Re: [Trisquel-users] FBI: All your Internet and Tor are belong to us
Are you an FBI agent undercover?
[Trisquel-users] FBI: All your Internet and Tor are belong to us
Law enforcement does not need a warrant to hack someone’s computer, according to a just-unsealed court order written by a federal judge in Virginia. Here's the news article: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/fbis-use-of-tor-exploit-is-like-peering-through-broken-blinds/ The implications for the decision, if upheld, are staggering: law enforcement would be free to remotely search and seize information from your computer, without a warrant, without probable cause, or without any suspicion at all. That's a fraction of the Blog post from the EFF regarding this new Federal Law, here's the whole thing: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/06/federal-court-fourth-amendment-does-not-protect-your-home-computer And here's a 58-page document from the judge (in both .TXT and .PDF): https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2897295-Matish-Suppression-Edva.html#document/p53/a304399 Even if you don't live in the US you should pay attention about this. Remember that FBI knows no borders or jurisdiction limits. Just remember who took Megaupload down. And don't forget that Magaupload servers where outside the US.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Ubuntu 16.04 released 2 months ago. Trisquel 8 status?
Why do you reply to your own post?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Ubuntu 16.04 released 2 months ago. Trisquel 8 status?
If you follow the steps in the link I posted then it becomes a fully free system, because portage will deblob the kernel and warn you if you attempt to install software with a non-free license. You can even mask software with non-free licenses so you never have the temptation of using it. It's like Debian.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Ubuntu 16.04 released 2 months ago. Trisquel 8 status?
Ututu isn't really being maintained. But you don't need ututo to have a fully free gentoo system https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Installation_on_libreboot
Re: [Trisquel-users] size of Trisquel 7.0 repositories
Good question. As if you want to make a mirror? Here's the size in GB of Debian: https://www.debian.org/mirror/size You can use it to have and idea of how big is Trisquel.
Re: [Trisquel-users] size of Trisquel 7.0 repositories
What do you mean size? Number of packages? or Size in GB or MB of all the packages combined?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Unable to remove programs
> "sda 8:0 0 465.8G 0 disk" You have more than enough disk-space, but: > "sda1 8:1 0 14G 0 part /" Indeed. The installer assigned only 14GB for /. I had this very same problem. And the solution for me was format and make the partitions manually with the intelligence only a human posses. Making the partition table right is the longterm solution because even if you remove programs, you can't install (for example) FlightGear. Try executing: sudo apt-get autoclean sudo apt-get clean sudo apt-get autoremove To regain some space.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Unable to remove programs
Perhaps you allowed the installer do the partition table and you end up with low disk space for /? Please run this command and paste the output: lsblk This way I can know if you have too little space assigned for /
Re: [Trisquel-users] what's the difference between 2.5 and 5 ghz for wifi?
If you know what brand and model of your adapter then you should be able to learn this by searching the model in the web.
Re: [Trisquel-users] what's the difference between 2.5 and 5 ghz for wifi?
Short answer is 5GHz is faster but has shorter range. 2.4GHz can reach farther and it's older so there's more devices out there that support 2.4GHz than 5GHz. The fact that there's more devices using 2.4GHz also mean that this frequency has more noise. Which could derive in bad signal
Re: [Trisquel-users] Need help with a Perl script
Wait just sec. Why are you using this script instead of using youtube-dl? youtube-dl supports proxy too. --proxy URL Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable experimental SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme. For example socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection
Re: [Trisquel-users] Uruk GNU/Linux, someone realeased a fork of Trisquel
> "I have 206 mb of RAM usage when i start a session" > "I have 110 mb. Now, what do I win?" free -m totalusedfree shared buff/cache available Mem: 3950 473521 0 3813861 Swap: 16383 0 16383 I have 47MB of RAM usage when I log-in and start X What do I win? And, why so bloated bros?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Need help with a Perl script
>"curl: option --socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9150: is unknown"
>"I think there is something wrong in the line:
system("curl", "-sSRL", "--socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9150", "-A 'Mozilla/5.0
(Windows NT 6.1; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/31.0'", "-H
'Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5'", "-o", "$filename", "--retry", "5", "-C",
"-", "$download");
but i don't know what."
Why do you think that? Actually I too think there's something wrong with that
line.
You added that "--socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9150", right?
Because I think it should be:
"--socks5-hostname '127.0.0.1:9150'"
Re: [Trisquel-users] Need help with a Perl script
http://stackoverflow.com/ Also: >"gives me an error" What error?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone using LibertyBSD? How does it compare to Trisquel?
Try with xrandr
Re: [Trisquel-users] did you know about appelbaum?
>"I cannot access the stories. Can you?" How come? Is the website blocking visitors by country? Here's a copy https://archive.is/lPiEG
Re: [Trisquel-users] did you know about appelbaum?
Here's the whois of that domain http://paste.debian.net/715667 Apparently the owner is someone from Austria. I find really strange that someone bought a domain just for this. There are hundreds of free services they could have hosted this. But no, a domain just for this. Makes you think.
Re: [Trisquel-users] did you know about appelbaum?
