Re: [Trisquel-users] Getting Trisquel 8 Working on Macs
I just tried the latest ISO on a friend's Mid 2012 MacBook Pro. I held "Option" while starting up. The USB drive showed up as "Windows", which I selected and was then able to boot into Trisquel with no problems. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [Trisquel-users] Getting Trisquel 8 Working on Macs
It was the latest ISO, RC — release candidate.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 codename "Flidas" Release Candidate is ready for testing
There's a lot that could be said on both the topics in this comments. I've started a new thread to discuss Mac-specific problems with Trisquel here: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/getting-trisquel-8-working-macs I've also started a new thread on the user respect issues with Etcher here: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/user-respect-issues-etcher
Re: [Trisquel-users] Getting Trisquel 8 Working on Macs
> Ubuntu installs easily Then a temporary workaround could be to install 16.04 and migrate to Trisquel 8. What is the earlist Trisquel 8 ISO you've tested? signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [Trisquel-users] Getting Trisquel 8 Working on Macs
Ubuntu installs easily (17.10). Linux Mint 18.3 is as easy (my current installation on my Macbook Air). They all show up as EFI Boot in the boot manager. I use rEFInd to dual boot.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Getting Trisquel 8 Working on Macs
I believe that GrevenGull is using Trisquel 8 on a Mac, though maybe not from the latest ISO. I have some friends with Macs, including one who has successfully installed Ubuntu. I'll see if someone will let me try booting into Trisquel. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[Trisquel-users] Getting Trisquel 8 Working on Macs
Loldier and I have been discussing our ongoing struggles with getting a Trisquel live disc (or USB) to boot on a Mac in the thread on the Flidas RCs. That discussion thread starts here: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/trisquel-8-codename-flidas-release-candidate-ready-testing#comment-130320 I think this is important enough to have its own thread. Not being able to install Trisquel on a Mac means a significant chunk of PC users cannot use a 100% libre distro (unless there is another FSF-endorsed distro that does work on Macs?). There seem to plenty of people on the interwebs that successfully installed Ubuntu on a Mac. Surely it can be made possible with Trisquel, even if it requires a bit more tweaking of the RC? Let's not give up so easily! Loldier: >> There's something awry in Trisquel's UEFI/EFI implementation that mac's boot firmware doesn't recognize as bootable.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Newbie trying to load Trisquel on Acer Computer.
That's exactly how Perens and Eric S. Raymond started the schism. To not "scare away". I think it's pretty much obligatiry to start with the definition of free libre as opposed to open source. They have many things in common but yeat they are separate camps. It's a frequent misconception to lump them together.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Newbie trying to load Trisquel on Acer Computer.
It's just as accurate to say that Trisquel is "open source" as it is to say it's "free software" (or as I prefer to say "free code software"). Let's not scare the GNUbie away with internal politics and language policing (that can come later ;)
Re: [Trisquel-users] How unpack RAR v5 in Trisquel 7?
You probably need a newer version of unar. It says it supports RARv5.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Newbie trying to load Trisquel on Acer Computer.
Trisquel is part of the free libre camp. Open sores is another camp. You might want to read more about the fundamental difference between these movements. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html
Re: [Trisquel-users] Newbie trying to load Trisquel on Acer Computer.
Thanks for all the help magic Banana & everyone else = very cool bananas. Will get onto it shortly & let you know if successful. Really excited to use this open source OS.
[Trisquel-users] IRC Clients / Security
What IRC clients are popular amongst Trisquel users? I have tried Pidgin, HexChat, and WeeChat. Also, what is a good way to secure the connection? Using SSL? Is it good practice to securely connect to IRC?
[Trisquel-users] Re : How unpack RAR v5 in Trisquel 7?
the command for unrar-free is unrar x your_archive.rar
[Trisquel-users] Re : How unpack RAR v5 in Trisquel 7?
Maybe you can try Ark by KDE in Synaptic. This is another archive manager. But it can be the dependancie you use to open it. Unar or unrar-free. I don't think Ark or Archive Manager have something to do with it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How unpack RAR v5 in Trisquel 7?
Thanks for the hint, I just tried that: I uninstalled unrar-free via synaptic and opened the RAR archive through the file manager. Unfortunately Archive Manager cannot open the file.
