Re: [Trisquel-users] Unity desktop broken in Fildas
For some reason I get a 403 forbidden when clicking the attachment.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Why MATE?
https://trisquel.info/en/return-freedom-fridays-development-status-release-plans-and-ways-help "The main reason for this change was that GNOME dropped support for their legacy desktop, which retained the GNOME 2.x user experience and didn't require 3D composition -- a feature that in many computers would still need non-free software to run at full speed. MATE provides a perfect drop-in replacement, it is very light and stable and it retains all the user experience design that we are used to from previous Trisquel releases." "May be XFCE?" They wouldn't be able to say "it retains all the user experience design that we are used to from previous Trisquel releases."
[Trisquel-users] Why MATE?
Why made MATE as default instead of other DE? May be XFCE?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't git format-patch
This is git. It's normal to have multiple patch files. If you look on mailing lists, you'll see that. Look on the mailing list of the kernel named Linus and you'll see email threads [PATCH 1/5] which is patch 1 of 5. You can use git send-email to send them (which needs some set up first.) If you really do one one file there are multiple options, of course since this is git: There's more than one way to do things. :) You could squash the commits, make a temporary branch and merge things, or try this when doing format-patch: --stdout > this_is_my_amazing_single_patch_file.diff
Re: [Trisquel-users] sudo apt-get update taking too long
You are welcome :)
Re: [Trisquel-users] sudo apt-get update taking too long
Thanks so much Nicky - just what I needed.
[Trisquel-users] Can't git format-patch
Why doesn't this command seem to be giving me any file or standard output? git format-patch master All I can do is count how many commits I'm ahead of master, and do git format-patch -3 where 3 is the number of commits ahead. But this means I can't just send a patch file. I have to send multiple patch files in an archive, and then I have to tell some guy to run the "git-am" command on three files and hope it works. (I've never applied one of these patches, I've only emailed them.) My friend on a related, very old, popular, de-facto standard distro says git should be able to do "git format-patch master". Is this an issue with Trisquel's version of git? :(
Re: [Trisquel-users] Ethernet Not Working
Can you tell me the make and model of the router, was it supplied by your ISP? The T400 has a GigabitEthernet port what sort of port has the mac. What type of modem supplies your internet. My current setup from my ISP is one box which is both a modem and a router it has wifi and four ethernet ports.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Thank you Trisquel.
I never tried Parbola. I cannot say why I'm using GuixSD, but I wish to install Linux From Scratches. So if you have similar way you can try it. I did not got any problems on GuixSD.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Ethernet Not Working
Do you really think that the solution is in the router's configuration? I'm asking because I'd rather not modify any of its settings. Might there not be something that we can try on the T400? If not, then please tell me what to look for in the router's settings, and I could take a look.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Thank you Trisquel.
Ought to admit Youtube as a resource where I've got help.
Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKXrGfDnUCk
The main problem is to get configuration file. Lahcen Agchar's video solved
for me. Also video gived me idea how to part disk.
I have GuixSD with XFCE, when I tried different typing to change xfce to
LXDE I could not. But I know there are not only XFCE, but LXDE and others.
This is my /etc/config.scm
$ cat /etc/config.scm
;; This is an operating system configuration template
;; for a "desktop" setup with GNOME and Xfce where the
;; root partition is encrypted with LUKS.
(use-modules (gnu) (gnu system nss))
(use-service-modules desktop)
(use-package-modules certs gnome)
(operating-system
(host-name "antelope")
(timezone "Europe/Moscow")
(locale "en_US.utf8")
;; Use the UEFI variant of GRUB with the EFI System
;; Partition mounted on /boot/efi.
(bootloader (bootloader-configuration
(bootloader grub-bootloader)
(target "/dev/sda")))
;; Specify a mapped device for the encrypted root partition.
;; The UUID is that returned by 'cryptsetup luksUUID'.
;(mapped-devices
; (list (mapped-device
;(source (uuid "12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc"))
;(target "my-root")
;(type luks-device-mapping
(file-systems (cons (file-system
(device "/dev/sda1")
(mount-point "/")
(type "ext4")
)
%base-file-systems))
(swap-devices '("/dev/sda2"))
(users (cons (user-account
(name "znavko")
(comment "zna vko")
(group "users")
(supplementary-groups '("wheel" "netdev"
"audio" "video"))
(home-directory "/home/znavko"))
%base-user-accounts))
;; This is where we specify system-wide packages.
(packages (cons* nss-certs ;for HTTPS access
gvfs ;for user mounts
%base-packages))
;; Add GNOME and/or Xfce---we can choose at the log-in
;; screen with F1. Use the "desktop" services, which
;; include the X11 log-in service, networking with
;; NetworkManager, and more.
(services (cons* (xfce-desktop-service)
%desktop-services))
;; Allow resolution of '.local' host names with mDNS.
