Re: [Trisquel-users] VS Code is free software?

2018-08-20 Thread calmstorm
This doesn't surprise me one bit.

Re: [Trisquel-users] FSF Membership card

2018-08-20 Thread calmstorm
Let's Necro this thread!

Re: [Trisquel-users] My T400 laptop restarts each 5 seconds

2018-08-30 Thread calmstorm
Try contacting a libreboot seller and maybe you will get a good answer. Just don't contact libiquity via email, pehjota is a nice guy, but he is slow to respond sometimes. I did order from him so I have an idea of that. ;)

Re: [Trisquel-users] My T400 laptop restarts each 5 seconds

2018-09-01 Thread calmstorm
I have seen this happen before myself, without messing with the bios and only messing with the software side. Debian testing/devuan testing back when version stretch was in testing status. I think I have also seen this happen in trisquel 7. It is/was annoying.

Re: [Trisquel-users] My T400 laptop restarts each 5 seconds

2018-09-18 Thread calmstorm
Reset loops yes.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Thinkpad T420s 5 beeps

2018-09-20 Thread calmstorm
I had a t420 before, it would be awesome if the me was 95% clean because then the wifi card could be changed.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Thinkpad T420s 5 beeps

2018-09-21 Thread calmstorm
How would I do that? can anyone confirm if this is true, and that would be cool. Except the intel me would still be somewhat on...

Re: [Trisquel-users] Leaving Trisquel over systemd Concerns, Fantastic Project Otherwise, Thanks

2018-10-03 Thread calmstorm
Yep, Your not alone in this regard. I am enjoying it, I still post here from time to time, but yeah. It's good. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Leaving Trisquel over systemd Concerns, Fantastic Project Otherwise, Thanks

2018-10-03 Thread calmstorm
Hyperbola and Freenix are both good non-systemd distros. I never used Freenix, but Hyperbola I indeed have and I love it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing Libreboot

2018-10-03 Thread calmstorm
First he should check to see if it even can have coreboot put on it. That's my opinion anyways.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Minifree now selling libre routers with libreCMC preinstalled :)

2018-10-05 Thread calmstorm
That's odd, 98euros seems like alot... Not trying to be rude, I got mine for less. Of course I did install librecmc myself, but it wasn't really hard. I am puzzled. Either way, there are a lot of those routers. So it does make sense to sell them with librecmc on them. ;)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser: I can't by-passing WebGL Blocklist (to enable WebGL support)

2018-10-05 Thread calmstorm
But, isn't webgl a security risk?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Leaving Trisquel over systemd Concerns, Fantastic Project Otherwise, Thanks

2018-10-05 Thread calmstorm
Well, I gotta agree, you did sound condescending and it surprised me that you of all people made that last comment, you usually don't do that on here from what I know.. but yeah, I don't really like or trust systemd. But its not really due to errors, its the unknown which I know nothin

Re: [Trisquel-users] Leaving Trisquel over systemd Concerns, Fantastic Project Otherwise, Thanks

2018-10-05 Thread calmstorm
Just wondering, are you referring to gnu/linux before the 2000s? or in general? That aside, desktop environments I think are lightweight/stable. XFCE and LXQT are good ones, LXQT is ugly, but meh... it works fine when I tried it recently. Love/hate issue with it though. XFCE is what I enjoy

Re: [Trisquel-users] Minifree now selling libre routers with libreCMC preinstalled :)

2018-10-07 Thread calmstorm
does the original one not have a free bootloader? If so, you are correct.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Minifree now selling libre routers with libreCMC preinstalled :)

2018-10-07 Thread calmstorm
Interesting, I had no idea. I wonder if it is more expensive in other countries... Just so you know, wdnr3800 has only two versions. Both supported, one is china and one is not. Unless they made new ones since I got mine. Does librecmc remove all blobs from it? just wondering.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Leaving Trisquel over systemd Concerns, Fantastic Project Otherwise, Thanks