>"On-line harassment" >"Someone bought a domain for a website exclusively about this" I'll say that exists the possibility that someone has it against him and someone has a political persecution against Jacob.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
The European Commission is a known slave of the establishment. "European Commission enabling blockade of WikiLeaks by U.S. hard-right Lieberman/King, contrary to European Parliament’s wishes" 27 November 2012 https://wikileaks.org/European-Commission-enabling.html They will use this as an excuse to delete and try to occult messages of alert about establishment's abuse of power. That's right, in the surface they will lie straight out and say "we are all for peace" when in reality all they care is to keep you controlled, stupid and docile. So they can they advantage of you.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
>"This law is yet another step further into shaping public opinion & controlling dissent" [...] >"I fear that this law will mostly target activist that fight for justice or try and raise public awareness (many a times public resistance is towards these very same corporate interests)" A very justified fear based on past experience. Here's a little transcript from CentaurX00's video link: From 01:43 to 02:36 "At a public campus in California, on Constitution Day in 2013 (September 17, 2013). A student who also happens to be a decorated military veteran, was told he can not hand out the Constitution to his fellow students. The objection from the university was NOT ideological it was out-of-control bureaucracy. That same day another college student in that same state was told he can not protest NSA surveillance outside of a tiny "free speech zone", an area that comprise only 1.3% of the campus. Months later class students in Hawaii where told both they could not hand out the Constitution to their fellow students. And that the could not protest NSA policies outside the school's "free speech zone"." This law is yet another step further into shaping public opinion & controlling dissent
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
I want to remark something from your first link >"despite a lengthy negotiation between companies and the Commission, “hate speech” remains vaguely-defined. Companies have been tasked with taking the lead on determining what constitutes hate speech, with potentially disastrous results." >"speech that is permitted by companies’ terms of service is often removed, with users given few paths to recourse. Users report experiencing bans from Facebook for 24 hours to up to 30 days if the company determines they’ve violated the Community Standards—which, in many cases, the user has not. Requiring companies to review complaints within 24 hours will almost surely result in the removal of speech that would be legal in Europe." They will use this new tool given by the EU to remove pacific, well thought, free speech. Take a screencap of this, it WILL happen because YOU (generic you) allowed. (With "YOU" I mean generic you, meaning, everyone who did not act. Not you Mangy Dog, you're pretty cool :)
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
-1 the reply button is for comments. The +1 and -1 is for voting. Weren't you so careful to follow the guidelines, rules, etc?
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
Would you mind on point out what's so wrong with the original post? The only reason this thread got derailed was because root_vegetable point out who was the author of the video I posted in a low attempt to disrupt the thread by dragin it into off-topic chitchat. But that's not what the thread is about and I would expect root_vegetable to at least appologise for that. And I agree, I agree that you should stop using such bad words like "knock this crap off" because it's bad for the community. Please stop.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
That's doesn't change the fact that this EU law (as many others) is just plain wrong.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
Well that's just a matter of opinion, and we'll just have to agree or disagree.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
The free software movement (free in bold because you seem to be legally blind) cares about freedom of computing, and freedom in general too. Freedom of speech is something rms (for instance) has a long history of advocacy. Also, when SOPA and PIPA came people had fear that it could become an instrument of censorship and even more massive surveillance. Just the same as I'm fearing too this could become in a future.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
That's not how it works, you don't move things around by votes. Mods move things when they decided that some topic is off-topic. I myself criticized some cat thread some crazy troll made once, and it got moved to the troll hole. People here (way older than you) will remember. And I remember and participated in the multiple thread that condemned PIPA, SOPA, etc. So I have the experience to know that this EU law is of Trisquel community's concern.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
>"GO AWAY!!!" >"I wasn't singling you out Don't you love people who just lie straight out? I don't know why you have it against me and only me. But I'm not about to capitulate. This EU rule is not much different than SOPA, PIPA and the other harmful proposals that we condemn right here in the Trisquel forum (of course you don't remember because you weren't here then).
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
Does SOPA and PIPA has neither to has anything with trisquel? Because I remember very well that people here could talks abut that endlessly.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
I've been here for way more time than you, I've probably helped more the cause of free software in all these years more than you. So instead of calling me names you should show some respect.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
hate speech is defined by the EU as including ‘incitement to hatred’, which is both circular and so vague as to mean almost anything. What this means is lawyers can use this loophole to give their own interpretation on whats hate speech and use it on their advantage to ban almost anything. That would be the legal system being used (again) for the interests of a few rather than truth and justice for everyone.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
I agree. root_vegetable and loldier has drag me and other in this thread way too off-topic. Now let's back to the main topic. Which is EU with a new law that could and can be used to control public opinion directly in the EU and outside too indirectly.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
>Have you evidence to support your statement that Sanders is a communist? Sanders served as an elector for the 1980 Socialist Workers Part nominee Adrew Pulley And don't let the name fool you. They are openly communist and Marxist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Workers_Party_%28United_States%29 >"Plus nobody calls Duke a communist either as you say" I imagine you're responding to this part: >"For example Bernie sanders is a former communist, but no one call him that all the time as they do with David Duke" I actually meant to say: "For example Bernie sanders is a former communist, but no one call him that. While David Duke is called "former Ku Klux Klan" all the time." Sorry for the little mistake.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
Yeah, Costa Rica to be more specific. ¡vivan siempre el trabajo y la paz!
