Well, there is no more doubt. You're crazy.
Could you please leave me alone? Seriously.
>...and your strange obsession with me.<
An obsession takes a long time to develop and to become an obsession in the
first place. Your account is one day and a few hours old.
Why start on a wrong leg here? Being disruptive is not a good way to build a
reputation. You've raised some
Yes, that is what I wrote on my account page, and that was approved by the
admin, likely because it is a valid question. I'm not at all certain what the
contents of my account page has to do with my post on this thread. Id still
like for a forum admin to evauate this conversation, and your
>After you learn a little bit more the things will be really easier, don't
get frustraded yet.
Oh I have been frustrated, lol. I attempted several other distros before
Trisquel. There was always some issue. Wierless would not work, no mouse, or
some such. I'm alright though. Sometimes you
Here's what you've written on your account page whe you registered yesterday.
"Why is an OS/Forum like Trisquel, which is all about seeking freedom, asking
me for my personal information such as First Name, Last Name, Street Address,
City, Postal Code, Country, and State?
Admin?
That's an introduction to the link. Don't take it personally. Frankly, I'm
quite positive that you've seen the video.
I said the word 'myth' and you have fabracated the rest of this and turned it
into personal accusations and suggesting that I am someone other than who I
am. It is my opinion, as you have asked, that these issues, if indeed they
are issues, can and ought to be addressed without the links and
Don't worry, there is also the problem that sometimes there are a lot of
trolls that come to the forums and sometimes we are not sure if we're facing
a troll or a someone that want's real help.
But I want to know if you have any more doubts or problems that I can help
you with so you have
Is there an Admin who could sort this out? I have no interest in Youtube, I
have no idea who this Matthew persona is, and I am certainly doen with this
"Loldier" persons accusations. If an Admin will contact me through my email I
will provide my personal information. This is becoming
You should watch the video. It deals with the myths you've raised.
---viruses in GNU/Linux (Windows exe)
---rebooting when an unsinstalled program stays in RAM
---taking out a HDD and plugging it in another computer
It's entertaining but not the obvious way.
Thanks for the comment Albertoefg, I believe that you are correct. I am new
to all of this and its a bit like learning a new language. Every time I get a
handle on one thing, three others will baffle me. I am determined to leave
Windows and Mac behind and focus on GNU/Linux only. To quote
You have to narrow down your issues so they can be answered. There's nobody
here who can take responsibility for allegations that run rampant out there.
There's no myth about rebooting. It's done when needed -- usually kernel
updates.
I'm quite happy to address any real issues you might
From what I can tell, the OP could be Matthew Moore or a person of his ilk.
https://youtu.be/y_lhqg_p21k
I have listened several times to Richard Stallman calling for
the use of "GNU with Linux" (GNU/Linux).
Still, for some time I went into thinking this - We don't say
Android/Linux, do we? So why should we say GNU/Linux instead of just
GNU?
And then, I had the occasion to
There are gnus, vm, and mh-e for mail in emacs. Last time I tried using vm,
I had trouble getting it to talk to my imap account, but gnus worked fine.
Org mode is great for structured documents.
There is also a few things, that I, respectfully want to explain:
1.- Lack of features doesn't mean lack of freedom, sometimes a progam can
'lack' certain features you excpet, like in the case of rythimbox, that
doesn't mean the program isn't free, beacause you have the power to download
Look Mr. or Miss "Loldier, I have no idea what exactly you believe my
'intentions' to be, but the nature this conversation simply does not suit my
desired interaction on this forum. I have not come here to engage in
accusation or petty bickering. If you cannot interact with me without making
Hi :) freedom.seeker
Unfortanetly forums and written words are not heard, so sometimes
conversations fail, even when people means the best.
Let me tell you I know what it is like to have difficulties with gnu/linux, I
am a lawyer and I have no friends on Computer Science, so it was really
From the rhythmbox main window, 'ctrl+q' will quit the program.
davidp...@unseen.is, Lun 02 Mai 2016 22:21:01 CEST:
So, I guess this is intentional? Perhaps Firefox Sync saves yoru
info on their servers so its against the free software philosophy?
