[Trisquel-users] Re : PDF Form in Web Browser
You could also try Okular (it's specifically made for KDE, but can work in other desktop environments).
[Trisquel-users] Re : Wacom tablets
You probably have Aseprite in mind.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Hot laptop. Please include in the trisquel free driver: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
I'm pretty sure it already is installed by default. However, it can only be used if the graphics card is supported. That excludes Maxwell- and (soon) Pascal-series NVIDIA graphics cards.
[Trisquel-users] Re : VGA display program?
What desktop environment do you use (GNOME, KDE, Xfce, LXDE, …)?
[Trisquel-users] Re : CDE -- Common Desktop Environment
> A computer interface must look like it's a computer, not a printed newspaper or a brochure. I disagree with this. There's a reason the industry is pushing for high-DPI monitors: pixelated fonts are just ugly and harder to read than crisp, anti-aliased fonts.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Release of gNewSense 4 (beta) codenamed Ucclia
Not all packages get security updates in Debian. Sometimes, upstream makes fixes that Debian ends up never backporting, especially for less popular packages.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Penguin Adelie GNU / Linux Laptop
Here you can get an ISO of the latest Debian testing build in 64-bit, by the way.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Are all Fonts in Trisquel Software Libre?
Yes, all fonts found in Trisquel are libre (typically under the SIL OFL which is considered libre by the FSF). Trisquel has no package that installs the proprietary Microsoft fonts as well.
[Trisquel-users] Nouveau "Boost" Patches Show Much Performance Potential (Phoronix)
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article=nouveau-boost-perf Apparently, those patches make Xonotic fully playable in 3840x2160 on the Ultimate preset, with Nouveau (the free NVIDIA driver) on some Kepler cards. Reclocking still needs to be done manually, but it's a start. Those patches may be merged in Linux 4.7-4.9, maybe it'll be worth having a point release with that kernel if the performance increases are available without proprietary firmware.
[Trisquel-users] Re : questions about openmailbox aliases
In my experience, you can receive an e-mail as alias, but you can't send from an alias. But you can tell your recipient to reply to your alias, although they're not forced to follow it and will see your original e-mail address.
[Trisquel-users] Re : How we could help spreading libre point of view
It's intended that you can't go to a website then install some GNU/Linux software quickly and easily. See how much malware and adware is being spread on sites like SourceForge, and how much that software only targets Windows (and sometimes OS X)?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Recommended gaming emulators
Why not make modern games using modern tools though? Like, with Godot.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I play H.265/HEVC via vlc?
It uses the CPU a lot more than H.264 (when comparing x264 to x265): http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/x265-hevc-encoder,3565-3.html
Re: [Trisquel-users] Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus will be launched the 21 of April.
The reason there are no non-LTS releases of Trisquel is the lack of manpower (it takes 4-6 months to release Trisquel after Ubuntu already). If you are knowledgeable about the inner workings of a Debian/Ubuntu system, you probably can help.
Re: [Trisquel-users] "Red Eclipse" free as in freedom?
Red Eclipse was in Debian non-free because the Debian people thought that not having the source files of some 3D models made some art non-free (the most important models do have .blend files available, like the player model and some weapon models). They ultimately stepped back and considered Red Eclipse 100% libre.
Re: [Trisquel-users] VPN Service Recommendations?
privacytools.io has a list of "good" VPN providers, starting at $36/year.
Re: [Trisquel-users] What free distro or one I can free with raspberry pi?
I don't think "no 3D acceleration" and "media centre" go well in the same sentence, especially for anything that's over 720p video.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Play games like 'Dying Light' on Trisquel
It doesn't have to be something based on the Quake engine (most iterations of that engine have important shortcomings that are very hard to fix). Better use something like Godot.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Spam attack
There are audio captchas around, but I would advise not using captchas except as a last resort. Disallowing new users from posting links or such are decent spam prevention mesures already.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Spam attack
Trust/progressive permission systems are something the modern forums I mentioned a while ago have. :)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Canonical merges GPL-incompatible kernel module ZFS to the kernel tree for Ubuntu 16.04
ZOL is probably the abbreviation of ZFS on Linux.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Vulkan 1.0 is out. Thoughts?
There's not much interest to having more proprietary games on GNU/Linux. Sure, it might help people migrate (which is why proprietary software ports are overall a good thing), but it's useless to the people of the free/libre world. https://gnu.org/philosophy/nonfree-games.html
Re: [Trisquel-users] Vulkan 1.0 is out. Thoughts?
