Re: [Trisquel-users] GAPCOIN Math Crypto-Currency for TRISQUEL Users
Thanks for pointing that out. Probably what is meant by (Open Source) is it is not part of SSL library. As you can see from the Issues section there are many difficult questions surrounding the Bitcoin protocol which will likely never be addressed. Gapcoin can merge to SHA512 far ahead of Bitcoin which it happened would force the Emperor wears no clothes to switch to SHA512. But they cannot due to hardware ASIC chips for 32 bit SHA256. https://github.com/gapcoin/gapcoin/issues/5 Gapcoin is by far the best way to hack anything hardware related.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Ubuntu Studio As Base for Next Trisquel? Trisquelize for Ubuntu Studio?
> Perhaps a blog post could be written about a potential Trisquel Studio > for the front page of Trisquel.info, linking to that wiki page? I > would be happy to write the copy if Chaosmonk could give me a list of > bullet points on what ought to be included / not included in the > piece. Samples of my tech blog writing can be found at > disintermedia.net.nz/blog (when the service hosting it is working ;) I think that updating the blog more regularly is a great idea. Thanks for stepping up. As for this particular topic, so far all that I proposed to quidam is backporting A/V software and possibly adding a metapackage to install a suite of A/V software. Anything more ambitious, like an official flavor, will need to be run by him first. The reason I haven't been drawing a ton of attention to the wiki page is that I see the issues blocking Trisquel 9 as a higher priority, and probably won't put any more time into the backports until Trisquel 9 has a working installer and default desktop. Until then, a flood of backports requests won't be helpful Are you available for Friday's IRC meeting? It usually starts at 16:00 UTC and lasts a few hours. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [Trisquel-users] Weird text display distortions in ABrowser on Trisquel 8
Hi masonhock, it looks like LibreWolf is very interesting, more than Iceweasel Icecat Waterfox Basilisk or other Firefox derivatives. It's a news for me. Thanks!
Re: [Trisquel-users] Ubuntu Studio As Base for Next Trisquel? Trisquelize for Ubuntu Studio?
> I've probably said this elsewhere, but with the performance of the > Mate desktop, Trisquel-Mini is a bit redundant. To be fair, in addition to a different desktop environment, Trisquel Mini also has different default applications (Midori instead of Abrowser, Abiword instead of LibreOffice Writer, etc.) but even this probably doesn't make a huge difference. The lowest-spec machines I have are my ASUS Eeepc netbooks (cheapest laptops I could find with an "A" rating on h-node), which have 1GB of RAM. I found that a very light window manager (Icewm) was noticeably more responsive than full desktop environments, but I notice no difference between LXDE and MATE, though both run a little better than GNOME. I also notice no difference between Midori 7 and Abrowser. Honestly, I think the users' browsing habits are typically the > Also, slackermedia.info might be worth a look for anyone interested in > multimedia production on GNU/Linux. They claim to be ... > > "100% Free & Open Source Software" > > ... although I don't know whether everything their project includes is > libre by GFDG standards. Probably not, if they don't explicitly go out of their way to do so. The FSDG are pretty strict, and meeting them requires addressing some non-obvious issues. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [Trisquel-users] Weird text display distortions in ABrowser on Trisquel 8
> But I may be able to solve the problem by installing a different web > browser, with different dependencies, or use a Firefox-based browser > as an AppImage. You might look into LibreWolf.[1] It's a Firefox fork which supposedly prevents all unsolicited connections. According to their documentation, their binaries are compiled with DRM support, but it is disabled by default,[2] so as long as you don't go out of your way to enable it I don't think you'll end up running any of that crap. I haven't gotten around to testing this browser myself though. There's also Hyperbola's Iceweasel-UXP, a fork of Basilisk, which is itself a fork of pre-Quantum Firefox. It works okay, though I'm not sure how to install it on a non-Arch-based distro. [1] https://librewolf-community.gitlab.io/ [2] https://librewolf-community.gitlab.io/docs/drm/ signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [Trisquel-users] Internet connection problem
> I did only run sudo apt install network-manager. This will install the newest known version (the broken version, since you'll need to run another "apt update" to for the package manager to be aware of the recent version that fixes the problem). To revert to the old version you need to run $ sudo apt install network-manager=1.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 Once you have a working connection, run $ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade to get the newest version which quidam says fixes the problem. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[Trisquel-users] Turn off auto complete feature in LibreOffice Calc
Working on a massive spreadsheet ... entering a lot of AS numbers. LibreOffice Calc often adds additional numbers when I enter a short AS number after I have moved on to the next entry, so the alteration is easy to miss. In this context, "AS" stands for autonomous system. See http://www.cidr-report.org/ George Langford
Re: [Trisquel-users] Ubuntu Studio As Base for Next Trisquel? Trisquelize for Ubuntu Studio?
