[Trisquel-users] Antwort: Libreboot T400 Review!

2017-08-03 Thread sig
last thing, the mess you did accusing FSF GNU created a mess in my city, at least among people that were mildly interested about free software, I was in a position that suddenly looked bad, the lug where right not the fsug. I will never buy something from you again Leah.

[Trisquel-users] Antwort: Libreboot T400 Review!

2017-08-03 Thread sig
forgot... I even sent a totally drunk email to I believe Sullivan where I tried to explain, while hammered, why company like minifree are bad for our free software/hardware movement. I mean english is not my main language.

[Trisquel-users] Antwort: Libreboot T400 Review!

2017-08-03 Thread sig
I also own a Minifree laptop. I totally regret buying it. I mean Libreboot and Trisquel are super awesome! At the time Minifree with Francis was actually endorsed by the FSF, and that to me was enough. I know we are early adapter on the free hardware endorsement, not complaining for alpha

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lost admin password on my libiquity taurinus x2000 with trisquel

2017-08-03 Thread chasepc
I'm just not sure where to start since it was already flashed with libreboot I'm not sure which installation instructions to follow on libreboot website. Yes I'm supernoob,

Re: [Trisquel-users] PROBLEM: Tor, Firefox, and linux-libre 4.12?

2017-08-03 Thread albertoefg
Yes :) new kernels are the best :D

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lost admin password on my libiquity taurinus x2000 with trisquel

2017-08-03 Thread chasepc
Super confused, is libreboot still on my system somewhere or do I need to download it and install. How do I see what bios is running after new installation of trisquel

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lost admin password on my libiquity taurinus x2000 with trisquel

2017-08-03 Thread chasepc
So nothing I tried was working from my guest account in trisquel so I made a live USB on a windows computer and reinstalled trisquel on my x200 now I am in control of my computer but lost libreboot when I reinstalled trisquel. So I guess I need to reconfigure libreboot now and should be

Re: [Trisquel-users] PROBLEM: Tor, Firefox, and linux-libre 4.12?

2017-08-03 Thread jason
"So.. you removed a kernel that has been optimized to work as smooth and trouble-free with your distro and that is by default 100% libre to install a libre kernel? To each his own, I guess." One of the reasons that my APT repo exists is for people to be able to easily install a newer

Re: [Trisquel-users] GNOME panel editing

2017-08-03 Thread romanadamyuk
Thank you very much, the panel reset.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lost admin password on my libiquity taurinus x2000 with trisquel

2017-08-03 Thread chasepc
Tried this, says unable to change root gid: operation not permitted Is this because I'm signed in as guest?

[Trisquel-users] Re : Trisquel has replaced the Ubuntu name since software update

2017-08-03 Thread lcerf
Again: you had better backup your files and do a clean install of Trisquel 7; without adding any proprietary software. And I see no reason why you would not be able to remove your signature. Unless you are paid to do advertisement for proprietary software here, in which case you are not

[Trisquel-users] Re : trisquel 6

2017-08-03 Thread lcerf
Hardware supports depends on the kernel. Thanks to jxself, it is easy to install a newer version of Linux-libre on any GNU/Linux distribution that uses APT (including all versions of Trisquel): https://jxself.org/linux-libre/ And, yes, you will get updates.

[Trisquel-users] FW: Re: Trisquel has replaced the Ubuntu name since software update

2017-08-03 Thread Joe Murphy
>I tried this but It did not solve the problem: > >opening up a terminal and typing > > sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list then your password, then removing the entry > > > > "http://mirror.fsf.org/trisquel toutatis-updates" and after that typing > > sudo > > apt-get update && sudo apt-get

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need Serious Menu and Panel Help

2017-08-03 Thread masonhock
If you are using Trisquel 7 and haven't gone out of your way to install a new desktop environment you are almost certainly using GNOME. See Magic Banana's comment. It sounds like you have figured out how to manage the bottom panel. As for the launch menu, does the editor look like the

Re: [Trisquel-users] No swap activated on Macbook (2,1)?

2017-08-03 Thread leestrobel
Thanks, I'll take a look at that. Would be great to get a Trisquel skin and sticker for it :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel has replaced the Ubuntu name since software update

2017-08-03 Thread mappack
>you can use any text editor (here GEdit) You're right, it's been such a long time since I used Ubuntu and I knew nano is installed for sure. But using GEdit is a better suggestion in this case.

Re: [Trisquel-users] No swap activated on Macbook (2,1)?

2017-08-03 Thread leoo
I need to update it as well with information about how to put on Trisquel stickers, not just the non-Trisquel stickers it mentions.

Re: [Trisquel-users] PROBLEM: Tor, Firefox, and linux-libre 4.12?

2017-08-03 Thread usernamev . 0
Well, this actually worked.

Re: [Trisquel-users] No swap activated on Macbook (2,1)?

2017-08-03 Thread leestrobel
Ok, I updated the Macbook wiki page with what I found out about the trackpad, thermal issues and swap space. I also mentioned about the Trisquel ISO images possibly having problems booting with Apple firmware. Please take a look and let me know if you have any comments or edits :)

[Trisquel-users] Re : Trisquel has replaced the Ubuntu name since software update

2017-08-03 Thread lcerf
It is /etc/apt/sources.list and you can use any text editor (here GEdit): $ gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list Or you can use the "Software & Updates" utility in the "System Settings". But you had better backup your files and do a clean install of Trisquel 7. Without adding any proprietary

[Trisquel-users] Re : Lost admin password on my libiquity taurinus x2000 with trisquel

2017-08-03 Thread lcerf
You can create a live CD/DVD/USB (with GNU/Linux on it, whatever the distribution) from another system (even from Windows or MacOS) too.

