Re: [Trisquel-users] Best free software friendly router
Hello everyone, and hello Chris, thank you for taking time to answer people's questions. It's wonderful to see a company so passionate about free software that someone from there will take the time to answer questions and explain things to us. I want to buy a libre computer and possibly a router, and I've been to the TP site a few times. Now that I've seen this thread, I'm even more impressed, and will see how I can manage the finances. If I have any questions I'll surely know where to go for help. There are so many wonderful people who have been very helpful to me. This tech stuff is so over my head but very fascinating. I'm extremely grateful to this community. :D Thanks again.
Re: [Trisquel-users] screen resolution issue
>what's really weird is that EVERY OTHER LINUX-LIBRE DISTRO WORKS FINE! I've tried 'em all, even the very old ones such as gNewsence 3.1, they all work fine, any more ideas? It is actually not weird at all if you understand as I told you that ATI gpus require proprietary non-free firmware loaded in the kernel for the GPU to work properly. They don't have video acceleration without the blob and they also stopped displaying native screen resolution (they display the BIOS max resolution, usually 1024x768) as of kernel linux 3.11. Anything older than that (say 3.10) will give you proper screen resolution, like the gnewsense 3.1 kernel, which is I believe 2.6.. As far as I know, latest libre linux kernel has a patch for the screen resolution. 4.6 or older, I believe, have the ati fix.
Re: [Trisquel-users] screen resolution issue
I installed Trisquel 7 64bit, I used the Jxself repo to get the latest kernel version, then I upgraded my system, I restarted, nothing happened! Actually I lost the 800x600 option, the only option available now is 1024x768, what's really weird is that EVERY OTHER LINUX-LIBRE DISTRO WORKS FINE! I've tried 'em all, even the very old ones such as gNewsence 3.1, they all work fine, any more ideas?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing KDE5 on trisquel 7
There is no such thing as KDE5. KDE is a community that produces free software. You do not install KDE.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Gnuinos
@aitor
Re: [Trisquel-users] screen resolution issue
apparently you got wrong, h-node is a great source.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing KDE5 on trisquel 7
Compile it from source.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Gnuinos
Thanks, Heather :)
Re: [Trisquel-users] gnu social
Amazon corp? how horrible! the members of that forum need to know. I didn't know how evil amazon is till recently.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Gnuinos
Really, really nice, Aitor. I've just got it on a VM right now but it's right up my alley. I greatly appreciate the support for older hardware and the extra work you did on the installer. Keep up the good work.
[Trisquel-users] Re : screen resolution issue
If so, it is a problem to fix. https://h-node.org states these objectives: The h-node project aims at the construction of a hardware database in order to identify what devices work with a fully free operating system. The h-node.org website is structured like a wiki in which all the users can modify or insert new contents. The h-node project is developed in collaboration and as an activity of the FSF. A little below: In order to add a device to the h-node database, you must verify that it works using only free software. For this purpose, you must be running either: A GNU/Linux distribution that is on the FSF's list of endorsed distributions Debian GNU/Linux, with only the main archive area enabled. The "contrib" and "non-free" areas must not be enabled when testing hardware. Double-check this by running apt-cache policy. The only package archive area mentioned in the output should be main. h-node lists only hardware that works with free drivers and without non-free firmware. Other GNU/Linux distributions (or Debian with contrib, non-free, or some 3rd-party archives enabled) include non-free firmware files, so they cannot be used for testing.
[Trisquel-users] Installing KDE5 on trisquel 7
I am looking to install KDE5 on my install of Trisquel 7. How would I do this? Thanks in advance.
Re: [Trisquel-users] screen resolution issue
unfortunately, my processor is AMD too, I will update the kernel and get back to you, I'm not sure about this, though. many thanks for your help.
Re: [Trisquel-users] screen resolution issue
I intend to buy a libreboot or a coreboot laptop the next time I buy, which I think can only be bought from them (the developers), and I think that when H-node says that a cretin hardware is free-software compatible, they actually referring to compatibility with then Linux kernel, not Linux-libre kernel.
Re: [Trisquel-users] screen resolution issue
Updating the libre kernel will give you the correct resolution. It won't give you the proprietary firmware **required** by ATI for video acceleration, so your GPU will basically stay a superhot and extremely slow furnace. Take a look at the h-node website in the future when you buy. cheers
Re: [Trisquel-users] How simple/complex is your installation process?
I have been using stable ever since the first day it came out, I used briefly testing but I like more stable for you set it and forget it, never an issue, crash or bug :) With the combo firejail/apparmor I think it would be extremely difficult for anyone to exploit your browser, even with js turned on, but I may be wrong. Anyway security (lack of) is just one of many reasons I don't like js and so I don't really have the dilemma, I keep it off.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Gnuinos
I rectify: $ ./backend 9 eth0 and: $ ./backend 1 ESSID PWD in /usr/lib/simple-netaid/bin. You can run it without root permissions, because simple-netaid uses SUID. Another clarification: The kernel 4.x of Gnuinos still doesn't work in live mode, because aufs4-standalone module is not included. I tried it in august, but some backports like kernel-wedge and gcc are needed for that, i think.