The problem is, it'll take years for libre games using Vulkan to appear. Very few libre games run on something newer than OpenGL 2.1 already. Some libre game engines will likely get Vulkan support in the next 2 years, but there needs to be libre games using those for it to be really useful.
[Trisquel-users] NVIDIA Releases Initial Signed Firmware Images For GTX 900 Series Open-Source Support
http://phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item=NVIDIA-Releases-Signed-Blobs This means the latest NVIDIA cards will soon be usable with Nouveau on GNU/Linux, but with proprietary signed firmware. What do you think?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Mailinabox
This GitHub issue says that Mail-in-a-box supports Trisquel 7, although not officially.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The Gaming Trap
About copylefted game engines, I did ask the Atomic Game Engine developer (who currently releases it under a proprietary license) to release it under the GPL or LGPL. Many things are already free/libre in it (like the runtime), but the editor is not. This was their answer.
[Trisquel-users] Re : AMD's 2016 Linux Driver Plans & GPU Open Source
They might as well support libre games too…
[Trisquel-users] Re : why has no one made a fork of virtualbox in any form for linux?
Probably virt-manager.
Re: [Trisquel-users] AMD: It's Time To Open Up the GPU
> You will be able to run every libre game with high settings and nice fps This one probably won't even start (like most Torque3D games): http://www.duion.com/games/uebergame/main
Re: [Trisquel-users] The Gaming Trap
In this list, I would also mention Quake 1/2 mods such as Team Fortress (Q1), Rocket Arena (Q1), Action Quake 2 (Q2), OSP (Q2)… which use proprietary (binary-only) game logic in the form of .dat/.dll/.so files.
Re: [Trisquel-users] AMD: It's Time To Open Up the GPU
Most stuff published by GPUOpen appears to be relevant for DirectX rather than OpenGL. There are a few OpenGL samples, but no "complete" code like TressFX.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Debian and gNewSense
It does not. The Linux kernel supplied by Debian is deblobbed using their own scripts (they do not use Linux-libre, but it is still fully free). However, the installer may recommend non-free firmware in some cases.
[Trisquel-users] Re : AMD's 2016 Linux Driver Plans & GPU Open Source
Today, mere rendering of a desktop requires 3D (using compositing, which has many advantages), unless you are using software rendering like LLVMpipe.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Python to Move to Github
Is GitHub really the best? GitLab is of very high quality (even though it's heavy to install and self-host), and GitLab.com offers gratis private repositories unlike GitHub. I would say it is technically better than GitHub in many cases, not to mention the Community Edition is libre.
Re: [Trisquel-users] FSF Vision Survey | The Free Software Foundation needs your feedback. Their vision survey is up until the end of January.
Resource management in software doesn't work like that. This is not a strategy game; if people are interested to work on a specific but less useful project, they will. They won't be productive if you force them to work on what you believe is important.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Icecat the force awakens part 2:
> I wonder why it is taking so long... There are basically 2-4 developers on it, to my knowledge. Compare this to Mozilla's manpower available on Firefox…
[Trisquel-users] Re : Screen Resolution Info
It sounds like you have an AMD graphics adapter. Your best bet is downgrading to Linux-libre 3.4, but you still won't have any 3D acceleration.
[Trisquel-users] Re : There is a bunch of ways to install Ruby, what is the proper way for Tisquel?
Install ruby2.0 and ruby2.0-dev.
[Trisquel-users] Drupal 8 released
Drupal 8 has been released on 2015-11-19. Time to upgrade the site? :)
[Trisquel-users] Re : Vulnerability in the linux kernel... when 7.0.1?
During installation, you can choose if updates are downloaded if you have an Internet connection, but they will never be installed automatically. When you boot the installed system for the first time, it will prompt you to install the updates directly, which will require a reboot since the kernel is almost always updated after the release.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Crowdfunding a game I'm developing: ReTux (Mario-inspired game)
"These files are encrypted 7z archives. You need a program such as 7-zip to extract them. You also need the password to decrypt them, which I have only given to backers who contributed $20 or more to ReTux." Like it or not, I am reminded of https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/w/en/economics.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Is foxyproxy libre?
There should be incentive to develop fully free games; look at how many "free" games are plagued by non-free artwork or worse, non-free software as "game scripts" (like Warsow)...
