Re: [Trisquel-users] would anyone know of any online classes that i could learn more about linux?

2015-10-19 Thread devotika
if you want, you could start with the Turtle Academy, which is all basic and you catch on quick (http://turtleacademy.com/) I know it is for kids but is super fun for beginners. I begun my Programming language with PHP and MySQL for Drupal. But you need to do research and go look what

Re: [Trisquel-users] Know-nothingh Noob trying to troubleshoot suspend/hibernate issues

2015-10-19 Thread devotika
Welcome, I hope you enjoy Trisquel!!! (:

Re: [Trisquel-users] Creating a "How to Remove Windows" article for dual-booted computer systems.

2015-10-19 Thread albin
1. They are incompatible, which is really silly. Ironically, CC-BY-SA 3.0 is (via an upgrade to 4.0) compatible with the GPLv3 whereas the GFDL is not. The FSF should really do something about the latter. I myself stumbled upon this problem yesterday when I wanted to take formulations from

[Trisquel-users] Creating a "How to Remove Windows" article for dual-booted computer systems.

2015-10-19 Thread lap4fsf
OK, So the goal is to document how to remove Win(Blobs!) OS from a dual booted computer and the motivation is conversation with a forum member. I found this[1] excellent article in the Ubuntu community wiki. Alternative: via gParted and GRUB update method seems really interesting. I am not

Re: [Trisquel-users] Creating a "How to Remove Windows" article for dual-booted computer systems.

2015-10-19 Thread greatgnu
Yep. Removing windows always brings is fresh air. :) +1

Re: [Trisquel-users] Alternate proposal for FCC's (indirect) ban on free software : require the release of code

2015-10-19 Thread greatgnu
95% of servers and super computers run GNUlinux

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installed Trisquel, no Wifi Drivers

2015-10-19 Thread vitacell
You might be right. All Atheros chips I used/using work. But I did not tested some modern Atheros chip of last 3 years. So, I never seen a Atheros chip that doesn't run with free software.

Re: [Trisquel-users] 10 year old laptop upgrade to ssd.

2015-10-19 Thread freeworld4
Even tho it is using old connectors? pata instead of the newer sata? I need a new drive anyways because it has a gazillion of bad sectors on the drive can't believe it still works that's probably why my system is so slow right?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Creating a "How to Remove Windows" article for dual-booted computer systems.

2015-10-19 Thread lap4fsf
Oh dear, I missed something! From https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/manuals ... We may exempt certain parts of this site from the GNU FDL; we'll mark those parts appropriately. Can any community member responsible for managing manuals in Trisquel wiki help me in this regard?

[Trisquel-users] snares penguin thinkpenguin pay monthly

2015-10-19 Thread freeworld4
Is it possible to buy this laptop with monthly instalments for several years? Or should I get a loan from a bank? https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/snares-penguin-gnu-linux-notebook

Re: [Trisquel-users] Creating a "How to Remove Windows" article for dual-booted computer systems.

2015-10-19 Thread lap4fsf
Its my pleasure, Sir.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Alternate proposal for FCC's (indirect) ban on free software : require the release of code

2015-10-19 Thread vitacell
Yes, and I think that all Apple´s and Microblob's servers run GNU. But they won't accept it publicly, because their OSes are trash.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Burning trisquel 32bit iso to dvd failed

2015-10-19 Thread freeworld4
I tried that a bunch of times didn't work also I tried k3b that didn't work either. I tried simpleburn and that worked but it finished burning it with an error but I think that was a mistake because the md5sum on the cd passed so must be bug in simpleburn. I checked the iso image of course

Re: [Trisquel-users] 10 year old laptop upgrade to ssd.

2015-10-19 Thread vitacell
Hi, your laptop I think that it uses a IDE connector, you can buy a something like this: http://www.ebay.es/itm/351543394143?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT But, I don't know if your SSD+adapter will fit in. So, IDE is obsolete. My old Packard Bell 17 laptop has much space,

Re: [Trisquel-users] WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!