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
Have you even watch the video? In the video you see a video that got censured not because it was hate speech, but simply because interest. "UN Envoy Cries for Gaza Children" Also you can see more people that got silenced simply because interests in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vVohGWhMWs You should watch this peaceful free speech while you can, you don't know when it will get banned too in France.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
What's worse or if any of those it's good at all it's not relevant to what I said, you see. It's not about if Bernie or David Duke is good or bad, I'm not interest in who's right or wrong. My business is with bias media that attempts to control public opinion. Because if they control public opinion. Then, do we even have any democracy? Is democracy sane when all or the majority of the people is brainwashed to vote what other people want?
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
I'm not defending white supremacist, I stand for the free speech of every one, whether he's European, Indian or a fellow countryman or countrywoman. Me defending any supremacist is an idea excessing only in your mind full of suppositions about me.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
Exactly, in fact. That same video could be banned in Europe even though doesn't have a drop of hate against anyone. The same video shows cases where pacific free speech got banned because some people had other interests. It's just plain an simple truth that could be banned in Europe for simply that: Stating the truth.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
>"The nazism of today is alive and it has the face of GOP, Trump" stopped reading at GOP and Trump being pro nazi. Unless you can prove that you're not repeating the same some people says without any base then you're just lying. Also, question. Do you even live in America?
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
So now you imply I'm a white supremacist? I'll let you know that what you're doing it's no different from someone thinking "if it's dumb must be black" You'll agree with me that, that kind of prejudice is bad, right? Then why you don't hesitate to call me "white supremacists" even though you don't even have proof that I'm white? Are you calling me names just to discredit me? Because that wouldn't be different from a religious fanatic calling someone "heretic!" to silence him. Just because you're atheist or whatever doesn't mean you can't fall in the same category of religious fanatics. Because you seem to be using the same low tactics. Also I'll let you know two facts: 1: I'm decedent from center america natives. 2: I condemn every supremacists. White, Black, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Spanish or any other supremacist is bad as far as I can see.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
I wouldn't mind if you elaborate on why it's "out of place" as you say.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
>"Because US Citizens have a taboo towards communism." Exactly right. Because US Citizens have a taboo towards communism. And what would happen if Bernie Sanders where to be called "former communist"? That would make him look bad in the US. A lot of people wouldn't vote for him. Bernie supporters would say that calling him "former communist" is bias. But then. Why the media doesn't hesitate to call David Duke "former Ku Klux Klan"? Why? Why if the communism of Sanders is even more recent than David Duke's Ku Klux Klan membership? I'll tell you why: Interests! The media is incredibly bias and manipulate the public opinion!
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
Now you're implying I'm a Trump supporter even though I haven't mention a word of him. Why no one call Bernie "former communist" while every-time David Duke is bring to discussion he's called "former Ku Klux Klan member"? either answer that or stop making me lose my time in worthless chitchat.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
>"These warmongers have exactly the same freedoms as they had before" >"They can put up a platform[...]" They can put a platform and what? Wait until they see how even that got banned because of some filter? Can't you see the danger of this new EU law? Can't you see how this new EU rule could be used to ban all sorts of things? Can't you think for yourself? Are you just waiting until someone like maybe RMS tells you what to think? Because you seem the kind of person that waits until someone who they trust tell them how to react. Because that's not a sane behavior, that's sheep behavior no different from a religious fanatic who waits for their pastor opinion. You should be able to see the potential threat this EU rule could pose to free speech maybe not now, but in the future. "First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
>"Tell me the difference between Political Correctness and Hate Speech" In practice political correctness is anything the current political establishment believes or want you to believe. While hate speech is everything counter to the current political establishment believes. >"Being a communist is not a bad thing, it's just a Political Ideology. It's not as if Bernie was Mao, or Stalin..." Have I said otherwise? Please point out where I said "communism is bad". I don't know why you need to reaffirm you're idea of communism not being bad since I haven't challenged that idea or eve imply otherwise. Also, if communism it's not bad then why no one even mention the communist past of Bernie? Why no one call him "former communist". This is a question that you need to ask to yourself and to the media. I mean. Why wouldn't they if communism it's not bad? And no, I'm not implying that they don't call him former communist because communist it's bad. Just first try to answer that question by yourself.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
Yeah, but I didn't say they will, just an hypothetical scenario
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
Yeah, that's why I thought of that hypothetical scenario. Linux nor GNU necessarily imply communism. Both could live in either a communist or a capitalist system. I didn't imply that free software is communism. But rather that some people could believe that, and ban free software too with a law that bans communism. This is why a law that bans something as open to interpretation like "hate speech" it's dangerous to our freedom. I know it's only facebook, twitter, youtube and microsoft and that only in Europe, but think. If this happens in such important place with so many people. Couldn't happen in your country too in some time in the future? This EU rule is 1984 reality edition.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
Please do your best when trying to understand other people's views and post. Don't make me lose my time by making me repeat my self. That's all I ask when someone reply to my posts. And when people just miss-read (some times on purpose) to make it seem like I said something different that what I actually said I get offended. And I think everyone would.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
SOPA and PIPA proposals don't belong here? Then how come people could talk all day long about that here? The reason why I condemn this EU decision is EXACTLY the same why the Trisquel community condemned SOPA and PIPA.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