Firefox Sync against free software philosophy? Not as long as
the program is licensed under a free
>each and every time I have asked the "community" for assistance, I have be
called a troll...<
You said that and I did give you assistance until you showed your true
intentions.
Now, go wherever you wish, keep rebooting your Windows box or whatever it
takes to make you feel good.
I think you are taking this far too personally. If you have no desire to take
part in this thread, do feel free to move on to another. I'm not certain what
"FUD" is, though I can assure you that I joined this forum in order to
express my difficulties with Trisquel, and hopefully to overcome
When you execute a program, most (if not all) of it is copied to main memory
(in RAM). When you remove a program, you erase it from disk. Not from RAM. If
you cannot cleanly terminate a program, you can use the "GNOME System
Monitor" (in the "System Settings") to terminate or even kill its
m...@ruggedinbox.com, Dom 01 Mai 2016 15:31:50 CEST:
I had that problem as well, and if I remember correctly, fchmmr
(Libreboot's author) told me to simply use a full Trisquel USB
stick, since I can choose to make a netinstall from it anyway.
It's not fresh in my memory, but I think you
Yes: next time you buy a computer.
I use GNOME Shell and Rhythmbox actually has a menu (at the right of GNOME
Shell's "Activities" button). With a "Quit" entry that really really quits
Rhythmbox. I do not know how to access that menu from the default desktop
environment.
>...why it is that Trisquel (an OS based upon freedom) denies the user the
ability to control basic media programs?<
Dont' equate your freedoms with the freedoms of the developers. You're free
to uninstall the 'offending' program, write a patch
>...a death blow to the myth that Linux
Thank you very much for the information, however, I have uninstalled Rythmbox
and installed another player as you suggested. To beat everything, I seem to
also have the troube of lingering programs that remain in my systems tray
even if the program has been uninstalled. I just cant seem to
Here's a method to disable the sound applet media player controls
integration. I hope it helps.
http://www.howtogeek.com/113897/how-to-remove-media-players-from-ubuntus-sound-menu-add-your-own/
Yes, I have that enabled! I actually maintain a repository of
politics-related quotes for fortune, so I specifically show those.
I saw that but unfortunately it does not let you add custom fortunes.
I think it's right click on the icon in the notification area. You'll see an
option 'quit'. If this is confusing, stop music and then close the window. If
music is being played and you minimize the player window, it will hide its
GUI but still keeps playing.
>Next time, choose an Intel processor with an integrated graphical chipset.
Can I assume that you mean the "next time" I buy a computer?
>"Quit" Rhythmbox from the menu.
Could you explain which menu you imply? I don't have a "Quit" option
whatsoever. I only have "Close" and that does nothing
>Can anyone suggest a music player that has the ability to be deactivated
when no longer in use...<
Rhythmbox hides its GUI in the notification area when minimized to get out of
the way. To exit, you should press quit or stop music and then close the
window. If you don't like this
To expand on the heating thing: I would tend to assume that this is caused by
your CPU getting additional stress due to lack of hardware acceleration, and
producing more heat as a result. So while your computer's diminished cooling
function (could be caused by accumulation of dust over the
I have to do those commands every time I update my kernel.
This post may help: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/virtualbox-kernel-issues
AMD video cards have free drivers that are, technically, terrible. You can
try to update the kernel (
https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/update-linux-libre-kernel ) but do not hold
your breath. Next time, choose an Intel processor with an integrated
graphical chipset.
"Quit" Rhythmbox from
Hey! It would be cool if you posted your stats on https://h-node.org/ :)
smplayer is what you need for running some of those files, or gnome mplayer
for running, avi, mp3, mp4...
oggconvert will change some of that stuff also to flac or ogg.
and I use a vlc plugin for my abrowser/icecat web browsers. Look in your
synaptic package manager for that. ;)
oh and by
yes and it lacks support for vdi files. Which is why I need virtualbox...
That and, I tend to use a type of virtualbox operating system. Which I know
won't run on any other alternative... due to its nature, and also, I keep it
offline due to its lack of security. I am into some old school
Related virt-manager article here...
https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/virtualization-using-kvm
Have you tried 'virt-manager' instead of VBox?
