I remember reading in the FSF webpage that between Linux distros and BSD
distros there is a difference in the way they use the word blob. Could it
be the case here, as in, they don't use proprietary drivers per se, but use
some kind of firmware (I mean as in accessing some closed software
I'm sorry, but I believe that must not be correct. According to
https://tails.boum.org/doc/about/license/index.en.html
all their software is free software, and IIRC they even got rid of TrueCrypt
some time ago (because of the issues with it).
Also, since this is based on Debian main distro, I
I cannot help you (since I don't have a machine running trisquel at the time)
but I would suggest (in terms of security) to use a BIOS password. More
effective than OS password.
How come that in the Trisquel users it indicates that a new post was made
here by steve002 but I can't find that here???
Thanks everyone for your comments. Good help indeed, I had forgotten about
nmap :P
Thanks!
While I appreciate the time you spent writing your reply, I think you
misunderstood my purpose here. I am asking about services that USUALLY run in
most (if not all) linux distros. Of course, some distros might have one or
two slight changes, but in general services like ftp, ssh, telnet,
Thank you for your clarification. Making a NetInstall might be a possibility,
I will look into that later.
One question regarding Trisquel, what services are listening in by default?
In both Trisquel 6 and the future Trisquel 7. I remember someone once told me
that only 4 services were
Hello people,
So, long story short, I have been messing around a little bit trying to
remove unnecessary stuff in my GNU/Linux system, especially services that are
able to connect/listen on internet ports.
So far I have removed:
OpenSSH - Never access my computer remotely, so why have a
Sorry, I am not using Trisquel for this, I am using Debian (even if I believe
the services should be pretty much the same since Trisquel and Ubuntu come
from Debian). I would like any help :)
Thanks. I will give those a try :)
Just one thing to add luckygrl, since you are used to Mint, you might expect
to install MATE and get the same desktop interface... but some things will be
actually different (the nice start menu with the search function for example
is a notable difference). Those differences were made by the
Trisquel (and Debian, which I use) don't come with a firewall controller
installed by default. The reasons why have been debated here many times
before, so don't hope for that to change anytime soon.
What I do is, I have all the Debian CDs and so I install the first one, and
before I connect
Hello everyone.
I have a video in FLV format, that contain H264 codec and AAC audio. I would
like to remux (I think that is the correct term) into a MKV. I don't want
to convert, because it already has the codecs that I need.
Is there any free software tool (preferably in the reps, and with a
Using TorBrowser will protect yourself from revealing any info about your
surfing to your ISP. However, it also has some disadvantages.
One question I have (it might be terribly stupid, lol), is if DNS is only
used when accessing www.namewebsite.com or if it is also used even if we
use
Thanks everyone who tried to give some help.
I have decided against making any major changes in my system for the purpose
of playing these videos. I don't have a lot of them, and I really want to
keep my system clean and stable as it is right now. Totem video player has
shown to be a better
Hello.
I have a ATI Radeon HD 4250, but running Debian 7.3 I don't use proprietary
drivers.
I have been finding it almost impossible to play HD or HFR videos with this
system. I was aware that playing any games requiring 3d acceleration would be
very hard, nearly impossible, but always
That's what I was thinking :(
If it was a desktop, I would have no problem. But with a laptop, I can't
really replace the graphics card. Which, by the way, is a very powerful one,
I admit. I remember when I used to have the proprietary drivers, I could play
very graphic intense games, it
No. TBB is self contained and is prepared not to interfere with any other Tor
session running, You might have to configure somehting anyway.
Let's keep in mind that using Tor for bittorrent for example is just plainly
stupid, as it will provide little if any anonimity.
I agree with everything else that has been said, Tor needs to be a tool used
for everyday browser, so that the sensitive browsing done by activists and
such
Thanks for the clarification.
When it happens maybe we could have a message appearing to let people know
that the comment was removed because it was spam? Or something like that, to
make it less confusing.
I was really confused by not finding the new comment :P
Those are good news, I had read about Munich moving to free software and it
was a great thing to read. I hope Delhi makes it a little bit faster though
:P
Where is the comment by user Angila14 ??