Read my post again, I said that I wouldn't mind this so much if it wasn't that isn't facebook, youtube and twitter who decided this on their own, but the EU, that's like if you're in some event and not the event organizer but the police decided to put you in jail not because the organizer called the police, but because the police has microphones everywhere. Thus, the EU is attacking your freedom of expression. Also, the EU might have ruled this for every site. But they already learned that they can't with failed proposals like PIPA and SOPA. So? Why are you so hypocrite and think that PIPA and SOPA is an attack to network neutrality at the same time you think this is ok? >"Making xenophobic speech is bad" Yes, but the EU has no right to tell Facebook "People shall not say anything negative towards massive immigration". That should at least be Facebook's decision not EU's. >"Also, I am not a "communist", as you seem to be implying." GO READ MY POST WITH ATTENTION. This is why people like you makes me sick, you miss read it or half-read and you think that's enough to understand what I've said. I cite: "Also, you're an hypocrite because if the decision was to ban all "communist speech" and they decided to tag free software as communist speech even though free software doesn't imply communism YOU'LL be the first one going out to protest about that." I said that if the establishment decided to ban free software while the establishment said "free software is communist too" in this hypothetic scenario in which communism speech has been banned from Facebook, etc by EU decision, then you'll get mad and protest even though you don't necessarily defend communism. You see? I didn't imply that you're a communist, I imply that you'll get as mad as me and defend something you considered holy because the establishment used one law that had nothing to do with what you considered holy got banned because of interest.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
None of that has any relevance, I point at that video as an example of this law being unjust. If you see the video you won't see hate, you won't see anything but facts. Facts that could be silenced with this new rule in the EU. And I don't need to point out why this belongs here more than any other place since thats obvious. We the Trisquel community believe in freedom, freedom of computing, freedom of expression freedom of totalitarian governments that want to control our opinion (and even our soul if they could). This is and example of freedom being attacked.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
None of that has any relevance, I point at that video as an example of this law being unjust. If you see the video you won't see hate, you won't see anything but facts. Facts that could be silenced with this new rule in the EU. And I don't need to point out why this belongs here more than any other place since thats obvious. We the Trisquel community believe in freedom, freedom of computing, freedom of expression freedom of totalitarian governments that want to control our opinion (and even our soul if they could). This is and example of freedom being attacked.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
Wikipedia and the media can be incredibly bias. For example Bernie sanders is a former communist, but no one call him that all the time as they do with David Duke. Also, funny how now that saying of "no matter who says it if it's true it's true" matter now. Because I can see how you didn't saw any of the video and just limited to point out who's the author and say "wrong". That's not how investigation works, and you're no different from a religious fanatic who just want to say "satanic!" and silence the opposition with no base or argument.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
>"What they allow on their websites is their own business" I wouldn't be so mad about this if it was by their own decision, but it's because the EU has ruled them to do it. Also, you're an hypocrite because if the decision was to ban all "communist speech" and they decided to tag free software as communist speech even though free software doesn't imply communism YOU'LL be the first one going out to protest about that. YOU wouldn't say "it's their business".
Re: [Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
You don't understand the implications of this. They will put videos like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDtT_GkqrE0 under the ""hate speech"" tag even though what he says in the video it's not hate, is truth. This is nothing but a attempt to control public opinion.
[Trisquel-users] EU: All your internet are belong to us
"New Online Hate-Speech Rules Threaten Free Speech (Op-Ed)" "Web firms pledge to tackle online free speech" "Microsoft, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook have pledged to remove free speech within 24 hours, in support of a code of conduct drafted by the EU." And why? Because it hurst terrorist feelings, they only wanted to bomb you and kill you a little. "It requires the firms to act quickly when told about free speech and to do more to help combat "xenophobic" content." "The need for better ways to combat online free speech had become more urgent in the wake of terror attacks in Belgium, said Vera Jourova, European Commissioner for "Justice"." And so, because it hurts terrorist feelings "Microsoft, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook have pledged to remove free speech within 24 hours" As if we need any more reasons to stop using any services of Microsoft, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. http://www.tomsguide.com/us/eu-hate-speech-free-speech,news-22752.html http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36416967
Re: [Trisquel-users] does it make the raspberry pi 3 a free software computer?
Yes, that's why MINIX developers (an Operating System for thouse who don't know) where able to port MINIX 3 to ARM using the beaglebone. Actually they first tried with raspberry but it was more complex and harder because of the blobs and less documentation the rasberry has. This is an example of how more open hardware helps innovation.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Windows and Ubuntu Might Become the Same Thing?
> Science denialism should be punishable by law like holocaust denialism is in some parts of the world. Take climate change for instance. There's a consensus on that. Would you like me to tell you to just shut the fuck up? Would you? Maybe you will like it better if I just tell you to shut the fuck up, then kick you and throw you to jail? No? Then that's why no one should ever make illegal to deny something, nor science, nor the holocaust, nor religion.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Good VPS
Thank you, I'll check that site.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Good VPS
Maybe I would be better with a dirty cheap VPS for now? Since I've never managed one of these before, so maybe I should gain some experience before paying $60 a year just to play around. I found these VPS starting as low as $1 per month: germanvps.com ipxcore.com softfiber.com Don't know if they or their $1 plan is any good though.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Good VPS
Guess I'll just use Amazon AWS since a friend of mine also use it and never had to deal with any troubles. And Amazon even give you a whole year to try out the platform! so yeah maybe https://aws.amazon.com will be a good cloud computing service.