$ sudo apt install virt-manager
I am pleased to be here, and happy to meet you all. Please understand that I
am somewhat new to GNU/Linux, and having tried several distros, few working
for me, and many failing, I have landed on Trisquel, and with a few
questions. If these questions have been addressed elsewhere, please
Ici,
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/political-freedom-software-freedom-and-compromise-general-relation-personal-independence
New thread
I tend to talk about the distribution name e.g.
"I use Trisquel"
"What is it?"
"It's a distribution of the GNU Operating System, made up of just free
software. It uses Linux as it's kernel"
"Oh, I have heard of Linux, my friend is obsessed with it!"
"It's not what your friend thinks. Linux
Most of GNU+Linux users, think that they using Linux operating system. I
agree with you, and I love call Richard's OS as is: "GNU". But GNU+Linux
users don't know what is GNU.
I don't really understand your point here. You say governments are the
problem, but surely private power is worse, in that it has even less
accountability to the population? It is contradictory to talk about liberty
yet make these points.
I'm not really sure how people's physical appearance
my new linux libre kernel is 4.2,
I know it might not be appreciated to ask this here, even considering that
version of virtualbox is free software,
but I wondered if it is possible to configure it to work in that situation.
VirtualBox 4.1.40 is the version i wanted to use for it.
yes I
I agree that it's not good to call the whole operating system "linux", but
I'm not content at all with "gnu/linux".
"Gnu/linux" is a horrible name for an operating system, and i think something
should be done about it.
Obviously a perfect solution does not exist. Either Linux does not get
Corporations have the power because of governments. Governments accept
software patents, governments with their "obama care" gives medical
corporations power to *bleep* the peoples health, including "food"
corporations with their GMO. Governments is the problems, greedy corporations
use
So, I guess this is intentional? Perhaps Firefox Sync saves yoru info on
their servers so its against the free software philosophy?
I have been thinking of this and I have worked out an alternative to bookmark
syncing. I started using Zim - a local wiki software like Evernote, but
Libre.
Thanks for the answers.
Here's what FSF things about this proposition
https://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html#justgnu
> Marketing
What's the point of getting something widely used if people do not know why
GNU/Linux exists, the raison d'être, so to speak. Otherwise, the existence
of Chrome OS would be proof we have won.
I want free software to be widely used. But I don't want it just to get some
arbitrary
I believe the stubbornness from GNU and free software community is doing more
harm then good.
I am more leaning for calling it just Linux because it is a lot better for
marketing the operating system. Were the fight should be is difference
between the mind send of free software and open
sounds simple, thank you. If it doesn't work, I will repost.
Maybe because it is in the "Single UNIX Specification":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_UNIX_Specification
I agree with everything you said. Still, it does not explain why vi is
installed by default and Emacs is not?
Install a "linux-image-*-lts-wily" package (in Trisquel's repository) and
remove the 4.5 kernel (from the package manager too). GRUB's configuration
will be automatically updated to default to the latest kernel, which becomes
version 4.2 (assuming you have not installed another more recent
I believe that we shouldn't do the same thing that was done to us. And by we,
I meant the GNU and the FSF xD
What I mean is that Linux as a kernel and the open software community should
be recognize for their contribution to the system as well.
At least that was my first reaction. But then
Oh! I see. The "xinit" package (in dependence of "xorg") provides the
'startx' command. The display manager must start X without a call to
'startx'.
If Emacs were installed by default, you wouldn't need to know how to use any
other editor.
You do not. You only need to know 'sudo apt-get install emacs'. ;-)
Even if I never use it, I think GEdit is a better choice for Trisquel, which
targets the mainstream public. More advanced users know
also I meant in trisquel 7 how do you downgrade to 4.2 linux libre
(got myself confused..) facepalm...
I am using trisquel 7 and I think the linux libre 4.2 might be a better
workaround then to have to, reinstall or change the libreboot version.
Remember: This topic is about free system distributions (those which are
fully compliant with the GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines).