2018-10-07 Thread calmstorm
Ah, okay. so it happens with bsd, unix and the rest? The rest of course, being "The really untrustworthy ones." Out of curiosity what is your favorite desktop environment? I like xfce4 because it is lightweight, almost as much as lxqt/lxde but with one notable difference: there is a way

Re: [Trisquel-users] Leaving Trisquel over systemd Concerns, Fantastic Project Otherwise, Thanks

2018-10-08 Thread calmstorm
I suppose its possible that it had to do with the meltdown/spectre patches for linux-libre/linux-libre-lts... When those bugs were discovered, for at least a few months I had trouble having that same issue. My x200 libreboot froze quite a few times. Even when using Hyperbola. I dunno if

Re: [Trisquel-users] Minifree X200 Review

2018-10-08 Thread calmstorm
That is interesting, so I was wise to get the X200 then. Probably more battery life to the X200 I imagine. Maybe by one or two hours.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Leaving Trisquel over systemd Concerns, Fantastic Project Otherwise, Thanks

2018-10-09 Thread calmstorm
Nope you misunderstood, I may have phrased it wrong though so let me be clear: My x200 froze quite a few times even when using Hyperbola, (Correct) When I said this however: "Systemd may or may not be the culprit" I was talking to the OP more than anything Sorry if I wasn't clear about this

Re: [Trisquel-users] Minifree now selling libre routers with libreCMC preinstalled :)

2018-10-09 Thread calmstorm
Ah, thanks for clarifying. It is a shame though that you don't have a disributor to buy them from who lives in america to send them to you for a good price. :( I thought that was the case though.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Why is Trisquel 8 so much bigger than Trisquel 7?

2018-10-10 Thread calmstorm
Not quite, I do care about program size. Because most likely, the larger the program size, the more ram used which means... More battery life used. And that I care about a whole lot.

Re: [Trisquel-users] I finally migrated to Trisquel

2018-10-13 Thread calmstorm
Or if its related to gnome/mate, disable the beep by removing the screen reader app. It was annoying for me too.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Minifree now selling libre routers with libreCMC preinstalled :)

2018-10-15 Thread calmstorm
I think that will do well for people. I like that idea. I am sure people here will buy more now!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Minifree now selling libre routers with libreCMC preinstalled :)

2018-10-15 Thread calmstorm
Really? I got mine for 40$? In any case Leah's new price tag isn't too far out of my interest if I need another one. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot Hardware

2018-10-23 Thread calmstorm
At least until some whack jobs solve this problem by giving it like 1 million hours plus and then releasing his source code somewhere under a libre license... until then, it will not happen. Even this might not be enough to fix intel's garbage. I think the better option is just to ditch in

Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot laptops on Minifree heavily discounted for 2018 christmas season

2018-11-02 Thread calmstorm
Cool, I am thinking of getting one.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Video driver for a newbie

2018-11-04 Thread calmstorm
There is one even better way, look for a router that has all versions supported. Such as the netgear wndr3800. It has two different versions, one for china, one for everything else so yeah. But, both are supported so yeah. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Video driver for a newbie

2018-11-04 Thread calmstorm
I believe the only versions of virtualbox that was free was from 4.0-4.2. Although virt-manager is way, way better than anything else.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Disable Orca in Display Manager (LightDM)

2018-11-07 Thread calmstorm
Ah, good ol orca, always a pain in the ass lol. I think they should at least lower the sound of orca to 50% at least or do like parabola/hyperbola and have a seperate version with it enabled.

Re: [Trisquel-users] VirtualBox? Or Libre Alternatives

2018-11-15 Thread calmstorm
Virt-manager is a good one.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Which chromium build you recommend?

