.

[Trisquel-users] Security Section for Package Installation

2015-02-04 Thread Christian Bryant
Hello, Folks who use other non-free distros may be familiar already with security package options available under the headers below: * Information Gathering * Vulnerability Analysis * Wireless Attacks * Web Applications * Exploitation Tools * Forensics Tools * Stress Testing * Sniffing

Re: [Trisquel-users] Over 300 businesses now whitelisted on AdBlock

2015-02-04 Thread gramex
The issue at hand is the addon maintainers who go low enough to accept money to renounce their principles without making a clear statement. It's no secret that AdBlock Plus has been doing this. They are quite open about it, actually. https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads

[Trisquel-users] Explain why fsf says that hardware with firmware that cannot be updated is free software?

2015-02-04 Thread svhaab
If a device or piece of hardware uses non free firmware, but the firmware cannot be updated, then fsf can approve the hardware, correct? Or does it only apply for hardware that cannot connect to the internet? Why would fsf accept that? If no user can read the firmware source code, then it

Re: [Trisquel-users] Over 300 businesses now whitelisted on AdBlock

2015-02-04 Thread bob
Adblock is a useless plugin and does not do a single thing for privacy or freedom. Once the plugin project started taking bribes from various advertisement vendors, all bets were off. It is best to block the various TLD / IPs of known AD servers using a hosts file like [1]. [1] Hosts file

Re: [Trisquel-users] raspberry pi 2 and fsf approval?

2015-02-04 Thread bob
Ya, it is still non-free and it appears that the Raspberry Pi Foundation has taken many steps backwards in terms of freedom. According to their blog post [1] about it, they are promoting a stripped down version of Windows 10* and have been working with Microsoft [2] to make this happen. The

Re: [Trisquel-users] Explain why fsf says that hardware with firmware that cannot be updated is free software?

2015-02-04 Thread Michał Masłowski
How is it different from hardware implementing backdoors in circuits, with no firmware? signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [Trisquel-users] New FSF-sponsored disto: GuixSD

2015-02-04 Thread portocultural
GUIX is also the package manager, complete functional, and now becomes a distro. I use the GUIX package manager for a while, and I also tried the qemu distro. My thoughts: 1º GUIX is based on NIX pack manager, which don't follow POSIX file structure. The packages are placed at HOME, and we

Re: [Trisquel-users] Over 300 businesses now whitelisted on AdBlock

2015-02-04 Thread onpon4
I'm pretty sure it was mainly done this way to change the name, so that its purpose is clear.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Explain why fsf says that hardware with firmware that cannot be updated is free software?

2015-02-04 Thread maestro
I think the greatest priority is to build completely libre hardware as the gluglug's thinkpads. We already have plenty of free software distros to choose from. Having a modern (really modern - not a 2008 laptop) laptop for a reasonable price to buy today would be the greatest thing for us!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Explain why fsf says that hardware with firmware that cannot be updated is free software?

2015-02-04 Thread maestro
tonlee - I think you are talking about the difference between flashable and non-flashable hardware. The first is a concern because it implies you installing non-free software. The second is considered just hardware as nothing updates nor gets installed by the user (although having

Re: [Trisquel-users] Over 300 businesses now whitelisted on AdBlock

2015-02-04 Thread lloyd
You can also use ABP and disable the whitelist.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Over 300 businesses now whitelisted on AdBlock

2015-02-04 Thread lloyd
SpyBlock is ok, but I don't understand why the authors went to the trouble of developing a spearate extension. The logical way to do it would seem to be to include adblock with a pre-installed custom list of spyware servers. This would achieve the same outcome, with greater flexibiliy,

Re: [Trisquel-users] Creepy Google

2015-02-04 Thread tomlukeywood
1. just because someone is creepy dose not mean they don’t find other things creepy 2. how is supertramp83 creepy exactly?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Over 300 businesses now whitelisted on AdBlock

2015-02-04 Thread tomlukeywood
i think they just need to be more regulated do you oppose the think penguin or the gift store advert on the trisquel website?