[Trisquel-users] Re : Video/Audio format tipp for saving Vhs Videos and sd (pal) TV
Use Handbrake.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Make Mupen64 work faster
> AND modern libre games are not made thinking about low spec machines. To me, OpenArena seems to care a bit too much about the legacy… renderer_oa changes - Widescreen horizontal expansion support - Paletted texturing support, for the few older cards that support the paletted texture extensions (3dfx) - Many changes to the flares code - sun flares, support for custom flare shaders, a lower quality flare option (huge framerate jump on oa_pvomit), additional lens reflection effects, configurable lens reflection types for dynamic lights, sun or map lights - Brightness by blended quad, allowing overbrights to work in a window without the need for a fragment shader - More postprocessing effects, including a multipass shader effect for simulating the looks of a popular 1996 3d card - Slowness feature to simulate the rough speed of a typical 6th generation computer setup by default (common 1998 computers), potentially useful for content producers looking to optimize their stuff
[Trisquel-users] Re : Cannot Adjust Screen Resolution | Trisquel Mini | Virtualbox | Mac OS X
The only fully libre solution for increasing screen resolution with VirtualBox is to edit GRUB, so that the boot resolution is increased. You will probably have to stick with a 4:3 resolution though.
[Trisquel-users] Re : What CPU to buy
Nouveau doesn't. At least Kepler and older generations.
[Trisquel-users] Re : What CPU to buy
You don't need more than 60 FPS, unless you want very low input latency (at the cost of wasting power). Also, vblank_mode=0 /path/to/game/binary should disable V-Sync.
[Trisquel-users] Re : What CPU to buy
Modern Intel CPUs all have backdoors too.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Graphical glitches in 3d games
These are known Kepler cards: GT 640 GTX 650/660/660 Ti/670/680 GTX 760/770/780/780 Ti These cards are have experimental reclocking support in recent kernels.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Changing An Application Icon In Main Menu
Some screens are high-DPI, thus the icon might show up at 32×32, 48×48, 64×64 or even 96×96, but still take the same screen real estate.
[Trisquel-users] Re : about bios, uefi, tpm, etc security
"Considered harmful"
[Trisquel-users] Re : pc mainboard low priced which one do you suggest?
"AMVIDIA" combinations don't go well in my combination, you will probably profit more from an Intel + NVIDIA system. It's not like AMD processors are much of a competition to Intel these days, anyway...
[Trisquel-users] Re : Graphical glitches in 3d games
Intel, definitely, until Nouveau gets reliable reclocking that can fully exploit the graphics card. (It is starting to happen on Kepler series video cards [most GeForce 600 and some GeForce 700s]).
[Trisquel-users] Re : Graphical glitches in 3d games
No, but it is planned since years ago.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Does anyone play performous (karaoke game)
Is there any real reason for licensors to use NC though?
[Trisquel-users] Re : Graphical glitches in 3d games
Xonotic has software rendering using vid_soft 1, but it is very slow.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Graphical glitches in 3d games
Such artifacts are known bugs on older Intel graphics adapters, there's not much to do, but you can try updating the kernel.
[Trisquel-users] Re : My mouse is too fast!
> P.S: The mouse has a DPI button. How do i get it to work in trisquel? Those buttons are almost always hardware-based, which means they work regardless of the operating system.
[Trisquel-users] Re : laptop
The dual-core CPU does not have HyperThreading or Turbo Mode. > and the only libre program so far i have come across that dose not run on it is the Dolphin emulator You probably won't be able to run this: https://github.com/kmkolasinski/AwesomeBump You may struggle with 3D programs like Blender too.
[Trisquel-users] Re : pc mainboard low priced which one do you suggest?
UEFI is a standard. In theory, you can implement a fully free UEFI. In practice, I don't know of anyone running a free UEFI on their system (due to hardware support probably).
[Trisquel-users] Re : pc mainboard low priced which one do you suggest?
Installing in UEFI mode will bring you a few benefits: Potentially faster boot times Dual-booting might be easier Not relying on a legacy stack that might go away some day It's not that hard to install in UEFI mode on modern distributions, even Trisquel supports it, if I recall correctly.
[Trisquel-users] Re : pc mainboard low priced which one do you suggest?
Any PC sold since 2012 uses and supports UEFI, but you can still boot in BIOS mode (that is, you can install your OS either in UEFI mode, which is the recommended way to do it, or in legacy BIOS mode).
