You're correct in that no interface is specified, but if he were to set up his
script as a startup script, he would have no way of authorising it through the
CLI because no virtual terminals would be running (unless he specified 'run in
terminal' in the options). It would run as one of the startup
English please.
I realize this is not strictly Trisquel related and apologize for that.
However in hopes of saving at least one old computer from getting sent to the
dump because of such a silly reason I'm posting it.
So I tried powering on my laptop but it wouldn't boot normally. In fact when
I took a
I was able to build from Git and flash using flashrom.
flashrom --verbose --programmer internal:laptop=force_I_want_a_brick --chip
SST25VF016B --read macbook21_usqwerty_vesafb.rom >flashrom_read.log 2>&1
This worked fine for me.
Erase/write done.
Verifying flash... VERIFIED.
Restoring MMIO
my adhd is acting bad lately for my typing skills suck but i got JB Coder
Radio playing.so it better this time. i acutally running antergos arch - i
have no time to install the arch way but as soon i get some cash i am going
to do it - i like the Libre but for an os man @davidnotcoulthard-
I use Tor + DuckDuckGo + OTR to do my XMPP communications.
I've heard of AotA- it isn't even finished for the regular Morrowind engine,
let alone OpenMW. Isn't it a Fallout-type thing?
SaaSS alert.
I use XFCE and simply use the "Keyboard Layout Handler" plugin which I added
to my taskbar by clicking on "Add / Remove Panel Items". In the settings for
this plugin I can specify the default layout and easily change layouts by
simply clicking on the flag showing up in my taskbar. Which DE
http://es.lichess.org/ good online chess
Hello everybody,
I spent some hours trying to share my Internet connexion with another
computer, unsuccessfully, unfortunately.
Here follows the situation I've arrived to after trying several solutions
I've read on the Web. I have one computer (under Trisquel; let's call it
Computer 1)
I bought a ThinkPad X200 and installed Trisquel 7, planning on installing
libreboot later. But I want to use a customized keyboard layout and I can't
get it to work.
I've /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/us to my liking, removed /var/lib/xkb/*.xkm
and run sudo service lightdm restart. Then I
Parabola (based on Arch) is Libre, Arch isn't, but Parabola should otherwise
be treated as Arch (fro it's otherwise pretty much identical), so why opt for
Arch over it?
And they've got a graphical Live ISO as well
https://wiki.parabola.nu/Get_Parabola#Graphical_live_ISO (although
To edit the name of the file in Nautilus, select the file, right-click on the
file, and select 'rename'. You should now be able to type the new
file/directory name.
To rename files through the terminal under UNIX, there is no dedicated 'rename'
command as in, say, DOS. Instead you should use the
Except that a budget for a video game is much bigger than developing web
server software or a JavaScript library. I'm talking hundreds of millions of
dollars (GTAV was like $250 mil and Destiny was $500 mil) that is not
possible with a pure FLOSS game. You are telling me that a company
Except that a budget for a video game is much bigger than developing web
server
I am not sure about that.
You are telling me that a company should spend that amount of money and then
give EVERYTHING away for free?
He was praising onpon4's way to get money upfront. With a crowdfunding
OK, I think I've come up with something that works.
- Fix my keyboard layout as described in my first post
- Leave Keyboard Layout Handler with "Keep system layouts"
- Create an executable file with the line 'setxkbmap -layout "us,se" -variant
"myvariant," -option "grp:shifts_toggle"'
- In
so far ReTux has raised $318 with 5 days left
which is not bad considering the amount of publicity
assuming the amount of money stays around the same what happens?
Let's think about this typical scenario:
I have 10 employees (which is pretty low) and have the intention to create a
game. Since the game is aiming to use a pure FLOSS engine, either I or
someone on that team has to build it from scratch which takes time and
effort. Let's say I aim for a
RMS doesn't think a game's art assets have to be free-- he thinks everyone
should be able to redistribute art non-commercially, though.
In this post you still seem to be confusing gratis and libre. At no point
have I said everything must be gratis. Please correct your understanding. :)
"...when you want to aim for something as big as a video game and want
quality work while still respecting freedoms."
It seems interesting
This uses non-free libraries and third-party services: Disqus, Google
Analytics, Highcharts. I heard reCAPTCHA was in the works too.
Here's another question for you. Let's say someone develops a game that fits
your ideals of free software and free culture. Or maybe its free software but
has pay for assets. A customer goes on the site and buys the game and the
developer doesn't immediately offer the source code for that
"I tested the wireless card by booting Trisquel from USB and reconnecting to
my home network ... However, after rebooting the laptop, the antenna is no
longer even detected by the system."
You probably need the open-ath9k-htc-firmware package. Please install it on
your computer. It should
Thanks for replying. I tried it, but it unfortunately didn't work.
Just out of interest, I want to point out what the numbers are like with a
500 million dollar game. I think you might be misinterpreting the statistics
(Wikipedia says that 500 million dollars was the total money earned from the
initially sold copies), but let's just assume you're right: at
http://www.technobuffalo.com/2014/07/01/bungie-says-destiny-cost-nowhere-near-500-million-decade-long-story-planned/
Ideally, you create a paywall for your game where they must pay for their
copy of it. But then realistically, once that tarball and source code is out
there after the first person buys it, it is distributed freely without
restriction according to the free software license. It reminds me of
Again: could you write understandable posts? Please use a spell-checker
(Abrowser uses Hunspell) and reread your post before clicking the "Send"
button.