2018-11-23 Thread calmstorm
If you have to use a chromium based browser, use iridium browser. Supposedly that one is free software.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Thinkpad x200 ssd

2018-11-23 Thread calmstorm
Do you have an x200 already if so I would assume you would have to do research. If not just buy from minifree.org

Re: [Trisquel-users] VirtualBox? Or Libre Alternatives

2018-11-24 Thread calmstorm
I wouldn't say virtualbox is totally non-free, just that damn open watcom compiler part for the most part. and yes, virtualbox is non-free, (it was only free ifrom 4.0 till 4.2.) Virt-manager is what I use, its easy to figure out and it has none of virtualbox's bloat. Qemu is a lot harder

Re: [Trisquel-users] Thinkpad x200 ssd

2018-11-24 Thread calmstorm
Listen to Vikings, my solid state drive for my x200 is one of those.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Which chromium build you recommend?

2018-11-24 Thread calmstorm
That is the better answer in my opinon too, some firefox derivative such as iceweasel-uxp or waterfox with all non-free stuff disabled or icecat/abrowser better. Of course only two of those work on other gnu/linux distros. Pity... Anything with webextensions just seems like a bad idea at th

Re: [Trisquel-users] Christmas Discount on Minifree's Libre WNDR3800 router

2018-11-27 Thread calmstorm
You are indeed very generous, I am surprised you would do this, but what a blessing for those who want those routers in the EU/UK. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] GNU/Linux installation on libreboot machines

2018-12-09 Thread calmstorm
Hmm... I never have had that problem with suspend even with trisquel 7. Trisquel 8 I imagine could be different, but more than likely its something of a bug. Hibernate however works very badly on trisquel 7, so I assume the same can be said for trisquel 8.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is Popcorn Time Legal?

2018-12-09 Thread calmstorm
Meh, who cares if popcorn time is legal or not? Copyright is abused to death anyhow and quite frankly is being taken to the umph extreme. Calling it piracy is just dumb. Since when has sharing a copy of any software caused a ship to sink? Since when does it cause lots of people to die? Or be

Re: [Trisquel-users] GNU/Linux installation on libreboot machines

2018-12-10 Thread calmstorm
in 2014 I was using trisquel up until, I think 2016, then I changed to Debian jessie and switched sometimes with testing, then Devuan jessie sometimes though moving to its form of stretch, ascii... and then follow back to one years ago exactly I switched to Hyperbola, which I haven't tried h

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hyperbola, gnu/linux

2018-12-20 Thread calmstorm
The below helps once you install Hyperbola: rc-update add lvm boot rc-update add dmcrypt boot rc-update add mdraid boot rc-update add cronie default rc-update add elogind default rc-update add alsasound default rc-update add sshd default rc-update add NetworkManager default rc-update add syslog

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hyperbola, gnu/linux

2018-12-20 Thread calmstorm
PS, this is the wrong part of the forum for this thread... I think this should be moved to Freedom misc.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hyperbola, gnu/linux

2018-12-21 Thread calmstorm
That is something a mod would do. Yup.

[Trisquel-users] systemd sucks so much cock that everyone who likes it should die

2018-12-22 Thread calmstorm
The reason, I am writing this thread, IS I AM TIRED OF YOU fuckers thinking you have the right to thumb me down everytime I make any comment you see as critical of systemd. I am done with this infernal forum, you people have crossed the line for the last time. See here: https://trisque

Re: [Trisquel-users] systemd sucks so much cock that everyone who likes it should die

2018-12-22 Thread calmstorm
Just delete all my posts and threads on this website, I can no longer trust myself being on here. PS, I was foolish, forget I exist. David, delete this and all other threads of mine/posts.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hello everyone! I have a question about this part of Trisquel GNU/Linux

2019-01-16 Thread calmstorm
Nobody knows... ;)

Re: [Trisquel-users] "fork" trisquel

2016-12-06 Thread calmstorm
I would like what your suggesting, but, there is one thing that needs to be done, decide whether it would be Short term, or long term... for the fork... Personally I think it would be good to have a short term and a long term version. But, different developers working on each obviously...