Re: [Trisquel-users] deb packages (software sources) for old versions of Trisquel?

2017-08-03 Thread tonklin
glad it helped ) sadly I seem to be unable to edit my previous post to point out that this mirror does not contain packages for trisquel 3.5 (contrary to what I wrote there)

[Trisquel-users] Re : Need Serious Menu and Panel Help

2017-08-03 Thread lcerf
GNOME Fallback is Trisquel 7's (not Trisquel Mini's) default desktop environment. It is called "Trisquel's session" at the graphical login screen (where you can choose to start another environment, once installed of course). Trisquel 8's default will be MATE.

[Trisquel-users] Need libreboot/coreboot advice

2017-08-03 Thread prian
Hi, unfortunately my whole computer equipment got electrocuted in a thunderstorm. My beloved librebooted T400 was among the victims. It wasn't even connected to the power supply but to a LAN cable. Everything connected to the LAN has been librecuted (router, firewall and laptop) and now I

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need Serious Menu and Panel Help

2017-08-03 Thread jamboi
Thank you for your help. First how do I tell if I am using gnome? When I go to Main Menu and change settings they do not seem to have any effect on the launch menu. This is what has been driving me batty. When I right click on panel I can add to panel as you describe, but how do I delete

Re: [Trisquel-users] GNOME panel editing

2017-08-03 Thread greatgnu
To reset it: dconf reset -f /org/gnome/gnome-panel/ killall gnome-panel Now try again :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] PROBLEM: Tor, Firefox, and linux-libre 4.12?

2017-08-03 Thread greatgnu
So.. you removed a kernel that has been optimized to work as smooth and trouble-free with your distro and that is by default 100% libre to install a libre kernel? To each his own, I guess. The first and the most important apparently warning the Tor devs keep repeating to the users of Tor

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lost admin password on my libiquity taurinus x2000 with trisquel

2017-08-03 Thread greatgnu
You don't need GUI for this. Actually GUIs in my experience are terrible with it. Insert the fat32 formatted USB stick in your laptop and open the terminal and follow this: lsblk look up and not the name assigned to your usb stick. sba is usally your hard drive, it will be either sdb or

Re: [Trisquel-users] deb packages (software sources) for old versions of Trisquel?

2017-08-03 Thread autumnlover
I think it is related to my general interest into retro computing (8-bit, Amiga, MS-DOS PC-gaming). And since I have complete Ubuntu i386 repositories from 4.10 until 16.04 I also would like to have a complete set of Trisquel. Thanks for pointing to that mirror. And while it seems not to

Re: [Trisquel-users] No swap activated on Macbook (2,1)?

2017-08-03 Thread nicolasmaia
Thanks! You can add the tip about the swap ;)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel has replaced the Ubuntu name since software update

2017-08-03 Thread Joe Murphy
The command sudo nano etcapt/sources.list results in an error message: Directory 'etcapt' does not exist >Fom: > Sent: Thu Aug 03 11:33:24 CEST 2017 > To: > Subject: Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel has replaced the Ubuntu name since >

Re: [Trisquel-users] Flatpak on Trisquel 7

2017-08-03 Thread tegskywalker
Its too bad this isn't a Snap either as Ubuntu 14.04/Trisquel 7 supports it via snapd.

[Trisquel-users] Re : help needed to hardware flash Gigabyte GA-G41M-ESL2

2017-08-03 Thread aether
Fair enough. Do you mean the part you quoted ? "You can only externally reprogram one of the chips at a time, and you need to disable the chip that you’re not flashing, by connecting 3v3 to /CS of that chip, so you will actually need 2 test clips (you also need to connect GND on the chip

[Trisquel-users] GNOME panel editing

2017-08-03 Thread romanadamyuk
Hi! I am having difficulties trying to set up desktop panels as I want. Somehow I changed original layout and now I can not set up the panels the way they originally were as everything I add on a panel gets aligned to the left, i.e. I can not add "indicator applet complete" to the right

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel has replaced the Ubuntu name since software update

2017-08-03 Thread Libremind
> Trisquel is both legally and morally required to remove > references to the OS from *all packages*- which means that, when you > 'update'- replace packages with their most current Trisquel > equivalents- every reference to Ubuntu is replaced. I completely agree, this issue should be reported to

Re: [Trisquel-users] PROBLEM: Tor, Firefox, and linux-libre 4.12?

2017-08-03 Thread Libremind
> Hi, this is the issue. > I have Debian-Libre in my computer (before i had Mint and id just > kicked it ass) and ive been using the tor network and configured > Firefox to connect to it. > Tonight ive installed the linux-libre kernel 4.12-686-pae and it just > works very well. > But once it

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel has replaced the Ubuntu name since software update

2017-08-03 Thread mappack
First of all, oof, that's a lot of non-free software repositories. Second, you added the Free Software Foundation's mirror of the Trisquel toutatis repositories to your /etc/apt/sources.list file. So, like Soon.to.be.Free said, your computer will try to replace packages with a package from

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel has replaced the Ubuntu name since software update

2017-08-03 Thread gpast_panama
If you were running Ubuntu 16.04 and added the Trisquel repositories, this is entirely expected. As an unofficial version of Ubuntu, with an explicit goal to avoid endorsing the differing values of that project, Trisquel is both legally and morally required to remove references to the OS