Re: [Trisquel-users] Is there a way to get a LUKS keyfile in initrd.img/initramfs, with jxself's kernel?

[0d54770d]

After entering my LUKS password on the Libreboot GRUB screen; the boot  
process starts, but hangs within about one second with that error message.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is there a way to get a LUKS keyfile in initrd.img/initramfs, with jxself's kernel?

[albertoefg]

At what point do you get that message

Re: [Trisquel-users] OCRmyPDF

[davidpgil]

Thank you!

- Original Message -
From: "legimet calc" 
To: "trisquel-users" 
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2017 7:07:47 PM
Subject: [Trisquel-users] OCRmyPDF

If you have any scanned PDF's and you want to make them searchable I highly  
recommend ocrmypdf: https://github.com/jbarlow83/OCRmyPDF
Just run:
$ ocrmypdf input.pdf output.pdf
and it will run Tesseract OCR and create a text layer so you can search/copy  
stuff.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Richard Stallman no Brasil e na Argentina

[lcerf]

Again, the English version follows.


Eu deveria ter esperado um pouquinho mais antes de mandar a mensagem: acabei  
de receber notícias, incluindo duas outras palestras em Brasília, Brasil:


A palestra do dia 31 de maio, às 16h em Campinas será "Your Freedom as a  
User of Computers and Cell Phones";
No dia 17 de junho em Brasília, Stallman proferirá uma palestra apenas para  
os participantes do evento "Campus Party";
No dia 19 de junho em Brasília, na Universidade de Brasília, a palestra  
será, desta vez, aberta ao público.




English version:

I should have waited a little more before posting: I have just received news,  
including two other talks in Brasília, Brazil:


The talk on May 31st, at 4pm in Campinas will be "Your Freedom as a User of  
Computers and Cell Phones";
On June 17th in Brasília, Stallman will deliver a talk to the sole  
attendants of the "Campus Party";
On June 19th in Brasília, in the University of Brasília, the talk will be,  
this time, opened to the public.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How do you get your books?

[calmstorm]

I don't think the punishment fits the crime for a lot of things.

Nor should some things even be considered crime in the first place.

Re: [Trisquel-users] how much of the source code is disclosed about the firefly rk3399 computer?

[calmstorm]

Ah, this is good to know. Then screw paying arm 150k euros. heh.

Re: [Trisquel-users] microsoft against surveillance, they say

[calmstorm]

Fair point, I said the wrong country, I meant ireland, I just got confused.  
;P


Although, this I am sure you could tell was pure mockery of malwaresoft.

I called it microshifty, also because they are always hiding something within  
their software. ;/


oh well. Good thing Richard Stallman made GNU and the standards of free  
software.


Good way to fight corrupt software companies.

Whatever differences we may have, he is very ethical when it comes to  
software/hardware.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can you vote to me as a speaker

[blade . vp2020]

THNX for you all
I Succeeded in being a speaker

Re: [Trisquel-users] microsoft against surveillance, they say

[calmstorm]

The funny thing is, I think the poll would show 50% believe it, and the sad  
thing being most don't care.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 to bootable usb stick

[Adonay Felipe Nogueira]

The GNU dd command line you posted is right (that is: "of=" must target
the whole device because the disk image file was made in such way to be
used in that place).

The "destroyed partition" is expected, it's only understood during boot.

Try booting the "destroyed partition", it should work.

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Re: [Trisquel-users] Forum for librebootable devices

[Adonay Felipe Nogueira]

Also, not specific to Libreboot, there is [[https://h-node.org/]], which
also has a guide on how to get information about various hardware parts,
see [[https://h-node.org/wiki/page/en/Discover-your-hardware]].

Also, perhaps you can talk to people at h-node so as to extend things in
the way you just suggested because, currently, there is a question that
the tester has to answer in regards to the computer being added, which
asks: "does it have a free boot firmware (BIOS,UEFI,...) ?".

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Re: [Trisquel-users] Richard Stallman no Brasil e na Argentina

[Adonay Felipe Nogueira]

I'll try talking to my parents and also to course coordinators in the
college where I study so as to try to go to the event in Curitiba, June
2nd. I can't guarantee anything though. :)

I would also love to hear if there is a caravan going to Curitiba which
passes through cities such as Itajaí, Balneário Camboriú, or Itapema.