Re: [Trisquel-users] First development alpha iso images of Trisquel 8.0 "Flidas"

2016-12-07 Thread calmstorm
Hibernate sometimes doesn't work but suspend works on trisquel 7 so i don't see why it would be a problem... I really hope it doesn't have to come to that with hibernate, as for suspend it shouldn't need to happen at all.

Re: [Trisquel-users] gnuzilla filters down

2016-12-07 Thread calmstorm
Yep I noticed this as well...

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 Desktop Environment.

2016-12-07 Thread calmstorm
This sounds like microsoft in a nutshell... A screaming kicking spoiled child. ;)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hi everyone

2016-12-12 Thread calmstorm
I wouldn't dual boot if possible, but if you need it, I would recommend running windows if you have to... through virtual machines... if at all... not sure if virtualbox is still nonfree at this point, but it is better to use nonfree software like virtualbox through firetools (a sandboxing

Re: [Trisquel-users] The worst thing happened on my laptop. DRM.

2016-12-12 Thread calmstorm
I second that ;)

Re: [Trisquel-users] What modern hardware can I use?

2016-12-12 Thread calmstorm
Purism is about as free as well, ubuntu. so yeah... don't trust them. Eoma68 is one thought, but I wish they had a smaller size like 13 inches or 12 inches or 10 or 11 inches but 13 or 12 is optimal.

Re: [Trisquel-users] The worst thing happened on my laptop. DRM.

2016-12-12 Thread calmstorm
You are hilarious, thanks for cheering me up with your crazy trolling. I needed that.

Re: [Trisquel-users] What modern hardware can I use?

2016-12-12 Thread calmstorm
To be honest, The talos workstation idea was doomed I Feel like for one important reason. if it wasn't a desktop, I believe they may have had a chance. ;) But really... who wants something that you cannot bring with you for prices that are 10x higher than eoma68. Which bare in mind, is a l

Re: [Trisquel-users] libre network switch?

2016-12-12 Thread calmstorm
Is linux libre 4.9 stable? some odd error occurs with dmar. on trisquel 7. Let me know if you have seen it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hi everyone

2016-12-12 Thread calmstorm
Skype was better off in googles hands than microsoft's... Oh my god, did I just say that? wow... Imagine that. That is truly frightening. To think that anything can be more terrifying than google. :(

Re: [Trisquel-users] Libreboot: weird USB problems

2016-12-13 Thread calmstorm
Dunno about kingston pendrives, but I am curious if you used dd to burn the iso to the usb drive. Hopefully you get your answer though from someone else merely by me posting.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Could a Lutris fork be used to create a libre replacement for SteamOS?

2016-12-13 Thread calmstorm
Oh lala, Virtual reality is such a bad idea. IT will give people bad ideas and make them not be able to know the difference between virtual and actual reality. Regardless though, I doubt most people will get this simple fact. or the fact that your eyes will go blind quicker. All in all, V

Re: [Trisquel-users] libreboot fork?

2016-12-13 Thread calmstorm
I agree with you. Although your name makes it hard to take what you just said seriously. Shenanigans heh. But as for autoboot, I saw it a while ago, and I have no interest...

Re: [Trisquel-users] Could a Lutris fork be used to create a libre replacement for SteamOS?

2016-12-13 Thread calmstorm
Meh, I suppose it is a simplistic view, but for the sake of the human race, you best hope I am wrong. Do you actually play pokemon go? Or are you trolling. ;) I ask because pokemon go CANNOT possibly be free software. Animation > Reality Graphics wise this is indeed true why else did that N

Re: [Trisquel-users] GNU IceCat needs updating

2016-12-13 Thread calmstorm
I don't think so. Although, Abrowser is good too.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hi everyone

2016-12-14 Thread calmstorm
What I meant is being open source is better than being proprietary, but yes when I read your post, I have to agree with you, neither one is good. Free software is the best case scenario. Although, Google as much as I dislike some of their stances, you can at least reverse engineer their cra

Re: [Trisquel-users] Root disk full; apt-get clean, apt-get autoclean & apt-get autoremove don't work for me

2016-12-14 Thread calmstorm
hmmm... I don't know. I think reinstalling after you get all your important files onto a flash drive is a good idea. Then of course updating to wily Linux libre, is the next step

Re: [Trisquel-users] Could a Lutris fork be used to create a libre replacement for SteamOS?