[Trisquel-users] Re : would anyone know of any online classes that i could learn more about linux?
It uses non-free JavaScript for sure.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Bootable Ubuntu USB using Trisquel?
> So strictly speaking, this software violates GNU GPLv3 from the very core No, it does not. A GPLv3 software that recommends non-free software does not violate the license.
[Trisquel-users] Re : New GNU ethical criteria for code repositories emphasize privacy, freedom, and copyleft
Many developers would rather not spend any money, this is why centralized hosting platforms are used. Also, with centralized platforms, you don't need to create an account for each project to report bugs or make pull requests, and the interface is the same.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Making radeon work again by bringing back Linux-libre 3.4
What do you mean? Only AMD makes graphic adapters. However, they can either be integrated (AMD APU) or dedicated (AMD GPU). However, both are called Radeon.
[Trisquel-users] New GNU ethical criteria for code repositories emphasize privacy, freedom, and copyleft
http://www.fsf.org/news/gnu-ethical-repo-criteria Place your bets. Will any of GitHub, GitLab, NotABug, git.framasoft.org be considered ethical?
[Trisquel-users] Re : Netflix/Hulu?
> Debian now includes proprietary A/V codecs and flash? Note that MP3, H.264 and DVD can all be played with free software; however, they are either subject to software patents or are in a legally gray area in the US. Free (but patent-encumbered formats) are available in the main repository, whereas Adobe Flash is available in the contrib repository (it's a free downloader package that downloads the non-free installer). The latter is not incuded in a bare Debian installation.
[Trisquel-users] Re : GPG versions
Install the package gpgv2 for GPG 2.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Netflix/Hulu?
> Perhaps more urgently, digital restriction mechanisms ought to be illegal, rather than legally enforced. It could be legal to circumvent them, for a start.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Installing on computer with SSD and HDD
No, it won't, if you check "Replace current operating system with Trisquel", it will install everything either on the HDD or the SSD. You will have to use manual partitioning. Select manual partitioning Create an ext4 partition with mount point / on the SSD Create a linux-swap partition on the SSD Create an ext4 partition with mount point /home on the HDD You can use LVM for added convenience (easy partition resizing).
[Trisquel-users] Re : Contact - First Aid Course
Don't reply to spam, report it. (But we have no report button...)
[Trisquel-users] Re : 3-panel Brocure draft
Try to use a light background for printing. This will also make the FSF logo more visible.
[Trisquel-users] Re : 3-panel Brocure draft
Be sure to choose a free culture Creative Commons license, like CC0 1.0, CC BY 3.0/4.0 or CC BY-SA 3.0/4.0. Bonus point: CC0 1.0 and CC BY 4.0 are compatible with the GPL.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Modernizing the Trisquel forums
> (BTW what ever happened to the Trisquel-Gamer-DVD project?) It has followed mostly the same path as the Fedora Games spin (read: nobody really used it or cared about it...). More information on Wikipedia.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Unified Approach to Privacy and Security Documentation
We are launching dedicated security documentation: :)
[Trisquel-users] Re : Modernizing the Trisquel forums
> the launch of Steam on GNU/Linux has triggered a massive boost of interest in libre gaming. I think 2007-2008 was the years of libre gaming (for reasons I don't know), not 2012 (year of Steam being launched for GNU/Linux). Those years, there were large amounts of players on libre games. Now, most of them left, and many important (partially or fully) libre game projects are dying off, like OpenArena and Sauerbraten. Graphics of most libre games not having improved in the slightest in 5 years is possibly the cause (there are notable exceptions, like SuperTuxKart).
[Trisquel-users] Re : would anyone know of any online classes that i could learn more about linux?
For making games, you can use those free software: https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Collection:For_Game_Developers
[Trisquel-users] Re : FLIF may be dead on arrival due to GPL license
FLIF will be relicensed later to a more permissive free software license.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Modernizing the Trisquel forums
We could have an Announcements section on this forum, where only moderators can create new threads.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Modernizing the Trisquel forums
I'm not aware of any responsive themes for PunBB.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Acquiring a new laptop.
The only fully supported graphics hardware is from Intel, and it's integrated, so it's much slower than a dedicated graphics card that would be fully supported (Nouveau still can't reclock any Fermi or Kepler graphics cards). Even the best Broadwell Intel IGP, without the proprietary microcode updates, will hardly run Xonotic on medium settings in 1600×900.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Using the latest linux-libre -- pros and cons
Skylake graphics need a proprietary blob to be fully usable.