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[Trisquel-users] OCRmyPDF

[legimet . calc]

If you have any scanned PDF's and you want to make them searchable I highly  
recommend ocrmypdf: https://github.com/jbarlow83/OCRmyPDF

Just run:
$ ocrmypdf input.pdf output.pdf
and it will run Tesseract OCR and create a text layer so you can search/copy  
stuff.

Re: [Trisquel-users] The hijacking flaw that lurked in Intel chips is worse than anyone thought

[legimet . calc]

I highly doubt it.

[Trisquel-users] Richard Stallman no Brasil e na Argentina

[lcerf]

The English version of this post follows the Portuguese one (sorry for the  
spam for those of you who do not live in South America).



Uma apresentação de Richard Stallman não é mais necessária... mas aqui  
está uma!  Richard Stallman é o autor da GNU GPL, fundou a Free Software  
Foundation e iniciou o desenvolvimento do sistema operacional GNU (inclusive  
de GNU Emacs, do GCC, dos coreutils, etc.) que nós e dezenas de milhões de  
usuários de GNU/Linux amam.  Porém, a maior contribuição dele é  
filosófica.  Ele é o pai do Movimento pelo Software Livre.  Ele identificou  
quatro liberdades que cada um de nós merece para ter controle sobre nossa  
informática.  Hoje, Stallman dedica a maior parte da vida dele à advocacy.   
Em particular ele viaja no mundo inteiro para conscientizar eloquentemente  
sobre o Movimento do Software Livre, as suas fundações éticas e a sua  
necessidade social e política.


Richard Stallman proferirá oito palestras no Brasil e na Argentina,  
começando com "Uma Sociedade Digital Livre" em Belo Horizonte no dia 29 de  
maio.  Aqui está a lista inteira:


29 de maio, às 14h em Belo Horizonte, Brasil: "A Free Digital Society"  
(palestra em inglês com tradução simultânea em português, usando 300  
fones de ouvido) no Auditório Nobre (640 assentos) do prédio CAD1 no campus  
da Pampulha da UFMG;
31 de maio, às 16h em Campinas, Brasil: na sala CB-06 do Ciclo Básico  
(antigo) da Universidade Estadual de Campinas;
2 de junho, às 18h em Curitiba, Brasil: "Free Software and Your Freedom" no  
Auditório Professor Ulysses de Campos no Setor de Ciências Sociais  
Aplicadas da UFPR;
5 de junho, em Buenos Aires, Argentina: "Tu Libertad en el Uso de  
Computadoras y Telefonos" (palestra em espanhol), horário e lugar precisos a  
serem determinados;
7 de junho, às 17h em Santa Fe, Argentina: "El Software Libre y tu Libertad"  
(palestra em espanhol), no Rectorado da Universidad Nacional del Litoral;
9 de junho, às 17h em Buenos Aires, Argentina: "Copyright vs Comunidad"  
(palestra em espanhol), lugar preciso a ser determinado;
12 de junho, às 17h em San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina: "Copyright vs  
Comunidad" (palestra em espanhol), no Anfiteatro da Facultad de Ingenieria da  
Universidad Nacional de Jujuy;
13 de junho, às 18h em Salta, Argentina: "El Software Libre y tu Libertad"  
(palestra em espanhol) na Universidad Nacional de Salta, lugar preciso a ser  
determinado.



Stallman venderá itens ao benefício da Free Software Foundation: favor  
levar dinheiro.



English version:

Richard Stallman needs no introduction... but here is one anyway!  Richard  
Stallman is the author of the GNU GPL, founded the Free Software Foundation,  
and started the development of the GNU operating system (including GNU Emacs,  
GCC, the coreutils, etc.), which we and tens of millions of GNU/Linux users  
love.  However, his main contribution is philosophical.  He is the father of  
the Free Software Movement.  He identified four freedoms that each one of us  
deserves to be in control of her computing.  Stallman now dedicates most of  
his life to advocacy.  In particular, he travels the whole world to  
eloquently spread awareness about the Free Software Movement, its ethical  
foundations and its social and political necessity.


