I used both and I don't agree. Xfce is extremely user friendly and I
personally find it by far the most stable and "screw something up" proof DE.
cool!!
I installed Debian 8 on a USB stick when it came out in May and if I remember
correctly at the end of the installation it asked me if I wanted to install
grub so, not being sure I clicked "no" and that resulted in an unbootable
Debian stick..
So I reinstalled and answered "yes" to "install
you can software render avi and mp4 on any computer with a decent cpu without
the need of any video acceleration whatsoever..
no you don't. you don't **need** a goog account. you **want* to have a goog
account. Commenting or uploading videos to youtube is not a *need*.
:)
moxalt: you can purge orca without any issue whatsoever. Those are
metapackages.
sudo apt remove --purge gnome-orca
How can anyone be sure if a proprietary OS or application is not malicious?
You have absolutely no control over it and you can not possibly know if it is
malicious software - you can not read the code. You can trust proprietary
software only by blind faith.. I like RMS' definition: computing
I install software ONLY from my repo. The few applications I don't find in my
repo or that are of an older version and don't work properly I wget the
source, untar, install the dependencies and compile.
cheers Gnuser!
Tox is alpha non-audited software. It is not a safe alternative. I hope it
will be in a year or two.
That's correct Onpon. A front-end for Wine that adds nothing to it. I
installed and used both for few months when I first switched to GNU. I
remember I ended using standard Wine, because POL did nothing useful at all.
Ra -> Elitist? Really? lol. Wanting to do your computing on GNU/linux without
spending a little bit of your time and effort to learn apt (Debian based
distros) and the essential core utilities is like wanting to play guitar but
not spending some time to learn no scale or tabs.
I find it and
Btw, after years on L/Xubuntu and some time on Trisquel i must say that file
searches in GNU/Linux systems are shockingly bad. It has almost always been
impossible for me to find a file although i knew its name, at least roughly.
The searches are so complicated and not at all intuitive, be
hi hack and hack. I have no idea, sorry :(
Just read you "searxed it" and wanted to say that lately searx.me was getting
very slow for me so I tested some other instances of searx and finally set
for searx.info.
The server is in Switzerland and the speed is amazing!! The website opens in
Well, it is not much difficult, I guess.
Example, let's say we want to find a file named "panacea.dat".
We need to give the find command the instruction where to search for it. We
can search all the / or, if we know the file is in /home we can instruct it
to search in /home.
So, the
Hi Gnuser mate! I want to dedicate you this song I wrote many years ago! :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqKcnYWCAJc
That's becauase you have an ATI GPU, am I right?
ATI crapPU as of linux kernel 3.12 needs a proprietary firmware loaded in the
kernel for you to have native screen resolution (the same required for video
acceleration). Otherwise you will get the highest resolution supported by
your BIOS,
>See https://trisquel.info/forum/screen-resolution-0 (you can apparently get
the correct resolution with a 3.11 kernel).
Yeah, DON'T! It has ended support in 2013!!
I couldn't help but reply to this, I still find supertramp suspicious
glad to hear that :)
because the fact is he doesn't even use trisquel,
true. I use and like more for several reasons my Debian libre installation :)
Hes never used it for more then a few months.
It was my main setup form
> 2. a laptop that has more than just Libreboot, I want a fully free machine
Wait no longer! They already exist. As I said, Minifree/Libiquity. They even
have low-level nasty things from Intel removed, like the Intel Active
Management Engine.
I'm pretty sure Gnuser is aware of the "low-level
sudo apt-get install appname
https://flossmanuals.net/command-line/_booki/command-line/command-line.pdf
welcome to the community!
Jxself - your work is highly appreciated (as always)!
easiest way, as lembas pointed out, is to write "linux" in the synaptic
search field and there select all the older kernels (but one - it is always
advisable to keep at least one in case something goes wrong with the newest
one) end remove them.
Hi tonlee!
I see what you say. I started with computers when I was very young. My first
pc was a 386 laptop when I was 10 or 11. I have used DOS 3.1, win 95, 98 ,
me, xp and winzozz 7. Vista I skipped (didn't use computers during several
years during the "vista period"). I switched to GNUX
You mean that the 3.10 libre kernel works fine at native resolutions (for
example the one I mentioned 1366x738) even without the patch, right?
exactly so. All the ATI GPUs have always required the proprietary firmware
for video acceleration but they displayed the native screen resolution
https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html
that depends on the vpn provider.
It's because the mainline bastards upstream decided to simplify the radeon
driver. They love the blob so there's no problem in their universe...