It appears in the main forum, marking as that user commented but I don't see
that comment :X
IIRC, Mate will be brought to the Debian reps in next months/year. So, maybe
by the time Trisquel 7 comes out, it won't involve all that work, one could
just access Debian rep and install it from there (assuming Ubuntu doesn't get
it imported to their own, that would even simplify more the
bad idea as that requires internet connection at the time of install. Not
everyone feels comfortable with this.
However, maybe having different versions available to download would be a
good idea (like Mint and Debian do).
One CD with Gnome 3 other with KDE, other with Mate, etc.
I agree with Fernando that there are many many attacks that can be performed
against a computer (or any electrical device for that matter).
I also agree with Anon in the sense that if we start focusing on that, we
better starting wearing tin foil hats and pants and shirts. We end up losing
I didn't say that I have JS disabled ;)
What I said was i tried html5 player without JS and it works ;)
To your question, there is no perfect answer. Should JS be disabled or
enabled by default?
Tor Browser Bundle is a tool that millions of people use, and most of them
need for it to be as
Well, in fact we do... HTML5 is a player that can load any video, Tor Browser
supports it very well. The problem is the video format/codec. Most websites
use mp4 and flv. Firefox (and Tor Browser of course) don't have those
patented codecs. Only can play webm and ogg. That's why MediaGobblin
I thank ADFENO for the suggestion, I thought it would be a good solution...
but apparently I can't upload my files, the non-flash uploader seems not to
work -.-
I am so getting mad at this by now...
In short, don't.
Look, when you use a plugin or addon, that piece of software might not obey
the proxy settings, or it might gather some identifying information on your
computer that might de-anonymize you. It doesn't matter that it's free
software, free software respects the user, but most
Have any of you been able to contact the maintainer of gobblin.se? I have
sent him an email, but considering that I am currently using a tor hidden
service as mail server, he might not receive my emails (most of these emails
accounts are considered spam by the official emails services).
If
I think that if you want to use Tor and be sure that you are somewhat
protected, you should begin by doing a little research on what Tor is and how
it works.
These videos might help you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hZZNFQm1Vs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=001VMHpsYlw
Why do I have the feeling (looking at LibreVPN webpage) that it is a rip-off
of Tor and I2P? :S
I noticed your video upload, yes, but for me and other people is not working.
Which format, size, codecs, etc, you used?
I already tried with both ogg and mp4, files ranging from 5 to 100 MBs.
The problem is not the upload or the conversion, is at the moment of
publishing the link for public,
Very true.
I have tried to make my computer clean memory on shutdown (similar to TAILS).
However when I tried it, it would always freeze my computer, and I gave it
up.
Using bleachbit works, but I doubt it is so thorough as the TAILS cleaning
process.
That is actually a very good question that I have been wondering. With the
wireless system inside a computer being like an invisible bridge to connect
other systems, it might not be totally paranoid to think that a hardware hack
could attack a computer through that. I am not talking about
Actually, the biggest danger when using a public wifi, is the fact that
anyone can watch what your doing. I have once tried a smartphone app that
simply connected to the wifi, and was able to get access to emails and
facebook accounts. I deleted everything don't worry ;)
But it was a matter
You are wrong, I'm afraid.
Tor encrypts everything before sending it to the Tor Network. So, anyone
spying on YOUR side of the connection will not see anything except that you
are speaking to the Tor network. 3 layers of encryption are applied. Each
node (guardian, middle relay, and exit
Being in the reps means nothing. Human error, right? :P
That being said, yes, VLC is free software. However, some codecs it uses
might be problematic in some parts of the world. However, that is a matter
that affects ALL players. If you use free software to read patented formats,
you might
It could be something like
search for a line with [Warning] in this file, and if found, copy the entire
line for that file. I will take a look at that later. But if you could
provide an example I would appreciate :)
By open source I meant just that: the source is available. That means one can
analyze the code. The fact that OSE doesn't accept TrueCrypt as a open source
project doesn't mean that the software is not open sourced.
Now, again, I agree that TrueCrypt is not the best option when it comes to
How would that compare with GPG encryption? ccrypt apparently uses Rijndael
cypher 256 bits. I wonder if that is as strong as GPG encryption.