Richard Stallman will deliver eight talks in Brazil and Argentina, starting  
with "A Free Digital Society" in Belo Horizonte on May 29th.  Here is the  
whole list:


May 29th, 2pm in Belo Horizonte, Brazil: "A Free Digital Society" (talk in  
English with simultaneous translation in Portuguese, using 300 headsets) in  
the Auditório Nobre (640 seats) of the CAD1 building in the Pampulha campus  
of the UFMG;
May 31st, 4pm in Campinas, Brazil: in the room CB-06 of the Ciclo Básico I  
(antigo) of the Universidade Estadual de Campinas;
June 2nd, 6pm in Curitiba, Brazil: "Free Software and Your Freedom" in the  
Auditório Professor Ulysses de Campos in the Applied Social Sciences Sector  
of the UFPR;
June 5th, in Buenos Aires, Argentina: "Tu Libertad en el Uso de Computadoras  
y Telefonos" (talk in Spanish), precise location and time to be determined;
June 7th, 5pm in Santa Fe, Argentina: "El Software Libre y tu Libertad" (talk  
in Spanish), in the Rectorado of the Universidad Nacional del Litoral;
June 9th, 5pm in Buenos Aires, Argentina: "Copyright vs Comunidad" (talk in  
Spanish), precise location to be determined;
June 12th, 5pm in San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina: "Copyright vs Comunidad"  
(talk in Spanish) in the Anfiteatro of the Facultad de Ingenieria of the  
Universidad Nacional de Jujuy;
June 13th, 6pm in Salta, Argentina: "El Software Libre y tu Libertad" (talk  
in Spanish) in the Universidad Nacional de Salta, precise location to be  
determined.



Stallman will be selling items to the benefit of the Free Software  
Foundation: please bring cash.

Re: [Trisquel-users] microsoft against surveillance, they say

[svhaab]

I consider what microsoft is saying a mockery.
I do want to know the result of a poll asking people if they believe them.

Re: [Trisquel-users] how much of the source code is disclosed about the firefly rk3399 computer?

[svhaab]

Lkcl cannot use the rk3399 because he does not have the full schematics.
He is not going to take steps to get the source code for a mali gpu. One  
reason is, that new mali gpus occur requiring new reverse engineerings.  
Another reason is, lkcl knows a person, who got mistreated by arm because the  
person wanted to reverse engineer a mali gpu. 

Re: [Trisquel-users] I think openmailbox is on the verge of death

[jodiendo]

I thought humans and animals are the only one,s that "DIE" BUT SOFTWARE OR  
ANY KIND OF HARDWARE SHOULD BE NAMED FADED AWAY...

Re: [Trisquel-users] microsoft against surveillance, they say

[jodiendo]

CalmStorm

Well, I believe climate change is real and caused by mankind.
But Unicorns in multi-colors or pink are from Gaylandia Universe.
Leprechauns are from Scotland?,
why Scotland and not Ireland?..
Um, let me think on this one, Scottish people want independence from England  
right? and from the Leprechauns in Scotland, correct me if I'm wrong. 

Re: [Trisquel-users] I think openmailbox is on the verge of death

[Adonay Felipe Nogueira]

This happens occasionally, it's natural considering that everyone, by
using email addresses provided by someone else (be it Hotmail, Gmail,
OpenMailBox, Posteo, and so on) agrees to take the risk of experiencing
downtimes. The case of OpenMailBox is natural *and must be expected*
unless you self-host your email *or* use BitMessage.

What is not expected is: a bunch of people freaking out and
leaving/cancelling their accounts in OpenMailBox just because it got
some month of trouble. Thanks to this mass leaving, those who already
support OpenMailBox will now have to work on the double to help the
service survive.

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Re: [Trisquel-users] I think openmailbox is on the verge of death

[b_e_n]

It's working for me. The reliability of their service isn't exactly the best  
at times, that's for sure...

Re: [Trisquel-users] microsoft against surveillance, they say

[calmstorm]

Oh I believe Microshifty is absolutely telling the truth, just as much as I  
believe climate change isn't caused by mankind and just as much as I believe  
chemtrails are real and that unicorns and leprechauns are everywhere in  
Scotland.


;/

Re: [Trisquel-users] how much of the source code is disclosed about the firefly rk3399 computer?

[calmstorm]

15 euros is a lot, I hope he can raise that money at some point.