[Trisquel-users] Good VPS
Do you know of any good and preferably cheap VPS? I won't be doing anything serious so 128mb of memory should do it. So if you use some VPS that you would recommend please tell me, I will register with your referral link if it's a truly solid service. So far I found digitalocean.com but $5 a month is a little expensive for me, as I said I'll just be playing around and maybe post some tutorials that I don't want to post on Blogger since I want some independence of Google.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Good VPS
I found prgmr.com while looking older posts. It's good? Anyone know pros and cos?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Good VPS
Yeah I know, It was my little April fool's joke. I still haven't decided though.
[Trisquel-users] Free software friendly (Wireless) Gamepads
onpon4 has a fine reply[1] to what type of gamepads/game controller avoid, which are basically those that only support DirectInput. And what type of gamepads should work on a Linux kernel without blobs (eg: Linux-libre, Debian GNU/Linux kernel, etc...) which are basically any standard USB HID. But, I'm still wondering not for wired USB gamepads, but wireless Bluetooth gamepads. Does someone has a working wireless gamepad on Trisquel or any other distro without blobs? How can I be sure that it will work before buying a wireless gamepad? And, what would be the procedure to setup the controller if it's Bluetooth? [1] https://trisquel.info/es/forum/free-software-friendly-gamepads#comment-55967
Re: [Trisquel-users] Free software friendly (Wireless) Gamepads
So, literally ALL I need is a gamepad "class 03h - Human Interface Device" and a free-software-friendly Bluetooth dongle? Can I safely assume that if a wireless gamepad works on some GNU/Linux distro and/or Mac OS X, it's a device class 03h? Or there are more reliable ways of knowing this? Pardon my disbelief but that's way more optimistic than what I originally thought. I was expecting that from all the gamepads available in the market, only a reduced number of them would work on Trisquel (like with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi dongles). I just don't want to buy something that will require non-free blobs and I will be in a temptation to install them in order to not lose the money invested in the device.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Give me recommendations about a video sharing site.
Just use YouTube via video search in duckduckgo or VLC if you don't like the site. YouTube is full of information, we need and already have a number of ways to obtain that information without running proprietary JavaScript (or even better, without running any JS). But there's no way to bypass the proprietary JS at creating an account and uploading a video. So that's enough reason to not upload more information there.
Re: [Trisquel-users] 'Abrowser' behaves strangely after a system update.
You can temporally use abrowser 33: 1) Open Synaptic 2) Search for abrowser 3) Click the package named abrowser 4) Press Control + E 5) Select 33.0 for the version 6) Force the version 7) Click on Apply 8) Wait 9) Enjoy abrowser 33 It's and old one. But, what's the deal? I have been using abrowser 33 since Trisquel 7 came out. The only issue with this version is restartless add-ons not automatically loading. To temporary fix this just go to your list of add-ons and disable/enable your add-on.
Re: [Trisquel-users] New Updates: Opensource/Free FPS standalone mod of Xonotic (ChaosEsque) version 57 etc.
No. NO! If you argue with him on that subject he's going to flood the forum, and 90%-98% of that will be pure nonsense. *runs and hides under a rock*
Re: [Trisquel-users] New Updates: Opensource/Free FPS standalone mod of Xonotic (ChaosEsque) version 57 etc.
If that's so, you can try to update the kernel Indeed, just don't forget to update mesa3d too. The reclocking is still very buggy, I doubt Trisquel 8 will ship reliable Nouveau reclocking. True, I should said some performance boost instead of just better performance. The second one is kind of having the hopes a little high.
Re: [Trisquel-users] New Updates: Opensource/Free FPS standalone mod of Xonotic (ChaosEsque) version 57 etc.
Using any GNU/Linux with the free nouveau drivers will cause a performance drop of 50% or more. 40% of performance drop with my GTX 650, thanks. But you can get only 20% of performance drop with some older tesla GPUs. As you can also get 90% of performance drop with some newer GPUs like the 750. There's some variables that you need to take into account when you want to buy a GeForce and use it with nouveau. Like: * The popularity of the GPU. * How much time has been on the market. * What performance has giving so far with nouveau (phoronix for example run benchmarks using nouveau from time to time.) * Is's new and cursed by Nvidia? See https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_itempx=MTc5ODA On the x86 side Nvidia is horrible, AMD is horrible, Intel is horrible. And yet they are now days pretty much all the the choice. Got an Intel? Congratulations, enjoy your new expensive CPU cracked by the NSA for your safety. Got AMD? Congratulations, enjoy your new cheap CPU cracked by the NSA, you may need another Nvidia (also cracked by the NSA for your safety) if you want some graphics with that AMD. At the end, you work to buy a computer that it's crappy, unsafe, and by all means disrespectful to the user, so then you can keep working. If you don't get a computer then you're outdated and starve to death because you are not competitive enough. If that's not slavery I don't know what is. So please remember, it's not nouveau's fault that everyone sells freaking bad hardware. But nouveau is trying to fix an already crazy world by tacking other people hardware and make and example of how things should be. Trying to send a message to Nvidia hoping they will listen sooner or later.