2016-12-14 Thread calmstorm
Yeah... this is most definitely trolling on your part. heh.

Re: [Trisquel-users] "Best" computer with libreboot?

2016-12-17 Thread calmstorm
You are probably right, unless you do gaming. or use virtualization. but I am curious, do you use a 64 bit or 32 bit operating system?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Will atheros ar5bhb92 work with free software?

2016-12-17 Thread calmstorm
Bump Necro style!

Re: [Trisquel-users] "Best" computer with libreboot?

2016-12-17 Thread calmstorm
That may be why you think that. Although I may be mistaken. I am not entirely sure if there is a difference between how much 32 bit and 64 bit eat up ram. Enlighten me if I am wrong.

[Trisquel-users] owncloud forked by co creator

2016-12-19 Thread calmstorm
Any thoughts if nextcloud will be better than owncloud? On an unrelated note though, nextcloud is going to be developed more in the open. What are your thoughts about that? I got it installed currently.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hello world

2016-12-19 Thread calmstorm
I second this!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hello world

2016-12-19 Thread calmstorm
I don't think the fsf should or will compromise, but... I also think that a debian trisquel would be a good idea to switch to not now, but whenever debian 10 comes out. That's just my thought though.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 + ARM = :-)

2016-12-20 Thread calmstorm
Trisquel will support arm when trisquel 8 comes out. Hope Luke Leighington knows this. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser not playing soundfiles - problem with libavcodec?

2016-12-21 Thread calmstorm
There is one other way, that I know sometimes works if you want a way that involves free software. Greasemonkey + viewtube.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 + ARM = :-)

2016-12-21 Thread calmstorm
Well, Ubuntu 16.04 supports arm. So it is very likely trisquel 8 will also. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Development of Trisquel 8.0 "Flidas" Software proposal by category : Internet

2016-12-23 Thread calmstorm
I use Abrowser mostly so I think I agree with that being the default. Icecat is good too if updated often enough... Icedove should be the email client because it is an easy one to use. Claws is too difficult for beginners. Hexchat would make a good irc chat addition. not that it is necessar

Re: [Trisquel-users] Libre PC users X200 , T400, C201 needs some help

2016-12-28 Thread calmstorm
Agreed Mappack, but Unfortunately as I hope you know, Leah has become enraged at trisquel for what I must assume are unfounded reasoning. If only Coreboot had a better fork to replace Libreboot. That or Leah coming to her senses... which ever is more likely.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Libre PC users X200 , T400, C201 needs some help

2016-12-28 Thread calmstorm
Alas, I agree with you Minifree is beginning to fall from where it was. I wish she would change her ways, but alas to no avail... And I Thought your attacks on eoma68-A20, Think Penguin and Luke were bad... Well... I guess I am starting to see that what we currently are looking at is so much

Re: [Trisquel-users] Development of Trisquel 8.0 "Flidas" Software proposal by category : Internet

2016-12-28 Thread calmstorm
I also tried Jitsi, it didn't work as well as I would like, with crapbook in particular.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Libre PC users X200 , T400, C201 needs some help

2016-12-28 Thread calmstorm
I would agree with everything you say although, I don't know what anyone can do to help her regain her sanity. She is thinking very irrationally which puzzles me.

Re: [Trisquel-users] xfce problems

2016-12-29 Thread calmstorm
If imac 5,2 works for libreboot, tell the libreboot devs how you did it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] DRM free iPod alternative

2016-12-30 Thread calmstorm
Rockbox perhaps? http://www.rockbox.org/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Happy GNU Year!