Re: [Trisquel-users] The hijacking flaw that lurked in Intel chips is worse than anyone thought

[calmstorm]

I agree that intel is crap but I also wonder to myself, does this help with  
freeing the intel me management?


just a thought...

[Trisquel-users] I think openmailbox is on the verge of death

[calmstorm]

maybe it already is dead even...

I cannot connect to the cloud nor the webmail or the website for that matter.

what a pity...

-_-

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel linux on Raspberry Pi 3

[lorenz-haberzettl]

according to https://wiki.debian.org/RaspberryPi :
"A binary blob used by the GPU must be present on the SD card for the system  
to boot."

"Debian armhf will work (with a custom kernel)."

My understanding of this is the fully free armhf version does not work out of  
the box. You have to include proprietary software to be able to boot the Pi.  
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Raspbian provided by the Raspberry Pi Foundation is basically Debain + 2MB  
huge binary bloob necessary to start + additional non-free software including  
Oracle Java and Wolfram Mathematica.


The Raspberry Pi is invitingly cheap but in terms of freedom it sadly comes  
off badly.


Here https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/single-board-computers you can find a  
rating of some single-board computers concerning freedom.


I'd recommend you the Beaglebone Black. As far as I know you can run this  
device with only free software. The only downside of this board is the "low"  
computing power compared to a new Rasperry Pi.

Re: [Trisquel-users] microsoft against surveillance, they say

[Adonay Felipe Nogueira]

This reminds me of:

#+BEGIN_QUOTE
While sometimes corporations are on our side [...] [and] stand up for
the public's interest [...] We should not have to rely on them. ---
Edward Snowden, from
[[https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/libreplanet-2016-the-last-lighthouse-3d51/]]
#+END_QUOTE

Also, the same talk by Snowden and Gillmore talks a bit about Windows
10, where the operating system no longer works for the user, but "the
user works" for it.

#+BEGIN_QUOTE
So instead of focusing on the company as such we should focus on the
activity itself; we should think about "Free Software business
activities", "Free Software business offers", and such. --- Matthias
Kirschner, from
[[https://k7r.eu/there-is-no-free-software-company-but/]]
#+END_QUOTE

I also put both citations in my recent talk about free/libre software
during the Festival Latino-americano de Instalação de Software Livre
(FLISoL) 2017 that I organized an edition locally in Balneário Camboriú.

The report I made about this FLISoL 2017 Balneário Camboriú event can be
read in:

- English: [[https://identi.ca/adfeno/note/j5HYWTpxTDipupoGF34sDQ]].

- Brazilian Portuguese:
  [[https://identi.ca/adfeno/note/otgZcpE1TQCUdj_MAF2P-g]].


The homepage of the *local* event is at
[[https://flisol.info/FLISOL2017/Brasil/BalnearioCamboriu]].

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Re: [Trisquel-users] How do you get your books?

[nuevodesorden]

"On the other hand it's obvious that in remote areas of the world, where  
books are not available, Internet has permitted many to access information,  
and download pdf books otherwise impossible to grab & read."


Indeed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbuktu_Manuscripts#Destruction_and_evacuation_of_manuscripts

Re: [Trisquel-users] microsoft against surveillance, they say

[enduzzer]

It's our job to prevent '1984' from coming true

It's our job(s) to do to prevent Apple from doing it ever again.

[Trisquel-users] Re : microsoft against surveillance, they say

[pinmaritim]

Cought...! cought.!

Landing in 2 second sir, was the lunch in Monaco at the Louis XV nice ?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Dark / grey wallpaper

[enduzzer]

Here's a grey wallpaper.

Re: [Trisquel-users] microsoft against surveillance, they say

[infinityfallen]

We should indeed not trust Microsoft to have the user's best interests in  
mind, but the message they've given is a good and valid one. The key here is  
to make sure we don't settle for anything less than we expect, and certainly  
no less than the now (weakly) reformed company has suggested we do. That, of  
course, means we must not let them make only the easiest contributions to  
freedom (or source exposure, as is often the case) in exchange for  
hypocritically maintaining the most profitable immorality. A few pawns make  
nice ornaments, but freedom rests on the game.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Dark / grey wallpaper

[pinmaritim]

BenTheMoose made a nice grey Parabola backdrop here :
https://trisquel.info/fr/forum/share-your-desktop-4#comment-113336