[Trisquel-users] Re : How unpack RAR v5 in Trisquel 7?
I had this probleme before. I don't know why, unar and unrar-free are incompatible once both installed on Trisquel 7. Uninstall only unrar-free from the command line or synaptic. Then, have a try with Archive manager. It should work. This has worked for me...
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 codename "Flidas" Release Candidate is ready for testing
Is there a way to download images, checksums, etc of Trisquel 8 over https? For now, all the links are plain, unencrypted http
Re: [Trisquel-users] How unpack RAR v5 in Trisquel 7?
p7zip doesn't work ("unknown suffix -- ignored"). Tried 7za then, but no
success here either ("Error: Can not open file as archive").
Re: [Trisquel-users] How unpack RAR v5 in Trisquel 7?
try installing p7zip from the repo's (it's commandline only I think).
[Trisquel-users] How unpack RAR v5 in Trisquel 7?
I'm trying to unpack a RAR archive in Trisquel 7. I assume it is the current RAR format version 5. I'v tried both unrar-free and unar. The former reports back... "unknown archive type, only plain RAR 2.0 supported(normal and solid archives), SFX and Volumes are NOT supported!" ...while the output of the latter is: "Couldn't recognize the archive format." Then I tried to install the debian Stretch package of the current version of unar (unar_1.10.1-1+b1_amd64.deb) which should be able to handle RAR v5. Using gdebi, it refused to install, stating unmet dependency: libgnustep-base1.24 (>=1.24.7) I'm running out of ideas. How can I unpack a RAR v5 archive? Thanks in advance for your help.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Running Parabola, Devuan, PureOS, Trisquel, Hyperbola for very different desktops
I know xscreensaver is outdated, I will mention it to them. Though you can too...
Re: [Trisquel-users] Newbie trying to load Trisquel on Acer Computer.
I'm s glad I don't deal with mainstream laptop manufacturers' nonsense anymore...
Re: [Trisquel-users] Newbie trying to load Trisquel on Acer Computer.
From a DDG search, it looks like the key you need to press is F2, so just shut the system off, then power it on, and keep pressing F2 until you see the setup screen. Another thing you could do is bring up the boot menu with F12 it looks like, but it looks like you have to enable that in the settings first: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2104140=8261378ddf5b92927852621ab2bc2fb7=12451596#post12451596 Actually, that same thread has another interesting post a couple posts down from the person who started the thread: "I finally managed to resolve the problem myself. I knew that it must be possible to get to the boot menu, because I've seen other posts on linux forums discussing issues with this particular model of Acer Aspire. In case anybody else wants to get to the boot menu, you need to hit F2 when booting the machine. This will initially take you into the very restricted Setup menu (which doesn't enable you to change boot order). Once in the Setup menu, hit Esc to exit. The system will try to start Windows, but if you quickly hit F2 again it takes you into a full Setup menu which enables you to set the boot order."
Re: [Trisquel-users] Running Parabola, Devuan, PureOS, Trisquel, Hyperbola for very different desktops
> […] with just GParted, AbiWord, Gnumeric from GNOME w/o Qt alternatives. You might want to look into Calligra, which is a libre Qt office suite. https://www.calligra.org/ For a GParted alternative, I found KDE Partition Manager. Not sure if you're interested in KDE apps, though, since your setup seems fairly lightweight. https://www.kde.org/applications/system/kdepartitionmanager
[Trisquel-users] ACE Submarine Cable Cut Impacts Ten Countries
https://blogs.oracle.com/internetintelligence/ace-submarine-cable-cut-impacts-ten-countries The ACE (African Coast to Europe) submarine cable runs along the west coast of Africa between France and South Africa, connecting 22 countries. It extends over 17,000 km, and has a potential capacity of 5.12 Tbps. The cable system is managed by a consortium of 19 telecommunications operators & administrations, and the first phase entered service in December 2012. While it may not have been completely problem-free over the last 5+ years, online searches do not return any published reports of significant outages caused by damage to the cable. However, on March 30, damage to the cable disrupted Internet connectivity to a number of connected countries, with reported problems posted to social media over the next several days. These posts indicated that the ACE submarine cable was cut near Noukachott, Mauritania, but did not provide any specific information about what severed the cable. The Sierra Leone Cable Limited (SALCAB) says the data connection to #SierraLeone is partly down due to the ACE Submarine cable cut in Nouakchott, Mauritania. #SierraLeoneDecides — Leanne de Bassompierre (@leannedb01) April 