Re: [Trisquel-users] New Updates: Opensource/Free FPS standalone mod of Xonotic (ChaosEsque) version 57 etc.
As far as I know we don't have the lasted re-clocking support on Trisquel 7 by default. If that's so you can expect better performance in Trisquel 8.
Re: [Trisquel-users] SELinux and an interesting Warning on Blag
I hate the say it, but you're right. The last things NSA is interested in is philosophy, ethics and doing good for people. But that's a reason to be cautious with their software.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Are multiplayer games SaaSS?
Unethical or not, it's clear that you have way more independence and control over your computing running the software on your own than using a service. And since the whole point of the free software movement is to have control over your computing then SaaSS should be avoided. SaaSS is even worse than off-line proprietary software in some aspects: * If you have a computer with proprietary software that works without Internet and you don't connect. Then you know your data is safe in terms of privacy. With SaaSS you always have to send all the data to the server in order to get the result, clearly not the best in terms of privacy. * You can at least try to reverse engineer the software and change it. With SaaSS you can't, unless the source code from the server is public. But if you want to make changes to the software you obviously have to run it on your computer, but then it's not SaaSS anymore. But I don't think that SaaSS is bad always. If you only use SaaSS sporadically for reasons like I need to do a translation but my brother's computer don't have GNU translator then it's okay, because you don't depend on SaaSS, you only used it because it was more convenient at that temporal situation. But when you depend on SaaSS then in my opinion it can be as bad as any addiction.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Are multiplayer games SaaSS?
Games are for fun, so you don't need to care if they're SaaSS I know that Games aren't exactly computing/work/tool. But still, cloud gaming means depending on someone's else server for doing something that you're perfectly capable of doing on your computer. It also means that you never have the possibility to modify or copy the game. So, I care if a game is SaaSS.
Re: [Trisquel-users] SELinux and an interesting Warning on Blag
I thought they were just mere XML. I wonder if this JS gets executed on IceCat even with JS disabled.
Re: [Trisquel-users] SELinux and an interesting Warning on Blag
So, it isn't SVG can be dangerous but the browser can hold exploits while rendering SVG or PNG files, so disable it if you don't want to leave any clue (like in TBB).
Re: [Trisquel-users] SELinux and an interesting Warning on Blag
SVG pictures are actually potentially dangerous Why? I'm curios about this.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Are multiplayer games SaaSS?
Thanks for the info onpon4. I didn't knew this was already happening, or even possible. This is exactly the nightmare that I have been seeing becoming true over time. This, the tablets/toasters, and everything that has cloud in their name is pure crap. Whether we are talking from a freedom, philosophical, privacy or independence point of view, we can only find this things dangerous. There's just some minor advantages that comes with this. For instance you can play games with awesome graphics on toasters as long as you have Internet connection. But the price that you pay on freedom, independence and privacy is just to high. Is people's duty to completely reject and ignore this horrible services if we don't want to live depending more and more on services that we don't even need.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Are multiplayer games SaaSS?
If this is actually SaaSS then being under a free license isn't enough if you're going to use the service anyway. You have to run it on a computer under your control (both server and client). So the question isn't whether SaaSS can be acceptable under a free license but whether using someone's else Quake 3 server qualify as SaaSS.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Are multiplayer games SaaSS?
Multiplayer games == SaaS? Well this is new, sort of. A SaaS game would be more like having the whole game on the server. So the client only sends the input and receives the frames. Could Stallman actually be referring to MMO games that have an important part of the game only in the server, like Habbo Hotel? If that's the case then I can see why he call them SaaS. But I can't if he refers to any multiplayer game, like OpenArena.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Are multiplayer games SaaSS?
Then we should ask Stallman what was he referring to with multiplayer games before people picks the wrong idea.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Are multiplayer games SaaSS?
I was trying to understand Stallman's position, but it seems he was just mistaking. So there's no reason to ask him now.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Are multiplayer games SaaSS?
You're right. This change clearly reflect that change: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/po/who-does-that-server-really-serve.ko-diff.html So it's pretty much solved now, the article is just outdated.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Mate Panel Applets and Layouts?
This application requires JavaScript for correct operation. Please enable
JavaScript and reload the page.
And that's not even true. Here's the download link:
http://hub.vinzv.de/owncloud/index.php/s/JKsQETDRZbq8W8D/download
An example of a permanent solution on this kind of issues:
1) Install Stylish: https://trisquel.info/es/browser/addons/stylish
2) Install this CSS rule on your new add-on (just copy and paste):
@-moz-document domain(vinzv.de) {
div#nojavascript {display: none;}
}
3) Goodbye to You shall not pass without JS in hub.vinzv.de/owncloud
Re: [Trisquel-users] GNU IceCat vs Abrowser
I think Abrowser does, (don't know, still using Abrowser 33 here). But IceCat won't because Firefox Hello isn't included in Firefox ESR (the base of GNU IceCat). But could change in the future.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Choice of DE in Graphical Install
Indeed, if this is going to be done, maybe Trisquel should inspire in his upstream and maintain different flavors with different .iso images for each flavor. The thing is, someone has to develop and maintain that. Any volunteer(s)?