2015-10-19 Thread freeworld4
I tried this $ sudo apt-key update $ sudo apt-get update Then $ sudo apt-get install packagename Source: https://askubuntu.com/questions/75565/why-am-i-getting-authentication-errors-for-packages-from-an-ubuntu-repository accessed 10-19-15

Re: [Trisquel-users] snares penguin thinkpenguin pay monthly

2015-10-19 Thread albin
I'm sorry, but why are you asking such a question here? Write to ThinkPenguin directly instead and ask them.

[Trisquel-users] My Trisquel main menu have dissapeared

2015-10-19 Thread pierrefalek
I'm a GNOME Flashback user (I mean the default GNOME environment of Trisquel 7) My main menu have totally dissapeared. I only have the Trisquel applet by now. I wanted to edit with Alacarte my application menu. But Trisquel 7 doesn't allow me as Trisque 6 did, to clic and drag some of

Re: [Trisquel-users] ASUS Chromebook C201 now supported in libreboot - ARM CPU

2015-10-19 Thread tomlukeywood
Sorry if you already said this but is it flash-able through a software method like the x60 or must you use a hardware method?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Unified Approach to Privacy and Security Documentation

2015-10-19 Thread cooloutac
You can lose anonymity by limiting the outgoing ports it can connect to though. BTW: somebody other then me has logged into my trisquel account and changed my picturefigures.

Re: [Trisquel-users] ASUS Chromebook C201 now supported in libreboot - ARM CPU

2015-10-19 Thread albin
Software method, but you need to build from source and also disable write-protect on the flash ship by loosening a screw inside the computer. I haven't tried this myself yet however.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installed Trisquel, no Wifi Drivers

2015-10-19 Thread greatgnu
All Atheros AR9xxx and AR5xxx work perfectly fine AFAIK. Almost all others will require blobbbss :(

Re: [Trisquel-users] Difference between Linux-libre kernel and Debian (main) kernel?

2015-10-19 Thread legimet . calc
Not exactly a lie, but you said you would never use it, and here you are abusing it. If you're really against the abuse of the voting system as you claim to be, why are you doing it yourself? That makes no sense. (BTW, I agree with you that this forum should stop hiding posts, although I

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installed Trisquel, no Wifi Drivers

2015-10-19 Thread legimet . calc
AR5523 requires blobs.

Re: [Trisquel-users] 10 year old laptop upgrade to ssd.

2015-10-19 Thread tomlukeywood
"120mb/s read or write?" read (forgot how much write)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Creating a "How to Remove Windows" article for dual-booted computer systems.

2015-10-19 Thread albin
No, I haven't done that – yet. Thanks for the suggestion. It would be nice if permission wouldn't be required in such cases though.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Alternate proposal for FCC's (indirect) ban on free software : require the release of code

2015-10-19 Thread lcerf
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-showcases-the-azure-cloud-switch-acs/ actually praises the benefits of GNU/Linux for their "cloud" offer!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Printer Resources for the Nube

2015-10-19 Thread brian
What is this page all about? It implies that there is a driver that will run this printer in Linux. Which I imagine includes Trisquel? I am reading this wrong? http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/PRINTER/Samsung/Samsung-Xpress-SL-M2825DW-Printer-Print-Driver-401170371-for-Linux.shtml Thanks.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installed Trisquel, no Wifi Drivers

2015-10-19 Thread legimet . calc
It's not in the same series, it's a chip for USB adapters, and it has a different driver.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Creating a "How to Remove Windows" article for dual-booted computer systems.

2015-10-19 Thread lcerf
I guess you can just write in the Wiki page that the text is under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Creating a "How to Remove Windows" article for dual-booted computer systems.