Some free software activists from Brazil have been doing a
counter-campaign against society's tendency to call GNU+Linux just as
"Linux". Instead of calling
Thanks bunches! I miss that from when I was running Slackware 11. I had no
idea how easy it was to do that. :)
Bumbling idiots love the command line too.
Well, Trisqiel by default includes xorg-xserver, but not xorg. So you get X
window system but not startx command
editor: emacs
terminal: gnome-terminal
text-browser: EmacsWebWowser
File Management: Dired
email: gnus
package management: apt
The display manager will obviously not be able to start a X session if X is
not installed.
Yeah, that's the type of thing I'm tending to suspect. Another culprit is
Alex Jones, who has interviewed RMS in the past. But I can't recall any
particular story around the middle of last year that could correspond to
this.
Oh well, it's not really important anyway. Just something I'm a
If you are going to have only one console-based editor it should be Emacs.
The first thing I do after installing Trisquel is download and install Emacs.
Why is it not installed by default on Trisquel?
As long as Emacs is not installed by default, you need to also know nano
(although you
So, let's consider the following scenario:
Conspiracy Theorist/New-age nut listens to some propagandist on RT going on
about "Evil NSA". They research comsec and their ideas of 'liberty', and come
across free software. Then they invite their devoted followers to join them.
Similarly, the
Yeah. I wonder, has a recent influx of people come from a conspiracy theorist
background of some sort? Then again, it could just be a coincidence.
https://blogs.gnome.org/mclasen/2013/10/03/gnome-wayland-in-fedora/
gnome-session --session gnome-wayland
You can also install emacs-nox which gets rid of the GUI Emacs. Then the
command emacs just starts in the terminal (or actual CLI).
Here's how to boot into the command line (disable graphic GUI auto start).
http://ask.xmodulo.com/boot-into-command-line-ubuntu-debian.html
One last step after editing /etc/default/grub (for systemd, if enabled):
sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target
So how does one initialise a Wayland session from the command line? How does
lightdm start X sessions without the xorg package which provides startx?
'sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm' (gdm)?
Well, that would be LightDM (by default in Trisquel), not GDM. To start init
scripts, 'start' can be used (and there is 'stop' and 'restart' too):
$ sudo start lightdm
$ sudo start gdm
I mainly like the keybindings that are the same for several programs.
Terminals usually use Emacs' keybindings by default: C-b (one character
backward), C-f (one character forward), C-t (to transpose, i.e., swap two
characters), C-d (to delete one character), M-b (one word backward), M-f
This is a misleading comparison.
Political parties are not supposed to be neutral. They unequivocally
represent the interests of their donors and membership. For instance, the
Labour party in the UK is meant to give the trades unions a political voice.
If they were "neutral" they would
I bought a pack of 7(!) Tin Foil hats yesterday, just to prepare myself.
FSF doesn't endorse Google's actions (and continues to criticise them), so I
don't see an issue.
Anyone notice a lot of conspiracy-like non-issues springing up lately?
Haha. Oh you meant literally "startx". I was typing starttrisquel,
startgnome... I thought x was a variable.
Yes, startx got it done. Thank you.
Startx should do it. Do you mean something like 'sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm'?
Or 'gnome-session'?
To clarify, I'm running Trisquel GNU/Linux 7.0.
I can log in on the command line, then I am given scott@servername:~$. I just
need to know how to enter the desktop environment.
> I think they pay, because they can profit from free software.
Of course they profit from free software. They are using their own gnu+linux
distro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goobuntu android and Chrome OS contains
free software; and also their servers runs on gnu+linux and that's fine.
Command to start X Server is 'startx'.
Okay, stupid question. It's been a few months since I messed around with
Trisquel, and I've forgotten the command to open the GUI from the command
line. I boot to the command line first before entering the desktop
environment.
Thanks.
I'm willing to try Emacs for some time now.
I totally like the idea of "one way to do everything".
There's even the evil mode to get vim keybindings, provided it's used along
Ranger (if preferred to the internal way to manage files).
After all, what are the advantages of Vim for me (compared
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