Re: [Trisquel-users] No Gnome panel

2015-02-04 Thread e349119
typing gnome-panel in the terminal just gives me this message cannot register the panel shell: there is already one running if I type gonme-panel --replace... I forgot, but it's the same message or no message at all, I'll try again now. I tried using the killall command, and the gnome-panel

Re: [Trisquel-users] Creepy Google

2015-02-04 Thread mail
I'm pretty sure Jodie's post was in jest. ... Right?

Re: [Trisquel-users] problems compiling from source

2015-02-04 Thread tomlukeywood
i have already created a new project but were is the new repo page? when i go on my project this is what i see:

Re: [Trisquel-users] Explain why fsf says that hardware with firmware that cannot be updated is free software?

2015-02-04 Thread tomlukeywood
libre hardware is sort of a separate issue but i think its almost as important to have libre hardware as it is software for security and privacy just because it is a circuit and not software dose not means its ok dose it? if a non-free program can spy on the user and a circuit can spy on the

Re: [Trisquel-users] No Gnome panel

2015-02-04 Thread taiji_tao
Just a thought but if you right click on the panel (where it should be) and click properties, then background, is it checked for none use system theme or solid color, if solid color, make sure the transparency setting is not too low or it will be invisible or transparent.

Re: [Trisquel-users] No Gnome panel

2015-02-04 Thread onpon4
Even if the panel is completely transparent, you can still see the launchers, applets, and indicators on it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Freedom friendly wifi router

2015-02-04 Thread bob
No, the TL-WR841n hardware is the same as TL-WR841nd with the exception whereND means it has non-detachable antennas. Both versions were targeted at different markets and different price points. The main thing to look at in the line of routers is the version number. vXX.* is the hardware

Re: [Trisquel-users] No Gnome panel

2015-02-04 Thread tempaccount325
Is there no chance that the panel is hidden off-screen? This has happened to me on some monitors. You can change the resolution in gnome-control-center . There is also a tool to popup the menu. It does the same action as if it were clicked by the mouse. It's called gnome-panel-control and it

Re: [Trisquel-users] Security Section for Package Installation

2015-02-04 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
I think the whole categories based approach is somewhat lacking, a package can have multiple uses. I think what is needed is tags. Upstream has done some work with this.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Help me to add a HP Deskjet D1560 printer in Trisquel 7.0

2015-02-04 Thread noordinaryspider
Sorry about that. Just type https://localhost:631/ into the address bar of your browser and that should take you right there.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Help me to add a HP Deskjet D1560 printer in Trisquel 7.0

2015-02-04 Thread lakbk89
I just used CUPS; Hi Heather, Thank you for the reply. But unfortunately, being a new user, I could not understand your solution. Can you explain a bit more how you did the trick? (like, the commands used/package installed via synaptic/add or remove software etc.)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Explain why fsf says that hardware with firmware that cannot be updated is free software?

2015-02-04 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
I think there are two distinctions here we need to keep in mind hardware - software and free - spywareless

Re: [Trisquel-users] FSF adds Guix System Distribution to list of endorsed distributions

2015-02-04 Thread tomlukeywood
dose anyone know exactly what guix is i tested the usb image and it was just a very basic cli interface why is a package manager a gnu/linux distro?

Re: [Trisquel-users] problems compiling from source

2015-02-04 Thread tomlukeywood
yes i did mean gitorious i typed it without thinking! thanks for the info

Re: [Trisquel-users] New FSF-sponsored disto: GuixSD

2015-02-04 Thread davesamcdxv
Guix looks to me about a year+ away from being ISO-ready for the everyday user. It's in alpha so one should probably expect that.

[Trisquel-users] Antwort: Install and use Unity

2015-02-04 Thread amilopowers
Hmm this didn't help either. I thouhgt it had something to do with the name of the file because it was called unity.sh_0 so I renamed it back to unity.sh.