2015-10-19 Thread lcerf
Hvae you contacted the authors (at the bottom of the Wiki page) and ask them for a GPLv3+ license to use their texts? They will probably accept.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Unified Approach to Privacy and Security Documentation

2015-10-19 Thread lcerf
That must be the reason for the changes in your account: https://trisquel.info/forum/problems-access-trisquel-site#comment-81256

Re: [Trisquel-users] Printer Resources for the Nube

2015-10-19 Thread brian
I can't try anything out of the box - I have no idea whatsoever what I'm doing. Looking for pointers. Even for a printer that is out-of-the-box-compatible, I have no idea how to set it up. Looking for direction. Why does my M2825 show up on that list? Am I wasting my time? Are there

Re: [Trisquel-users] Printer Resources for the Nube

2015-10-19 Thread onpon4
I'm not sure what you mean. All you do is plug the printer in and see if you can add it under "Printers" in the system settings, then try to print something. If it works, it works. If it doesn't, either you need a newer version of the driver (common with newer HP printers; you'll get that

Re: [Trisquel-users] Difference between Linux-libre kernel and Debian (main) kernel?

2015-10-19 Thread greatgnu
>Not exactly a lie A lie or not? There is no such thing as "not exactly a lie". >but you said you would never use it, and here you are abusing it. Read above. I already explained the "you said you would never use it" part. Yes, I am abusing it and will keep to do so as long as it is here. >If

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installed Trisquel, no Wifi Drivers

2015-10-19 Thread greatgnu
Others that you know of from these two series Legimet?

Re: [Trisquel-users] My Trisquel main menu have dissapeared

2015-10-19 Thread moxalt
Try removing ~/.config. Applications should return to their default settings, including the GNOME panel.

[Trisquel-users] How to get icedove attached images to auto-resize

2015-10-19 Thread elkingrey
When sending images as attachments it prompts to have the image scaled down in size before sending email. Any way to turn that question off and just have it automatically do it for me? I see a thunderbird add-on called Auto Resize Image, but it's not in the Trisquel repo, so I won't install

Re: [Trisquel-users] Linux-Libre Boot Logo

2015-10-19 Thread jason
The boot logo can be whatever you'd want it to be but changing it requires recompiling the kernel.

Re: [Trisquel-users] You can help save freedom by donating a small amount to the Save Wifi publicity effort. Will you help? (yes you Trisquel users!)

2015-10-19 Thread chris
* The amount ended up being a bit more than we were anticipating originally.

[Trisquel-users] You can help save freedom by donating a small amount to the Save Wifi publicity effort. Will you help? (yes you Trisquel users!)

2015-10-19 Thread chris
The cost of publicizing the FCC issue ended up being about 7,000 USD. ThinkPenguin and a few other signers are covering decent part of this amount, but we need more people to contribute. Will you help? You can donate here: https://www.gofundme.com/savewifi

[Trisquel-users] Re : Printer Resources for the Nube

2015-10-19 Thread lcerf
Is it free software? I cannot find a license and a source code.

[Trisquel-users] Linux-Libre Boot Logo

2015-10-19 Thread superbyelich
Hey all, I was wondering, is there a way to change the boot logo that comes up once switched over to Linux-Libre kernel? It was a really nice ASCII Trisquel-type logo, but now it's a GNU and the light-blue Penguin from Linux-Libre. I have a non-graphical startup, so I get all the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Linux-Libre Boot Logo

2015-10-19 Thread superbyelich
This is what comes up if you are curious: http://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/

Re: [Trisquel-users] 10 year old laptop upgrade to ssd.

2015-10-19 Thread tomlukeywood
"So, IDE is obsolete." i have a laptop from 2001 with a IDE SSD and i notice a speed increase it ran at about 120MB/S compared to 30MB/S with the hard drive

Re: [Trisquel-users] 10 year old laptop upgrade to ssd.

2015-10-19 Thread vitacell
Can be, but how much IDE SSDs here to buy? When I say Ide is obsolete, I refer to port and compatibility, not to performance. 120mb/s read or write?