On 10/22/19, stry...@disintermedia.net.nz wrote: > Also, slackermedia.info might be worth a look for anyone interested in > multimedia production on GNU/Linux. They claim to be ... > > "100% Free & Open Source Software" Thanks strypey, so slackermedia is a website by the person behind GNU World Order podcast. It's interesting, I bookmarked it immediately.
Re: [Trisquel-users] don't upgrade to backported network-manager or wpa-supplicant
I just published an update to NetworkManager fixing the regressions (network-manager_1.10.6-2ubuntu1+8.0trisquel2). The changes from version trisquel1 are to set NM to use dnsseq as before, and to disable the mac address randomization settings (but leaving them commented out so they are easy to enable for users with the correct hardware). The feature of not sending the hostname should work, if it interferes with connecting to some routers please report and I'll revert that too.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Internet connection problem
Thanks, Ruben. Glad to see you in this discussion.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Internet connection problem
I just published an update to NetworkManager fixing the regressions (network-manager_1.10.6-2ubuntu1+8.0trisquel2). The changes from version trisquel1 are to set NM to use dnsseq as before, and to disable the mac address randomization settings (but leaving them commented out so they are easy to enable for users with the correct hardware). The feature of not sending the hostname should work, if it interferes with connecting to some routers please report and I'll revert that too.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Volunteer to write more regular blog posts for trisquel.info
That's great, strypey. I agree with that especially for technical tips & tricks for daily use and school.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Volunteer to write more regular blog posts for trisquel.info
Are you able to show up to the Freedom Fridays meeting on IRC in #trisquel-dev on irc.freenode.net and suggest this?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Internet connection problem
I did only run sudo apt install network-manager.
[Trisquel-users] Volunteer to write more regular blog posts for trisquel.info
I'm happy to write copy so that the trisquel.info blog can be updated more frequently. Samples of my tech blog writing can be found at disintermedia.net.nz/blog (when the service hosting it is working ;) Core team members could chuck me rough bullet points on what ought to be included / not included in each blog piece. Alternatively, perhaps an official Trisquel fediverse account could be set up? Any member of the core team could throw out quick progress updates and news notes there whenever they have time or motivation, ideally with relevant links. Then I could bundle those into blog posts. Thoughts?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Ubuntu Studio As Base for Next Trisquel? Trisquelize for Ubuntu Studio?
evilive: > I proposed making the "Backporting A/V Software to Trisquel 9" page more accessible to Trisquel's users - perhaps a sticky thread can help users to find it more easily? Perhaps a blog post could be written about a potential Trisquel Studio for the front page of Trisquel.info, linking to that wiki page? I would be happy to write the copy if Chaosmonk could give me a list of bullet points on what ought to be included / not included in the piece. Samples of my tech blog writing can be found at disintermedia.net.nz/blog (when the service hosting it is working ;)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Icedove fails to send a new message and every time requires the password for Posteo
By the way, since about an hour, now Pidgin started to ask the password for an account very persistently (very persistent), despite I closed Pidgin itself. Like a popup, every minutes it appears and requires the password. Or is this a normal security function or something of free software? (Such kind of persistent stuff and sneaky stupid configurations (e.g. the eternal costly loop) are often observed on proprietary software too though)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Ubuntu Studio As Base for Next Trisquel? Trisquelize for Ubuntu Studio?
Chaosmonk: > If trisquel-studio reaches a point where it seems polished enough could be made an official flavor with it's on ISO. I've probably said this elsewhere, but with the performance of the Mate desktop, Trisquel-Mini is a bit redundant. Maybe it could be replaced with Trisquel Studio as the main alt version with each Trisquel release? If not for Etiona, then for Trisquel X? IMHO this would add much more value to the Trisquel project than the Mini version currently does. Also, slackermedia.info might be worth a look for anyone interested in multimedia production on GNU/Linux. They claim to be ... > "100% Free & Open Source Software" ... although I don't know whether everything their project includes is libre by GFDG standards.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Weird text display distortions in ABrowser on Trisquel 8
No worries Chaosmonk, thanks for your replies, and sorry if that last reply of mine was a bit terse. It's helpful just to know this is a known issue (so no point filing a bug), as I couldn't find anything about it by keyword searching the forums. Your suggested solutions could have helped and I appreciate you taking the time to share them. > As far as I can tell, X60 users only run into this issue with Firefox derivatives installed from the package manager, not from an executable tarball This is helpful, thanks. IceCat doesn't seem to be a viable solution until version 68 is released. But I may be able to solve the problem by installing a different web browser, with different dependencies, or use a Firefox-based browser as an AppImage. I will have a look in add/remove programs for candidates.