[Trisquel-users] Modernizing the Trisquel forums
The Trisquel forum has served for several years already, using some Drupal forum module. However, it has many issues: It is not responsive, meaning you can't read posts well on a smartphone or a tablet (unless you are constantly zooming, and trying to touch small buttons). Only some HTML can be used for post formatting, not Markdown or even BBCode. There could be better moderation tools (as well as more moderators...). It is "non-standard" in the sense that most people are not used to a forum that is embedded within Drupal. It could look better, more readable (some texts are quite small), and with a less distracting background. I personally would recommend those free forum software: Flarum (PHP, MIT/Expat), Discourse (Ruby, GPLv2), NodeBB (Node.js, GPLv3). Such forum software would probably be hosted on a subdomain. I know you guys are very attached to mailing lists, so I'll warn you already that those forum software are not intended to be used with e-mail. Generally, you can only reply through a Web browser. There probably is no importer script for Drupal forums either, so the old forums will have to be accessible from somewhere. Eventually, maybe redesign the whole site to look more modern and responsive. We could take inspiration from Antergos and Fedora.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Can I get games / WINE working on Trisquel?
We won't assist you in running proprietary software of any kind on this forum, it would violate our Community Guidelines. While WINE is free/libre software (LGPLv2), World of Warcraft is not.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Recommend me software for screen recording
Have you tried OpenShot or Kdenlive? Blender can do video editing too, even though it has a steep learning curve.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Could somebody recommend me an xmpp server?
https://list.jabber.at/
[Trisquel-users] Re : My new trisquel rig!
We don't help people run proprietary games here.
[Trisquel-users] Re : My new trisquel rig!
> Supertuxkart = clone of MarioKart Nope. They don't use the same engines and have different game mechanics and tracks. > xonotic = clone of quake 3? No, not at all. Xonotic isn't even a clone of CPMA (Challenge Pro Mode Arena, a mod of Quake 3 Arena); it's its own game with its unique game mechanics. In fact, it is based on DarkPlaces (which is based on Quake 1, not Quake 3).
[Trisquel-users] Re : My new trisquel rig!
Okay, I apologize. Back on topic: Intel graphics will be slower on Trisquel than on other (non-fully-libre) distributions because we don't ship microcode updates. Expect a 30% performance loss.
[Trisquel-users] Re : My new trisquel rig!
To be more accurate, I think the distributions (Debian, Fedora) ship it in the form of packages.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Google Chrome For Trisquel
Are you aware of the Iridium Browser, which is a fork of Chromium?
[Trisquel-users] Re : Something general and Pale Moon youtube HTML5 issue
Pale Moon is proprietary: http://www.palemoon.org/redist.shtml
[Trisquel-users] Re : What WiFi speeds can I expect?
I think they are talking about local copying speeds. With Gigabit Ethernet, you can reach up to ~120 MB/s (megabytes, not megabits). With Fast Ethernet, ~12 MB/s.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Do DRM free games matter even if the game is non-free?
Source has third-party proprietary dependencies, like Havok.
[Trisquel-users] Re : System lag writing on SSD with LUKS
> Hello. Buy an HDD. That's the best you can do. SSDs are not what they say they are. The root for marketing, politics, etc. is to convince; to lie, in other words. SSDs are not well prepared for writing but for access and above all for CACHE. Hey, it's not 2007 anymore. SSDs are proven technology, and are not that expensive. I have 2 systems here which run "full SSD" (SSD only, no HDD), and everything is fast and silent.
[Trisquel-users] Re : What games do you play on your computers
This uses non-free libraries and third-party services: Disqus, Google Analytics, Highcharts. I heard reCAPTCHA was in the works too.
[Trisquel-users] Re : What free email provider do you prefer?
If you want to self-host, try Mail-in-a-Box. If you don't want to self-host, give Tutanota a try. It offers 1 GB of gratis storage, a responsive Web interface and can send end-to-end encrypted e-mails. Beware, you can't access it using regular e-mail clients since the storage is encrypted. There are (free) mobile apps available though.
[Trisquel-users] Re : capture cards
Use SimpleScreenRecorder or Open Broadcaster Software.
[Trisquel-users] Re : book writing
GNU and its logo are actually registered trademarks. But for merely mentioning them, you do not need to pay any royalties, like any other mark.