[Trisquel-users] Antwort: Install and use Unity

2015-02-04 Thread amilopowers
Is there a way to add the entry manually without script?

[Trisquel-users] Re : Recommendations about ways of writing documents.

2015-02-04 Thread lcerf
My PhD thesis in LaTeX: http://dcc.ufmg.br/~lcerf/publications/PhD%20thesis%20(Lo%C3%AFc%20Cerf).pdf If you like the theme (André Miede's work, not mine!), here it is: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/classicthesis/ The structure is modular. I can send you the source of

Re: [Trisquel-users] Old firefox sync

2015-02-04 Thread tomlukeywood
i you can find older versions of icecat(another unbranded firefox) here: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnuzilla/24/

Re: [Trisquel-users] time settings and window snapping

2015-02-04 Thread davesamcdxv
Since when did XFCE have snapping?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Recommendations about ways of writing documents.

2015-02-04 Thread franparpe
SuperTramp83, that is a very good text to learn. Thank you HuangLao, why Lyx? I'm a little worried about that program because I realized it uses it's own format and I'm not quite sure if it is 100% compatible with latex code.

Re: [Trisquel-users] problems compiling from source

2015-02-04 Thread tomlukeywood
i have found tutorials of how to upload to git hub i assume its the same for gitorios and i have got to this point git remote add origin http://gitorious.org/sdcc-without-non-free/ git push -u origin master the problem is all the tutorials tell me to do this with the url being where the git

Re: [Trisquel-users] problems compiling from source

2015-02-04 Thread tomlukeywood
i have found tutorials of how to upload to git hub i assume its the same for gitorios and i have got to this point git remote add origin http://gitorious.org/sdcc-without-non-free/ git push -u origin master the problem is all the tutorials tell me to do this with the url being where the git

Re: [Trisquel-users] Old firefox sync

2015-02-04 Thread gaming4jc2
I would second that it is a bit risky to go backwards for security reasons. However there is a bug report on this: https://github.com/owncloud/mozilla_sync/issues/33 Mozilla also has a bug ticket: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=989756#c23

Re: [Trisquel-users] Old firefox sync

2015-02-04 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
It might not be a great idea to use the older versions from the security perspective. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Install and use Unity

2015-02-04 Thread amilopowers
Thank you! That was apparently the issue! So I always pulled the file onto the terminal and hit enter. But I didn't know what the . meant. So I didn't type the dot and it finally worked!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Over 300 businesses now whitelisted on AdBlock

2015-02-04 Thread tomlukeywood
From what I read, you are judging something as good and bad without making clear that this is your own perspective. yeah just to be clear when i say bad i mean a bad thing not bad in the terms of getting pepole to buy things

Re: [Trisquel-users] Install and use Unity

2015-02-04 Thread amilopowers
Thanks to all! It works now (see #13)! Case closed.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Over 300 businesses now whitelisted on AdBlock

2015-02-04 Thread tempaccount325
From what I read, you are judging something as good and bad without making clear that this is your own perspective. Since you are keeping yourself to TV adverts, you have to understand that they are produced by marketing teams, not the product designers themselves or the companies' owners.

Re: [Trisquel-users] problems compiling from source

2015-02-04 Thread maestro
tomlukey - try on irc freenode gitoriuos

Re: [Trisquel-users] Recommendations about ways of writing documents.

2015-02-04 Thread davidvargas1
SuperTramp83 said: is this one good? I never used latex but I drink a lot of latte every xingle day :) Well my friend, If you land in jail, or you are subject to a full physical exam or If you are suffering a severe stomach flu or appendicitis issue you will be the patient or subject to

Re: [Trisquel-users] FSF adds Guix System Distribution to list of endorsed distributions

2015-02-04 Thread davesamcdxv
I think: 1. There's a package manager called Guix 2. There's a distro made by its authors/creators/whatever that makes use of it and is named after it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Creepy Google

2015-02-04 Thread davidvargas1
SuperTramp83 You are already a creepy gnu- guru dude

Re: [Trisquel-users] Over 300 businesses now whitelisted on AdBlock

2015-02-04 Thread maestro
if it were for me all adds would be illegal.. icecat always in private mode + spyblock + easylist + noscript + disconnect

Re: [Trisquel-users] Call to Japan - I need your help!!