1, 2018 Of the 22 countries listed as having landing points for the ACE Submarine Cable, 10 had significant disruptions evident in Oracle's Internet Intelligence data. The graphs below show the impact of the cable cut to Internet connectivity within the affected countries, with the countries shown grouped by the number of submarine cable connections each country has, based on information found on TeleGeography's Submarine Cable Map. This first figure, immediately above, includes graphs for the six affected countries (Sierra Leone, Mauritania, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, and the Gambia) that only have a single submarine cable connection (to ACE). While the disruption begins at the same time across all six countries, it is interesting to note that the duration and severity of impact varied widely. The most significant, and longest-lasting disruption was seen in Mauritania, with a complete outage lasting for nearly 48 hours, followed by partial restoration of connectivity. Sierra Leone also saw a significant impact as a result of the cable cut, followed by a complete outage on April 1. However, we believe that the April 1 outage may have been government-directed, related to recent national elections. The differences in duration and severity may be related to the other international Internet connections, via terrestrial cable or satellite, that the providers in these countries have in place, resulting in varying levels of reliance on the ACE cable system. The second figure, immediately above, illustrates the impact of the cable cut on Internet connectivity in Benin, which is connected to two submarine cables - ACE and SAT-3/WASC, which follows a similar path along the west coast of Africa, up to Portugal. The impact on Benin appeared to be nominal, affecting less than a tenth of the regularly available networks, with nearly all coming back after a little more than a day. The redundant connection to SAT-3/WASC, as well as other terrestrial/satellite connections, may have helped to mitigate the overall impact on Benin's connectivity. The third figure, immediately above, highlights the impact of the cable cut on three affected countries, each of which is connected to three submarine cables -- Senegal (ACE, SAT-3/WASC, and Atlantis-2), Ivory Coast (ACE, SAT-3/WASC, and the West African Cable System), and Equatorial Guinea (ACE, Ceiba-1, and Ceiba-2). The duration of the disruption in Senegal is longer than the other surveyed countries, but may be related to its proximity to the cable cut, which took place near Mauritania. And although Equatorial Guinea is connected to three submarine cables, the Ceiba-1 cable provides no international redundancy, while the Ceiba-2 cable is only connected internationally to Cameroon. (However, Cameroon is connected to four other submarine cables, in addition to Ceiba-2 and ACE.) And while Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) is connected to ACE, the observed disruption begins several hours after the other affected countries, and lasts significantly longer, which could indicate that it is actually unrelated to the reported cable cut. Conclusion With multiple submarine cables landing in Western African countries that provide connectivity between countries, as well as to landing points in Europe, network providers in these countries have an opportunity to take advantage of this redundancy to mitigate the potential impact of problems such as the ACE submarine cable cut discussed above. Internet Intelligence data showed that in this case, there was a somewhat limited impact to Internet connectivity in connected countries, but problems with other cables in the past
Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Having trouble rotating console screen
On 18-04-10 10:50 PM, lc...@dcc.ufmg.br wrote: What are the errors you get? I have copied the results below, I commented out the GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT at one point and this warning went away but the error at line 203 is still there. The grub file that I altered does not have a line 203 thanks sudo update-grub [sudo] password for patrick: Generating grub configuration file ... Warning: Setting GRUB_TIMEOUT to a non-zero value when GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT is set is no longer supported. Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-141-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-141-generic No volume groups found Found Slackware Linux (Slackware 14.2) on /dev/sda1 Found Trisquel GNU/Linux 7.0, Belenos (7.0) on /dev/sda2 Found Slackware Linux (Slackware 14.2) on /dev/sda3 error: syntax error. error: Incorrect command. error: syntax error. Syntax error at line 203 Syntax errors are detected in generated GRUB config file. Ensure that there are no errors in /etc/default/grub and /etc/grub.d/* files or please file a bug report with /boot/grub/grub.cfg.new file attached.
