That made me feel good. Thank you.
How refreshing. Not really out-spoken advocacy, but it's a start. Maybe
somene will see that strange desktop and want to learn more about it?
Everyone here is correct that no one has the right to force you to do
anything. That said, I know that it is hard not to let that happen in certain
relationships. While I've started using JMP recently, I still have a cell
phone that I leave at home but use to communicate with my family. I
Are you a minor?
What do you mean by "shaming"? What are they saying? What are they telling
you to do?
What kind of government program?
That is how I generally feel too. I think copyright is fine on arts and
different works but just not when it comes to software generally because art
really doesn't need to be changed. It doesn't get bugs it just has a message.
If I were to write a book/ make a painting I would probably do a
Sounds like your family isn't respecting your decisions which is something
you can't really control. You can assertively tell them your decision and why
and stick with it.
I agree very much with this. Free software is a choice that people should
make, not something that should be imposed on them. Ubuntu is a good
stepping-stone away from the sinister Windows/Apple world.
I feel bad giving the device away, because I don't feel it's mine to give
away. It's thru a government program.
Not turning it on works for a while, just as keeping my mouth shut as police
keep badgering me with questions works for a while. But after an hour or a
few days with my family
We need a balance between encouragement, enforcement towards freedom.
IT is hard to do, but when people take a step towards free software, we
should encourage them to go further, not condemn them for not going far
enough.
Actually, with that attitude, I fear people will not understand our purposes.
I think we should not condemn, or condone at the least if we disagree with
such things...
As for me, I may have changed my mind on using CC BY SA ver 4...
I may make all of my books on a copyright. One that both
leestro...@gmail.com wrote:
Perhaps there really is a need for someone to set up a free, open and
independent forum, which can act as a focal-point for the Free Software
community? How hard is it to set up/maintain a forum?
I think the concept of a focal point is wrongheaded, particularly
Are you asking how to dispose of unwanted electronics, or how to not use
them?
If the former, give them to someone else. If no one else wants it, give it to
someone who takes electronics for recycling. Best Buy does this.
If the latter... just don't turn it on? I don't know what else to
I have SMS and telephone access with Ekiga and Pidgin, using the JMP service,
so I'm not completely without a phone.
Yet, today I learned that my family has decided to get a cellphone for me
behind my back. Every day I don't open it, they'll ask "Where's your phone?"
How do I keep this
You mean, updating from Trisquel 7 to Trisquel 8?
I'm new to mailing lists, but I'm finding them more convenient than forums.
This whole "init freedom" nonsense conflates technical convenience with
freedom. You do not lack freedom to use something other than systemd because
everyone else makes their code work exclusively with systemd. You can choose
to use an outdated system, or fork that component, or develop a
I asked Ruben what needed to be done, because I was going to try to help out.
He said the distro updater needs to be tested.
Install a new Trisquel system, start the updater, and record what it does.
Then modify the updater and start the test again.
Stephen Fry uses Ubuntu.
GNOME was in a Justin Bieber music video once.
Doctorow is a traitor. He no longer uses CC licenses for his novels.
I'm not sure what, if anything, of Ubuntu was shown, but, a lead character
mentioned it by name. Afaik, this has happened once in the entire series
called The Big Bang Theory. Otherwise, characters are shown using Skype and
their IThings. Oh, and I think Ubuntu got a brief mention in a Tom
I believe this is the page you want to visit ->
https://devel.trisquel.info/groups/trisquel
Dude.. I mean, dude.. why leaving because of this crap, it's crap
but that does not excuse you, you are not excused, so you can't leave.
Lol :)
Seriously though, is he not reviewing/accepting patches/merge requests (or
whatever) that are being submitted? Or are there none being submitted?
Is there a way we can see how many were submitted in the past 30 days?
(I don't expect you to necessarily know the answer to all these
>but is there a comprehensive list of what needs to be done to make Trisquel
8 'complete' and ready for release?
Nope, other than 'cloning Ruben, and then cloning Ruben's Ruben and the other
one too' so they make up for 4 developers.. there's no way to make Trisquello
ready for release :'(
mv thread /lounge
mv thread /lounge
Just to follow up on this thread I started a while ago:
I donated $10 to the FSF yesterday, because I was interested to try out their
forum (as well as to contribute to their efforts on free software, of
course!). I went on there, expecting to see a thriving free-software
community,
>What should I do?