2016-12-31 Thread calmstorm
Yes, Lets hope for a good 2017.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Waiting for Trisquel 8 (Flidas)

2017-01-01 Thread calmstorm
Linux libre 4.9 should be Trisquel 8's kernel. That is what I think. mhm...

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 iso images updated

2017-01-02 Thread calmstorm
Feel free to email me when it is beta. and this goes for anyone who wants to. When it is beta, i will try it. until then, no way in Hell... will i do that.

Re: [Trisquel-users] New computer specs

2017-01-02 Thread calmstorm
yes it does, I have seen the website. so yep.

Re: [Trisquel-users] New computer specs

2017-01-02 Thread calmstorm
Parabola is a rolling release and in my experience, they break easily when they are Rolling RELEASE! which makes me wonder why microsoft made windows 10 rolling RELEASE... its like they said, we want the newest and latest and greatest even if it causes most people's computers to break. and

Re: [Trisquel-users] Libre PC users X200 , T400, C201 needs some help

2017-01-02 Thread calmstorm
Dunno, it is bizarre though.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 iso images updated

2017-01-02 Thread calmstorm
Ah okay, but it is missing things isn't it? I still though want to wait till beta. at least, just in case. :) I wonder how many months it will be before that.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 iso images updated

2017-01-02 Thread calmstorm
Well I figured as much, I do have my important files on other storage devices, I just wondered in general, if it could be a hazard to my computer... ie, doing irreversible damage if I installed it directly on my computer... thanks for the advice though. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 iso images updated

2017-01-02 Thread calmstorm
Easy, I wasn't trying to anger you. I just was trying to figure out if it was safe to install on my machine directly. ie if it could do irreversible damage, but now that you have answered me. I am satisfied. No need to take it personally. When it is beta i will install directly probably.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 iso images updated

2017-01-02 Thread calmstorm
trying running it on a live usb or live cd. The synaptic package manager is not existant at the moment. But it is interesting to look at. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hi everyone

2017-01-03 Thread calmstorm
"But the software and the licenses are basically the same." That was my point. Libre software is so much better though. Security and privacy wise. That is why I choose free software over crappy proprietary software and even open source software.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hi everyone

2017-01-03 Thread calmstorm
Yes you have a good point, I guess I was saying when it was under google's control you could use it through free software more safely and securely, but I was mostly wrong, to think that. I say mostly, because microsoft probably is/and has made such a product ten times worse. Given microso

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 iso images updated

2017-01-03 Thread calmstorm
Okay, My bad. I misread you.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 iso images updated

2017-01-03 Thread calmstorm
Thanks for telling me that. I apologize for my ignorance. I know a lot less about programming than you. Hence my suggestion that intel me in the later generations could have some miracle happen where someone reverse engineers it to remove it completely on another thread. I have installed p

Re: [Trisquel-users] Dot matrix printer?

2017-01-03 Thread calmstorm
Try thinkpenguin. That is your best bet.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser not playing soundfiles - problem with libavcodec?

2017-01-03 Thread calmstorm
Nah, I think people just are tired of waiting and until then some people are staying away.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 iso images updated

2017-01-06 Thread calmstorm
I would buy that considering the synaptic package manager is missing.

Re: [Trisquel-users] "Wire" End to End encryption chat service

2017-01-06 Thread calmstorm
It's a mixed bag. On the one hand github stores a version of wire that is licensed gpl3. But on on the other hand if you read their legal terms, it becomes somewhat confusing. https://wire.com/legal/#licenses shows me that it may not be as free as we think... Rather odd, wouldn't you say

Re: [Trisquel-users] "Wire" End to End encryption chat service

2017-01-07 Thread calmstorm
Did you read the terms part though? "7.4 Restrictions. You shall not connect to or use the Apps, the Site and/or the Service in any way that is not expressly permitted by this ToU. a. You may not: (a) remove any proprietary notices from the Service or any copy of software provided to you by

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