Isn't connexion an archaic spelling? I've never seen it actually used in the
modern day.
Regardless of whether they implement DRM or not, they are still non-free
software, and must be opposed on those grounds.
Maybe your efforts should be better spent in taking the Trisquel core and
adding a different desktop to it and additional programs. If you can get a
super sexy Cinnamon, MATE, or Unity version of Trisquel up and going, I
wouldn't object.
If I were to justify the use of a non-free game just because it was DRM-free,
I'd be able to justify running any non-free program that is DRM-free.
Games are software, just like any other program. It's just as bad when a game
is non-free.
I made my own knock-off/lookalike of my first and most beloved distro, Damn
Small Linux. It was easy-peasy! Just download the "net install" .iso of
Trisquel 7 and install the base system (not Trisquel Desktop, Triskel, or
Trisquel-mini) and add what you actually use one at a time with
"You are telling me that a company should spend that amount of money and then
give EVERYTHING away for free?"
You of all people should know that when we're talking of free it doesn't mean
gratis. Free software and free culture aren't anti-money. Recall what I said
earlier that "I'd like to
http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/13/destiny-500-million/
It is the total package including the marketing in addition to the
development.
If that is inaccurate, there is another list at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_video_games_to_develop
which has more info. Either
So let's talk more about this art issue. You pay for the right to see a movie
in a movie theatre or steam a movie. Let's say you pay for tickets to go to a
concert a poetry reading. You and you alone specifically have the right to
view that medium for the duration. That guy off the street
i am 24 and i am American- i am aso a guy,,
i just have trouble typeing lately. due to the fact my ADHD is making my
attetion span wack.
I don`t know is this my laptop problem but ethernet interface not work.Tested
with my buid and original 05.18 libreboot build.
Forget to test with OSX, Wifi works very good.
"Ideally, you create a paywall for your game where they must pay for their
copy of it. But then realistically, once that tarball and source code is out
there after the first person buys it, it is distributed freely without
restriction according to the free software license. It reminds me of
Symptom: External USB wireless antenna is not working.
Issue: I do not have an educated guess as to what the issue is.
Configuration: Device: Lenovo Thinkpad x220
Trisquel 7 Belenos
Wireless N USB Adapter w/ External 5dBi Antenna (Atheros AR9271) from
Thinkpenguin
Details: I have just
There seems to be some confusion going on again.
"Or maybe its free software but has pay for assets."
Here you're again confusing libre and gratis. So for this purpose I'll try to
say libre. Saying "but has pay for assets" tells me nothing of that license
of those assets. Someone can pay
I use GNOME Shell (and GDM but I do not think it matters): it works out of
the box.
I Will destroy my pc Because disassemble it
It is important that I got to know the pieces
lol
I just downloaded the standard Trisquel. System Settings > Details says I'm
using Gnome. I come from a Mac background and have been using Linux for
servers (headless) so I'm not very familiar with Linux desktop stuff.
There is no Keyboard Layout Handler to choose when I right-click the
You might not have forwarding enabled. You can try this:
echo 1 | sudo tee /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
This is necessary to route packages between two network interfaces. Keep in
mind that when you restart the system the changes will be lost. And there are
also security implications so you
To edit the name of the file in Nautilus, select the file, right-click on the
file, and select 'rename'.
Or F2.
Yes, sorry for the misspelling. I thought connection was spelled the same way
in english and french. I should have checked this.
A quick look to Wiktionary suggests that it's a contemporary French spelling.
Julius22's profile page confirms he's Frech.
willieaame...@gmail.com wrote:
Personally I think the tipping point will only come once physical
media is considered rare. The more people that stop buying physical
media the better.
I don't agree mainly because of DRM and the spying DRM schemes seem to use
these days.
Traditionally physical
"What would Apple lose if they added WebM to Safari and/or Quicktime as the
codecs are royalty free and under a permissive BSD license? Nothing."
I suspect that they're not doing it because of their connection to MPEG-LA:
They get patent royalties for H.265/HEVC and H.264 abd MPEG-4, etc.
I have three hypothesise:
Either he's:
A- Learning English.
B- Under 15 (Making a new distro is quite a naive in most cases, isn't it?)
(Being under 15 isn't bad. Tom's under 15, but he's fantastical!)
C- Not quite sane.
I'm still on the fence about the DRM free, yet non-free games debate. If the
software was a tool like lets say Python or nginx or an operating system like
Trisquel, then I 100% agree that it should be FLOSS.
A game though is pretty self contained and serves one purpose. It doesn't try
to
I'm afraid I didn't save the URL in the heat of the action. And since all
laptops are different it's probably best to search for the exact model you
have. For me the battery was behind a lid that hosted the wifi card I had to
remove to get access and the RAM sticks.