2015-02-04 Thread gnuser
Nope. Linphone has video too. Audio codecs are speex (16 and 8 KHz), gsm, pcmu, among others. I suggest speex 16 as it is free and you get very good quality. Video codecs are VP8, H264 and MPEG4. Of course, go with VP8 (H264 hasn't worked for me for some reason). It also has the ability to

Re: [Trisquel-users] New FSF-sponsored disto: GuixSD

2015-02-04 Thread davidvargas1
6.1 System Installation This section explains how to install the Guix System Distribution on a machine. The Guix package manager can also be installed on top of a running GNU/Linux system, see Installation. 6.1.1 Limitations As of version 0.8.1, the Guix System Distribution (GSD) is not

Re: [Trisquel-users] problems compiling from source

2015-02-04 Thread onpon4
Create a Git repository, and push your source code into it. Git has a really steep learning curve, but Gitorious tells you how to get started when you try to browse an empty repository, at least.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Install and use Unity

2015-02-04 Thread onpon4
I also notice you looked for ./home/amilopowers/Downloads/unity.sh_0' while you were in /home/amilopowers. . represents the current working directory, so what you typed is equivalent to /hmoe/amilopowers/home/amilopowers/Downloads/unity.sh_0'. Note: that greater-than sign you're seeing is

Re: [Trisquel-users] Over 300 businesses now whitelisted on AdBlock

2015-02-04 Thread tomlukeywood
key: advert = advertising first commercial advertising to children should be banned or at very least much much more regulated as children are more easily manipulated and normally not as knowledgeable i know this as i recently was one. an example of a bad children's advert:

Re: [Trisquel-users] Install and use Unity

2015-02-04 Thread franparpe
First of all, I've been studying that picture of your terminal and I realized you are writing all the path to the file, if that is the case, I don't know why did you put a point at the start of the path (./home/amilopowers/Downloads/unity.sh_0). If you placed that point because I've

Re: [Trisquel-users] New FSF-sponsored disto: GuixSD

2015-02-04 Thread blade . vp2020
I installed the package manager its so good

Re: [Trisquel-users] Over 300 businesses now whitelisted on AdBlock

2015-02-04 Thread tempaccount325
The addon description says that it blocks ads and then that it blocks annoying ads and then just ads again. Seems like not very well defined at all. I have also read through their Acceptable Ads policy, the following comes to attention: No applicant will be favored or treated differently,

Re: [Trisquel-users] Freedom friendly wifi router

2015-02-04 Thread tempaccount325
That is what I imagined, but without a clear statement on the website, it is too much of a risk since I am depending on the router. I think this also happened, when I was looking at different Operative Systems for my router.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Explain why fsf says that hardware with firmware that cannot be updated is free software?

2015-02-04 Thread lloyd
The Gluglugs are NOT free hardware. They are just computers that are able to exclusively run fully free software. Other computers make this impossible. The gluglugs are therefore a vast improvement over other computers that prevent free software from being used, but they are not free

[Trisquel-users] Help me to add a HP Deskjet D1560 printer in Trisquel 7.0

2015-02-04 Thread lakbk89
I have a HP Deskjet D1560 printer which worked fine with Trisquel 6.0. When I upgraded to Trisquel 7.0 from 6.0, then also it worked perfectly. Then I made a fresh install of Trisquel 7.0. But this time, although I can detect my printer via system settings - Printers - Add New Printer when I

Re: [Trisquel-users] Help me to add a HP Deskjet D1560 printer in Trisquel 7.0

2015-02-04 Thread noordinaryspider
The same thing happened to me with a fresh install of Belenos so I just used CUPS; easy peasy!