Re: [Trisquel-users] GNU IceCat vs Abrowser
I would love to have Icecat in Debian's repos, would like to try it out :) No need for repos, just download the generic linux binary and execute icecat. http://mirror.cedia.org.ec/gnu/gnuzilla/31.7.0/
Re: [Trisquel-users] No JS Support
I liked your idea, so I created this wiki page https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/list-css-styles-fixes-some-dynamic-websites
Re: [Trisquel-users] LibreBox small computer
So it isn't free as only run free software by default, including BIOS and all firmware, but works with a fully free SO. Which isn't nothing new, but is good to have more computers that work without issues with a completely free operating system. Still, the name can drive to confusion. Those who aren't aware of what free hardware truly mean could start recommending this as libre hardware, which is a lie.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Thoughts on Trisquel 7.1 based off of Ubuntu 14.04.3 with release in July or August
It was 6.0.1, not 6.1. And if I remember correctly that was primarily to fix the bug about Trisquel using Google's DNS. It also brought other new features though, like support for EFI. I second the idea of a new iso based on ubuntu 14.04 but with updated kernel and xorg.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Rejected games list
When arguments or messages are ignored or can't be understood by one of the speakers it is of no use to continue discussing Oh, so you simply give up? And on top of that is my fault? you insist in conflating information (a work [1], in the terminology above) with its physical representation [2], as you showed with your example of a couch Then show me what are you trying to explain me with the example of the couch. Show me my mistakes with an example. If you don't want to further debate, then say so and leave. But don't simply imply that you give up because I don't understand. That's just dishonest. I leave it to you to find the mistakes in your reasoning if you are interested in doing so. Oh that's so nice of you, you tell me that something is wrong with me, but instead of helping me you just leave because is my problem. Very kind, like onpon4 saying that artist have to find other ways to profit, gave 3 systems that he don't know if they actually work, and then leave the topic about other ways to profit.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Rejected games list
Because if some one has to profit from a work. Isn't the author the one that deserves that right? He is the one who made the effort to produce the product after all.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Rejected games list
As long as you agree that non-commercial sharing must not be forbidden, you can have sites (or P2P networks) where copies of the digital work are available at no price. That is financially unbeatable. Prohibiting non-commercial sharing does not change that fact. In a pay what ever you want system that allows 0 as the price to pay, putting the content in P2P networks loose it's sense if you seek for obtaining the data gratis. Wired, but people upload software that is both libre and gratis to P2P networks. I have always though that it's to make a backup in case the official site goes down. In any case. This is actually good, if people like the content and are willing to pay, then they just go to the website and pay what ever they want as the price. I actually consider that licenses that prohibit non-commercial uses and/or derivatives are OK for artistic works. Because artistic works are non-functional (rms' point you have already mentioned), forbidding non-commercial uses and/or derivatives is not denying the control of the audience's work. Arguably, the audience does not achieve anything by reading a novel or listening to a song, or watching a movie, etc. On the contrary, using software (or reading cooking recipes or manuals or encyclopedias, etc.) is achieving a work and the user deserves the control on her work, the four freedoms. I agree. non-commercial distribution is important for people to share in freedom. I would still buy some non-functional data that says you shall not share. But only if I'm sure that none of my friends will ask me for a copy.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Rejected games list
There are reasons she could want to do that. I could cite the famous artist Nina Paley. But Gwenn Seemel is closer to a sculptor: http://www.gwennseemel.com/index.php/copyright/ Thanks for the links, I'll take them a look for what's rest of Sunday. Anyway, the sculptor *can* allow everyone to sell his sculptures without paying him anything but he does not *have to*. Like I wrote before, I do not consider that forbidding commercial uses of artistic work is unethical. We share the same thought. They do not *have to* be allowed to sell the product because it is nonfunctional (not because of the effort put by the artist; the same could be said of free software developers). They *can* do that if the author allows it though. The artist decides and either way is fine. What is not OK in my book is to forbid non-commercial sharing. I agree with you.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Rejected games list
For instance, Popcorn time is more convenient than using a Web browser and a regular BitTorrent client (that downloads the pieces in any order) or than renting a DVD in a local store. I don't think popcorn time is a good example. Popcorn time offer movies gratis (non-commercial) and that's the primarily reason why people in general use it. I know of two good examples of this fact where I live, this two guys don't use it because Netflix is a complete bastard who lobbied to implement DRM in HMTL5 or because it requires you to run proprietary software. In fact, if this two guys were something more than mere pigs who avoid the price whenever they can, I know they will be using Netflix instead because I heard them considering the possibility before they knew of popcorn time. But as soon as they found popcorn time thanks to a third party who wasn't neither interest in libre software at all, they started using it all day without even knowing how it works and that they where relying on other people's bandwidth. I truly hate people as this two, but I know that they act like that because of their ignorance, if only I where better with the language maybe I could make them a little more wise. But even if I can't still prefer that rather than Netflix. In any case, popcorn time is non-comercial, so it's not a good example because I said I'm in pro of that, neither the farmers and supermarkets since supermarkets has to buy or ask for permission at the very last from farmers before the supermarkets can sell their food. Let's put and hypothetical scenario that is more adequate in my opinion: Suppose that there's a copying machine for statues that almost everyone has in their house, but not for food. Sculptors still need to buy food if they want to live and has strength so they can continue sculpting. This are my questions for this scenario (that is very similar to videogames actually): Why should the sculptor allow everyone to sell his sculptures without paying him anything? Why if only the sculptor actually did and effort to imagine, sculpt and in the processes he also had to buy to food? My main point in my initial post was this one: Enabling or disabling business models does not make a license more or less ethical. I now see what you mean. And yes, you're right. It was foolish to say that it's right because otherwise you can't do PWYW. I apologise for that. It's just that this seemed like a good system that actually work, so it was one of the firsts things that pop up in my mind. What I was trying to express from the beginning is: As I said before the author put his effort to produce the product. So as a reward I think he deserves to sell it. Whether he actually profit or not is a different issue. Now, why should other be allowed to sell the product and profit without asking or giving anything to the author? Just because they have a copy? Why if the author was the one who actually put his effort?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Has anyone here ever tried to install URC? It's apparently a distributed IRC replacement...