(name-service-switch %mdns-host-lookup-nss))
Re: [Trisquel-users] Ethernet Not Working
What is the make and model of the router? You would need to check how it is configured. How many ports are on it and what type of ports. In my experience with routers they can be set to auto negotiate the speed of the router port with your equipment i.e. the mac or the T400 sometimes different equipment doesn't handle the auto negotiate well and you can opt to hard code the speed which can solve some problems.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Ethernet Not Working
"how exactly is it connected?" There's a router between the modem and computer. So, I connected the T400 directly to the modem, and the connection speed was optimal, which was to be expected. The fact is I cannot have the T400 directly connected to the modem (due to my network setup). The internet speed of my other computer, which is connected to the router, is fine (not as fast as when directly connected to the modem, but that's normal). The same occurs when a friend connects their computer in the same way. Why is the T400's internet speed, when connected to the router, so slow? There has to be an explanation.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Ethernet Not Working
>What if I connected the T400 directly to the modem? Would that be of any use? I thought the mac was directly connected to the modem, how exactly is it connected? I would try a direct connection to the modem just to see if it makes any difference. The dig command will show you how much delay there is to your DNS server, so the quicker the better. Have you only obtained the T400 recently?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Ethernet Not Working
"Are you using the same ethernet lead and port on your router when using the T400 as you do when connecting with the Mac." First, I remove the ethernet cable from the Mac, and then I connect it to the T400, if that makes sense. So, my Mac and T400 are never connected to the internet at the same time. "If it was possible for you to try connecting using wifi and your connection was OK then it would suggest thet the problem was the ethernet port." I cannot, at the moment. "Another option would be to try connecting with the ethernet port using a friends internet connection on their router." What if I connected the T400 directly to the modem? Would that be of any use? *** So, I tried the first command to test my current settings, and my query time was 107 msec. When I tested my primary DNS server address with the second command, I got 102 msec. What can be concluded from that? By the way, I also tried 8.8.8.8 with the second command, and it was slightly faster, though connecting to the web was equally slow as with my original DNS servers.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Ethernet Not Working
Are you using the same ethernet lead and port on your router when using the T400 as you do when connecting with the Mac. If so this would point to the problem being with either the T400 or some of the settings on it. If it was possible for you to try connecting using wifi and your connection was OK then it would suggest thet the problem was the ethernet port. Another option would be to try connecting with the ethernet port using a friends internet connection on their router. I would suggest you check your connection information see screenshot which shows mine with the connection over wifi using a liveusb. You could also check the speed of your dns servers using the dig command e.g. dig https://trisquel.info which checks your current settings ;; Query time: 2741 msec dig 1.1.1.1 https://trisquel.info which checks using the DNS server 1.1.1.1 you can substitute the DNS server of your choice and also the website url you want to check ;; Query time: 31 msec In the attached screenshots the time taken is shown near the end of the output I have had issues with DNS servers in the past which made web browsing extremely slow
Re: [Trisquel-users] External exFAT Drive
Why would you call APM "rotten"? Because it has Apple in its name? APM is a historic partition scheme that only allows for partitions up to 2 TiB. ExFAT is certainly rotten as well, because it was designed by Microsoft, right? We should fight proprietary software and closed technologies but spreading biased FUD is not the way to do it IMHO.
Re: [Trisquel-users] External exFAT Drive
Yes. You need to install exfat-fuse and exfat-utils to have exFAT support in T8.
Re: [Trisquel-users] External exFAT Drive
To install exFAT support, try this command in terminal: sudo apt install exfat-fuse exfat-utils For drives less than 2 TiB, you can choose either GPT or MBR. For drives greater than 2 TiB, you have to use GPT. Forget the rotten Apple's partition table.
Re: [Trisquel-users] External exFAT Drive
The GNU/Linux distribution that I'm using is Trisquel 8. Would I still need to install exfat-fuse? Also, what is exfat-utils? macOS offers three exFAT scheme options: (1) GUID Partition Map, (2) Master Boot Record and (3) Apple Partition Map. Which is the best for compatibility across all three OSes?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Ethernet Not Working
That did it. Thanks! I have two observations: 1. After entering the command, I clicked on the network icon, and there were two options at the top: the ethernet interface name and wired connection. Clicking on either seemed to work, though I did get a notification stating that the connection was lost. 2. My internet connection is *very* slow, even though on my other setup (running macOS) with exactly the same network settings the connection is just fine. What may be causing the slower speeds?
Re: [Trisquel-users] VS Code is free software?
Hey forum, long time member/lurker, logged in just to add my $0.02 USD The Visual Studio Code binary from Microsoft is proprietary. It uses the MIT-licensed source code available at https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode as its base, however it contains changes that are not distributed. There is a Free build in Flathub which is also compiled from the MIT-licensed code and is released under a free license (GNU Affero General Public License v3). This free build is available here: https://github.com/flathub/com.visualstudio.code.oss This free version is also published in Flathub: https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.visualstudio.code.oss That one should be preferable, however, I don't know what is the situation regarding plugins, if it does anything to prevent the installation of non-free plugins, or if it allows plugins at all.