However it's a good option thanks :)
Thank you both! =D I will see about it later. I will let you guys know when I
got it done ;)
To answer my own question:
gpg -r 'keyname' --encrypt-files *.*
It will encrypt all the files in the specified folder with the public key you
choose. If you have multiple files and wish to encrypt each one with a
different key, just do:
gpg --encrypt-files *.*
you will be asked for each
I would agree 100% with you if it was a icon maker program or a sound editing
program. But it is a SECURITY program. Having the source code is a HUGE
matter in this case, even if one doesn't give a damn about ethical side of
free software. In a practical sense it still gives you the
Openshot. If you have your images named like this: namepicture1,
namepicture2, namepicture3, etc, it will automatically ask if you want to
create a video with those images. You can choose in the settings how long
takes each picture and such. Very nice.
Tried yet again to upload my video to gobblin.se
This time it was a mp4 file about 7MB size, and it was just the same...
uploads, converts, fails.
Meanwhile, other people were able to upload videos to the site, so it is not
a matter of size or formats. I emailed joar, the person who
While I agree with you, I don't mind mentioning it because for some people
(in life or death situations, not americans and europeans trying to hide
pictures of their cats) it might be the only real solution. Yes, it is
unethical from a free software view point, but it is a reliable solution
To clarify, many GNU/linux distros don't install a firewall in default
install. IN my opinion that is a bad choice, because while many people who
came from windows have no idea about SSH, most know about firewall and will
activate it if they have one. Also, I have already expressed why I
Thanks for the replies.
I notice that other content has been uploaded correctly to gobblin.se so I
don't think it is a matter of running out of space. Could it be something
related to the file type? I was using ogg.
Also, I have taken a look at your suggested alternatives elbendecido, but
I would have prefered to contact the gobblin.se people, but in their website
there is no contact.
I might try what you suggested Onpon4.
What is even worse is the fact that I try to access the mediagobblin IRC and
get a captcha that is nearly impossible to solve -.- I hate captchas!
HTTS Everywhere is a project by the EFF and the Tor Project. link is:
https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
If you are in for security you should add to that:
-Using GPG. Hard to do if your friends don't want to change the normal way
they use to send and receive emails, but many people
THANKS! =D
It should be easier to know who to contact in this kind of service (like
having a contacts link on the homepage lol).
I will try talking to him.
NoScript and Adblock serve different purposes.
Noscript blocks javascript and XSS attacks. Adblock blocks known ads from
loading in your browsing. Use both. Also, use Adblock edge, since Adblock
Plus has an anti feature (allow some ads by default).
You can complement Adblock with adblock
Keep in mind that TrueCrypt is open-source, which means in a practical sense
you get the same security as in a free software. The problem comes with the
licensing aspect of it. So, while I do not promote its usage and encourage
people to find alternatives, if one MUST use it, he is not in
ecryptfs can encrypt swap partition (see link above) but I haven't tested it
yet. Don't know what else it can do.
I think when one uses GParted you can format a drive and encrypt it with a
password. However, I don't know what encryption is used so I don't rely on
it.
Does anyone knows if
Actually is more a lack of reference. I have read a little about both
(homepages of each, forums, wiki, etc) and while founding several references
about shred being unsafe in journaling systems, I found none in the nautilus
wipe. I am not deying that it might also not be 100% safe, but
I have tried to upload two different videos (both in ogg format) to
gobblin.se
They make the upload successfuly and the converting process too. But for both
I got Copying to public storage failed. {u'keyname': u'thumb'}
What ma I doing wrong? The videos are already in a free/open format,
Hello everyone.
Text to speech... what are your favorite engines/GUIs/voices/settings?
I am currently working on a project that I will need to use text to speech, I
have been testing around with Gespeaker, and using settings as follow:
Language: english_rp
Voice: male
Pitch: 27
Volume: 89
Hello.
I think some things are important to notice.
shred is not secure in EXT3 file system, or any system using journaling for
that matter. Also it is a command line only tool.
A more secure and easy way to securely wipe a file is this:
install nautilus-wipe (in the reps). It will install
First, thanks to everyone who has commented.
So far, and from what I understand, festival is a more different voices
compatible software than Gespeaker or Espeaker in general. So, I have decided
to go with that. From what I understand, there are free and non-free voices
made to work with
Well, all doubts have been solved finally. After taking advice from quiliro
and jxself, I have done some tests with GPG (everything works fine in command
line and no errors happen, unlike with the GUIs I mentioned, and I see no
internet connection happening whatsoever) and I asked around in
Indeed, I have been trying to search for answers in the Tor Project website.