Great, now it's just a matter of time for this software to be freed. Can't wait, I just hope it's not too difficult to set up.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Rejected games list
Because it's not your place to tell me what I can do with my property. Is that so? Let's take a look at your true actions, so then we can see if you're truly following what you say. Your web page for example: https://onpon4.github.io/ If we apply what you said, then the content of your web page is now mine. Because that information has been copied and loaded to my pc, alright. Now can I do what ever I want with my property or you're telling me what I can do with my property? Thing is, you're telling me what I can and can't do with my supposed property. This is you telling me what I can do and can't do with my copy of the content of your website: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode What about your games? Can I get a copy, made it my property and do what ever I want with my property? http://onpon4.github.io/games/ No, they are all under the GPL, here's you again telling me what I can and can't do with my property: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html Do you even know how copyright law works? When you license something and give it to someone that thing isn't part of the property of that person. You just gave him a copy and a license telling him what can and can't do, but that thing has never been part of the property of that person. If my copy of Pacewar by onpon4 was my property then I would be able to relicense it. But I can't while you can at any time (exept for the copies that you already gave). And you know why? Because it belong to your property. If you truly believe in what you have just write, then renounce the copyright of all your work that you intend to share. Not only that, your evil boogie man would benefit me by making my work more well-known. He would be making it much easier for me to land a nice programming job elsewhere, or attract people to a crowdfunding campaign. It's not a matter of he wins, I lose. ... okay, good luck with that. You'll need it since you don't know if those alternative methods actually work. (maybe others do, but you said that you don't, that's why you'll need some luck)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Rejected games list
I'm sure a lot of the products I use were made, designed, or distributed by people who did unethical things. That doesn't mean I have to reject the products. But why do you think is unethical? I don't understand why you consider restricting commercial use of my work without my permission something unethical. Trademark law is a limited monopoly on a particular image or name which identifies something, designed to prevent misleading consumers. For example, GNU is a trademark. It is illegal to use the name GNU in a way that would be likely to confuse people into thinking that something that isn't GNU is GNU. No problem, others can still rebrand the game. Actually is worse, if they know how to sell, their brand could be more popular than the original from the author. So the other one sell a lot more than the author. And this is an injustice, because the author is the one who did work in pro of society. This statement makes no sense. I never said that I was against competition. It's essential in a capitalist economy. Oh, so I have to let everyone sell my work while I receive nothing or else I'm against competition and doing unethical things? Does that sounds more concise? Firstly, no one necessarily has a right to make money doing something just because they like doing it. Of course no, I meant to say when people do work that benefits society. Or even if don't benefits society, people has the right to sell what they produce as log as the product don't attack society. Then you're going to say that restricting commercial copies of my art is attacking society. So can you elaborate your ideas and explain why is this and attack to society? I haven't made much money from all of my programming, either (the only money I made was $50 when someone decided to sell one of my games in a bundle, and then decided to send me some of the money he made). Alright, but you did made money, more over that other guy did made money with your work with your permission. But how would you feel in this scenario: You made a good game with the intention of sell it and live doing what you like, which is making games that people like. You sell it in the Internet and months after the exact same game appear with another game. The guy that copy your work pay some advertisement so the name that he created for your game grows in popularity. In the end you did all the work and receive $50/month while the another guy that simply copy your work is making $2000/month and living from your work. Can you still put a happy face and say that everything is as it should? Secondly, why do you suppose that other people distributing gratis copies has no effect on your ability to distribute paid-for copies, but that other people distributing paid-for copies completely ruins your ability to distribute paid-for copies? Both of these are competition. If anything, the latter is much stronger competition. Having other people selling my work without my permission isn't competition, that's just steal. If you're an artist and want to be paid for the work, you should probably be paid up-front, in full, not expect to get that money by selling copies Why? I also never claimed to know that these methods would work. These are just possibilities to try. In other words, you're just babbling about it. I'm hoping to try crowdfunding myself, hopefully later this year. We'll see how it goes. I wish you good luck, I would like to know more about this system too. Actually, I think Dragon Ball is so huge that he wouldn't have any problem at all making money from it without copyright. Now is huge. Could it be that huge if it was CC BY-SA from the beginning? No one can know that, but still I would like to know how that could've played in their success.