Here's to hoping I can
my [sic] adhd [sic][???] is acting bad lately [sic] for my typing skills suck
[sic] but i [sic] got JB Coder Radio playing [???]. [sic] so [sic] it better
this time [sic]. i [sic] acutally [sic] running antergos arch [sic] - i [sic]
have no time to install the arch [sic] way but as soon as i [sic]
I feel for consuming media on the web, the more open formats the better. JPEG
is pretty much the standard for pictures, so why can't we have an equivalent
for audio and video? It just seems silly that there are no restrictions in
viewing pictures but then magically we aren't sure if we can
I think that the first had some free stuff, at least after enough money was
raised:
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2010/05/with-1-million-raised-humble-bundle-games-go-open-source/3
But this doesn't seem normal anymore though. You're totally right - They
should be selling only free software.
Well, actually it should work out of the box:
https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/keyboard-layouts.html.en
Does this problem only occur if you use gedit? Do you have the new layout for
other programs?
Great that you managed to save your old computer. :-)
Could you maybe post the link to the video for future reference?
Been there, done that :)
No need for videos or guides - you need to disassemble your laptop until you
can see the cmos battery, you take it out and you place a new one inside. You
assembly back your lappy as it was.
I am amazed how many people don't know about this and throw away perfectly
The Humble Bundle store is having a big sale right now and for many of these
games, they offer DRM free versions for GNU/Linux that can be installed
directly from the download in addition to Stem keys. I know the free software
community hates DRM and wants ALL of the code to be free
"...and serves one purpose." Says who? Everyone deserves the fundamental
right to copy, modify and share. Period. It is the user's purpose that
matters, not the developer's purpose. The developer of the program is not
entitled to impose their purposes on someone else. All software is a
I installed Trisquel Mini with LXDE instead. I'm able to switch between
keyboard layouts using Keyboard Layout Handler. But then I addded my variant
of the us keyboard layout using the method described in my first post and it
won't show up in Keyboard Layout Handler. I can get it to load if
Are we allowed to talk about an idealized society, with a radically different
economic structure than ours?
I think you have to ask this question: Should we even accept copyright in the
first place? It's taking away what is otherwise peoples rights to free
expression. The justification for copyright was the benefit of the arts and
sciences. However it was always intended to be "limited". That was
I dont´t dislike copyright, but it just doesn´t work for anyone, at least
for long.
A game can be copied, just like many other things. It can get incompatible,
specially the DRM... (old incompatible CD-checks aren´t fun).
When Games are considered art, then they should be archived as good as
I would find it interesting, if someone would resurrect trisquel gamers
(trisquel iso with some opensource games. Maybe some PC magazines would use
that.
I'd encourage people to avoid playing, paying for, contributing to, or even
discussing the games dependent on non-free code. Talking about them furthers
the publicity of the game. I'm not going to suggest we *censor* users who
choose to talk about them as that too would be wrong.
To answer OP: That's a problem the aswer for which is different for every
individual. But it's still non-free software.
moxalt wrote:
Regardless of whether they implement DRM or not, they are still non-free
software, and must be opposed on those grounds.
And in addition from a security perspective, any non-free software one runs
has as much access to the computer as the user account under which it runs.
So any
And "free trade" agreements like TPP, TISA, TTIP will extend the copyright
term even further if passed :(
"I think it may just be the only justifiable case for copyright today would
be those distributing content under copyleft licenses. These works truly are
for the benefit of all."
Indeed, and I think that any discussion of ending copyright needs to be
paired with a discussion of how copyleft
Digital restrictions make a mockery of copyright system in denying the users
access to the works after the 'limited term' for which the public was in
theory suppose later benefit from as a result of more works. Obviously DRM
prevents that from happening in theory if it were ever to actually
At the current funding, the game will be around the estimated 40 levels long,
including all of the features you can see in Concept Castle. Graphical flaws
will be fixed up, and Tux will be given a run animation (I'll need to hire an
artist to do this). Anything else that gets added is purely
You analogies are not correct. The copyright is right to copy and
redistribute. I believe the audience should always be allowed to record a
live performance and redistribute it.
Watching a record is nothing like the live performance... and that is why and
how many artists make a living.
I personally bought many games that are closed source but have open source
engines, especially, when the developer of the game also develops the engine.
I find it stupid, when games, specially the engine, are kept close source. It
just hinders fans from keeping it up to date.
for me guys - i am a gammer and i see why but i also learn since coming to
GN/ linux that DRM is a breach but not as bad as Windows 10! knowing me i
will install steam on this desktop like i have on my laptop and play my
games! the free games in the repos are fun but bothing beats pamajas
my tech friends all use archh and they gave me atergos when i told them i
wanted something more then Mint.
ill look into it but how to go about it cause alot of gammers like Gmone3? my
first really challenge would be adding Gnome3 ti it - i saw a post ealier on
some other thread. i cant remmber where though- but the sudo comand didnt
work for adding gnome3
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/nonfree-games.en.html
"Nonfree game programs (like other nonfree programs) are unethical because
they deny freedom to their users. (Game art is a different issue, because it
isn't software.)"
"Since the art in the game is not software, it does not need to be
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