But my questions here deal directly with something else (though I admit I got
a little sidetracked at a point).
I need to know if I can use a program to:
Import a public key file, without connecting to the web;
First, thanks for your reply, it was very clear and informative. I was aware
of most of it, but some key elements were new, thanks!
However, my main 2 problems are still standing which are:
- can we be 100% sure that GPG will never connect to the internet (by an
accident or bug) thus
-.- they did again... the free software Pharisees with their I know
better attitude, just turned another person away from Trisquel OS/ Trisquel
Community.
Seriously, you guys can't think about the people before you think of the
software?? It was a man who was trying to use free software
My problem is that I am trying to use it through Tor :)
And Torbirdy and Enigmail apparently don't work very well together, also,
there is the problem that since I am not using Tails, I am afraid that by
accident I might leak the keys of my contacts, thus revealing my real IP
behind the tor
True, I convinced you once :P
So, yeah, the problem is not on your side.
And quantumgravity, what have I told you about feeding trolls? No more
cookies for tct under the table, okay? ;D
Well, I suppose you and a few others would love to see me out of here, but as
I have said before, that is not happening... so back off! -.^
As for the thread itself, guess what, he asked IN THE RIGHT FORUM, because
Trisquel was the reason that his boot process broke! Now, we know that M$ has
Thanks for the comments. I am reading the handbook on the enigmail website
and it really looks like a easy thing to do IF I was to use a personal email,
instead of a Tor based one (or one that I wanted to access through Tor to
protect my identity).
After reading a little bit more on Tor
After doing some more reading it seems that Seahorse will be the tool for the
job. At least from what I have seen so far :)
One thing that bothers me is the fact that to create a new PGP key, it will
always ask for the email address... Since I don't want to connect to the
internet, and do
Guess I'm back at square one -.-
So, after lots of testing...
seahorse: is useless, for some reason the window that I get is totally
different from the ones that I saw at the tutorials online, so most actions
are not there. For some reason I can barely do anything at all with this one.
Hello everyone,
Ok, so, I need to make sure that I don't screw up with my anonymous
encrypted email.
Basically, from what I understand one could install thunderbird/icedove,
install enigmail and torbirdy, and use an email on Tor hidden service (like
mailtor) to send and receive GPG
I just wanted to thank ssdclickofdeath, for the work he has done here. While
it might be a simple thing, just a frontend or a little gui for an
application, the truth is, everyone here talks a lot about free software
but it's so rare to see actual development taking place! You know like... a
I will as soon as I ca solve the test page problem. Until that happens, I
can't really test the printer :P
But thanks ;)
I agree that HP printers are good for free software users, but if I can't
solve the test page problem, they are no good :P
I will have to take a look at it later when I got the time (which means next
year lol).
Hello everyone.
I am having a problem with a printer that I got second hand, it's a HP
Photosmart C3180. When I try to use it in Debian or Trisquel LiveCD, it is
not seen by the system. I tried with LInux Mint LiveCD and it works like a
charm. I suspected it was a matter of proprietary
Ok, an update on the situation: looks like I'm an idiot -.-
I was doing the hp-setup without being su, so of course it wouldn't change
the system settings :P
Everything seems to be working now.
The problem that remains is the test page, that seems to be a problem with a
lot of HP printers
You think it's worth it?
If one goes to http://hplipopensource.com/ he can see all the details about
which models and functions are supported by the free driver hplip.
Mine is included in this page
http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/photosmart/photosmart_c3100_series.html
I still
What he said. Also, I believe most software in GNU/Linux will give you the
commands you can use if you type for example oggconvert --help
Maybe the way quantumgravity suggested will work, maybe you have to use a
different syntax. Try the help command to see what you can use the program
for.
the oggconvert --help does not show anything?
Ups sorry... I don't know the software you were trying to use, I was merely
giving you a suggestion (I thought it was a command line app since you said
you were doing it that way).
Well, I am happy you at least got your solution :)
I believe you are correct, but still it's the best choice if you need to run
dos in a computer. And the project is very FLOSS minded so it's something
that we should perhaps try to understand (it's DOS after all, you can't be
picky with something that is older than ourselves :P)
For the
1. Trisquel users are already running non-free software on their computers
(Bios, etc).