Remove the, eww, ppas, obviously.
Consider compiling your software from source, it really is not rocket
science.
cheers
"You did not post this thread to have an open exchange of ideas."
You have no way of knowing my intentions when I posted this thread. Or did
you somehow get a picture of my thoughts? I highly doubt it.
Why would I open a thread like this and share my concerns with this community
if not for
I'm sure this is posted somewhere, but is there a comprehensive list of what
needs to be done to make Trisquel 8 'complete' and ready for release?
I have to admit I haven't tried it yet myself, but I am planning to install
it on my desktop, as soon as I can find some time.
I found the video! Here it is:
https://www.gnu.org/fry/happy-birthday-to-gnu.en.html
Ok, that's cool. Stephen Fry seems like a good guy :)
Yes, that is more what I was getting at. For example, Hollywood or TV stars,
or musical artists. It seems to me that Free Software could really use one or
two 'ambassadors' that have a high-profile outside the Free Software
movement.
Also, it's interesting that you mention product
I meant, except for rms and you, Adfeno, of course! XD
I'm not sure how active he is or if he uses Free Software in his personal
life, but Stephen Fry made the now pretty well known 25 Anniversary video for
Gnu. I can't imagine he did it for the money.
All of those are preachers to the choir. What I think the op is after are
names of of celebrities who are known more for their work outside the free
software connunity, but who are allies. Hence my mentioning a well-known SF
author. On a related topic, who has seen product placement of a
There are so many, please forgive me if I forget some names. Besides,
this list is in alphabetic order, and I also inserted those beyond
famous, because I don't want to keep giving credit only to specific
already known "stars".
- Adonay "adfeno" Felipe Nogueira (it's me, ;D), member of
Just to dismiss the mystery: I am interested in finding cheap batteries for
librebootable devices because
I need new batteries for some librebootable devices and like to spend my
money well! Tada.
I have never encountered problems or even heard of someone who has when
bringing
Ok, that's interesting. I hadn't heard of him, but I might have to check out
some of his books :)
Thesci-fi author, Cory Doctorow comes to mind. He addressed this spring's
Libreplanet conference and was a hit!
I like the Uruk control center and welcome screens. They give it a distinct
look and feel; thanks for making sure the accessibility works on those custom
screens. I would like to see the indicator applet replaced with the standard
Mate applets, namely NetworkManager and Sound Volume. A
I'm just wondering if there are any celebrities that are known to use Free
Software? (apart from rms, obviously!) :)
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/04/tech/gallery/internet-undersea-cables/
Sra Heather
Is all cool from my end.
If trade statistics included the value of intellectual property rights
associated with physical goods, the United States would see an increase in
export capacity and a decrease in the trade deficit.
More and more American multinational corporations are outsourcing the
production and
I'm not going anywhere either. I think the health of the forums depends
on us. Activism fatigue is very real and the negativity hurts the people
who actually MAKE the goodies we love more than it hurts us.
I need to do my homework so that I understand my own deviations from the
vanilla install
Megver83 is correct that arch-chroot will work. If you like Pacman and find
Pacstrap helpful...why don't you just use Pacman on Trisquel? You could also
create a custom ISO so you have a fallback that is closer to the system you
want and has more recent updates on it that the stock Trisquel
You could buy one online and have it shipped to wherever you are staying.
I've done that when I realized I forgot something after the point it was not
possible to return home.
Some countries don't allow you to bring batteries over a certain size on the
plane, that could be the issue. Also, some people make efforts to disable
their devices to make it harder to search them when leaving a country like
the U.S.. If you dont have a battery or charger with you and the
Ok, I'll bite.
I use the downvote feature from time to time to express that a thread is
worthless without feeding the troll. A downvote doesn't prevent a thread from
moving down the list of active threads like a comment does.
I downvoted your topic when you posted this thread. I stand by
He means the freedom to change init systems and use the one your want to.
Systemd is not as easy to change as others because of all of the various crap
it does as opposed to alternatives. There is also an active concern that
Systemd undermining diversity of software generally speaking
Hi GNUbahn, I live in Japan.
If you want to hunt, you should go to the small computer shop of Akihabara
for the time being.
I think a major electronic appliances store does not stock.
init freedom? systemd is and has always been free software.
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