I hate to repeat myself. Please, throw away your computer now, you are
running proprietary software. Don't try to rationalize, justify or minimize
that fact. Throw your computer away now, and also
So, you have realized that my argument was right and now instead of
acknowledging that, you try to attack me (in my decision to use Debian and
still be a part of this community) to make it look bad. That would be almost
a ad-hominem fallacy.
I have made my point. He who has hears, hear.
I could argue that you first paragraph makes no sense and such... but the
truth is that when someone writes As long as Trisquel keeps to the FSF
philosophy, than they are taking THE BEST decisions. that person is to be
considered a FSF parrot (kind of an internet troll) and it is useless to
While it is true that free software is about the 4 essential freedoms over
the software, RMS himself has said that this is not just a technical matter.
It is a social matter, free software should bring us a free society.
And in a free society you can't have freedom unless you are free from
are running non-free software
(which you are, unless you have a 100% BIOS and no microcode running inside
any chip);
2. You try to spread lies about what I say or not say (first it was tct, now
it is you, why is it that people who never really participated in the forum
now appear saying GNUser
They keep the prices coming up until they see that people will stop buying.
When that happens, they lower it a little bit again, and keep selling the
most units at the highest price. So, yeah, they will make tons of money from
people who want freedom, but a lot of people won't have freedom
http://media.libreplanet.org/u/libby/m/stefano-zacchiroli/
If you watch this video, you will notice that Debian has always tried to
maintain a healthy environment on their development strategy, has freedom as
a main priority and have been trying to get the FSF endorsement for years.
They
one more thing: it is related to the thread itself. There are people who want
to ban users simply because they talk about non-free software. The problem
is, the definition of free software is a little too vague. For me Debian is
free, for other people it is not.
I started with Ubuntu 10.04, later moved to Mint 13, after that Trisquel 6
and now use Debian 7. On my way I also used some other distros in specific
ocasions (Tails and Puppy).
Debian:
-removing non-free/contrib: no need to remove something that is not there to
start with! If you already
It's funny, I checked your account... You barely do anything other than
posting in your own threads, not taking the time to actually answer any
questions of other users (I thought this forum was here to help people with
doubts and questions), yet you come here and say I am bored as if it was
Nice to meet you too. I am happy to see other people here using Tor as their
main browser. It's a very important thing to protect ourselves (I know that
from personal experience :S).
If you don't mind me asking, which OS do you run, and what other
privacy/security tools do you use?
I am
No problem.
I think you might have misunderstood me, what I meant was that for some
reason, my laptop appears to only accept the Debian based distros. In your
case, every Debian based seems to give you trouble. So, maybe you should go
to another family, maybe Fedora-family,since it works
Lol, they will ban you alright... for trying to make me calm down (that way
they don't get to ban me) :P
And yes, I have seen the storm coming... things are about to change here,
with members wanting to become moderators (for our protection of course -.- )
and some people who don't even
Usually Tor users face some prejudice on the internet... Some evil doers
use Tor, so Tor get's blocked at a lot of places. Problem is, the real evil
doers will use other ways to do so, while the good honest people using Tor
for their protection will lose access to content because of that.
What you say makes sense... but I never heard of any special signature in
Debian, or even my laptop (which is 5 years old already) having restricted
boot.
I don't really care, because I prefer Debian, but I would like to be able to
run other stuff from times to times.
(I really hate to be the one saying this...)
Wow, man... calm down. I understand how you feel (you know damn well I do)
but you must consider the move you are making, it might not be the best one.
you see, the FORUM has a lot of problems, yes, and I am talking about
political/social
Well, it's true that wpa/wpa2 is better than wep. But as far as the password
goes, you should take some things into account. First, you should have a
password with:
CAPITAL LETTERS
regular letters
numbers (12345...)
Symbols .,-?ยบ+*
Second, make it at least 12 characters long.
Why all of
One thing I have learned (though it took me some time to do so): Don't feed
the trolls.
Reading this comment of yours, I realized you are a troll. It's amazing I
hadn't realized it before, but finally this comment of yours was so full of
your self importance that I was able to see it. So,
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