If only Torvalds showed some balls and kicked the blobs out of the mainline.
Linux is extremely well established by now, vendors would rush to make
A trusted and safe VPN may ease your mind maybe..
Steve Blobs, founder of Crapple !!
supernice nick! :)
Welcome to the community.
It is not very clear to me what the issue is. I mean, I know you have an
issue with the sound volume but it is not very clear when and how this
happens. Does this happen when you log out/login or restart the
I'm glad that helped :)
no need to be offensive strypey. If you don't like or understand my posts
ignore them, just as I mostly ignore yours.
>You can keep calling me crazy all you want, but you just admitted it...
Admitted what? Pills still not workinh eh?
>...you also drive away new users in the irc channel in the same manner, or
by promoting other distros and non free drivers.
I never promoted no thing on IRC. I would rather
tor website - download tor browser bundle - download gpg signature.
add the tor developers gpg key.
verify the tar with the sign.
extract and run the executable.
Haah.. GUIs are fine.
That is "being overly comfortable" and might as well be seen as "been lazy"
but lazy in a stupid way IMHO.. I don't think being overly comfortable and
lazy can be defined as "nothing wrong with that". But then again that is just
my opinion.
cheers
You are right, Chris, it is shocking.. But it is certainly better than
listening to hip-pop or such x_X
I don't know about the playlist but it certainly can't be missing this perl
-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP-gN1zoI28
cheers!
ha! I can't believe it! I just linked that song to Chris on another thread :)
First time I hear about a GNU installation doing "automatic log off". Is that
possible? Lock screen is another thing..
For searching, viewing and downloading youtube vids I can recommend SMTube.
The version in your repo is outdated and it won't work. You download the
source code of the
no patronizing at all. I did not sneer. If one gives up that easy, he will
give up no matter what.
I said it 1000 times and I'll repeat it here: one does not embrace libre
software and become a free software enthusiast because he installed Trisquel
or Parabola or whatever; rather they
sorry I didn't understand correctly the first time. Now I see. Tom is right.
go to prefs-apps and as pdf document click on select other and insert the
evince path - /usr/bin/evince
cheers :)
nice work Dave!
eactly. +1 moxalt.
onpon: true! I knew the fix. True, in this particular case I'd rather send
the OP through the "long and difficult road" because I am certain that is the
best way to do. And I already explained why.
I find your "friend fixing a car" metaphor somehow inappropriate -> let's
examine the
Right click - open with other application - make sure "use as default" is
checked and click on evince or whatever. Now all your pdfs will open with
that app you chose.
agree. We have a lot of free software. We need free hardware or at least
hardware that is not backdoored.
Rowe it is for me.
dd if=nameoftheiso.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M
make sure you usb stick is indeed sdb or sdc or whatever.
cheers
interesting lembas, thx for the tip!
There is a fix but reinstalling the OS would be better, because it would take
you more time and effort. Why do I want you to go for the long and difficult
road of spending a couple of hours to backup, install and customize you OS?
Becuase that way, I guess, there is a higher chance that you
riseup.net
neko.im
I can only recommend these two and the use of OTR which is the best of the
best and simple as cake if you want encryption.
cheers!
happy!!
If one can NOT learn by heart in 1 minute and 12 seconds (to make it easy)
sudo apt update / upgrade /install /remove and optionally aptitude search in
another 12 seconds I really wonder how is she/he able to even just turn the
lappy on..
x_X
well, that is indeed a very good solution. I never thought about it. Nice!
VPNs are *excellent* for several reasons, including surveillance. Sure, if
you choose a malicious service you are screwed.
I found out about Poptime a couple of months the first version came out..
Best piece of software of the year 2014! :o
I'm sure internet is full of info on the matter..
> the launch of Steam on GNU/Linux has triggered a massive boost of interest
in libre gaming.
I fail to see how a proprietary DRM crapware managed to trigger a "massive
boost of interest in libre gaming"..
>nested posts get more and more narrow and at somepoint, are impossible to
read.
yep. that's the only issue with teh forum.
...and in order to do that you go here and follow the instructions.
Welcome to the libre community!
It fills the drive with random data so that the previous data can not be
recovered. Now, that is good if you used that hard drive for sensitive stuff
which you don't want anybody to possibly recover. If the hard drive is new
(meaning you never used it or used it briefly or you don't care for
I just read in the Spanish forum a guy is also having issues with the latest
version of Icedove. It may be a bug. The mate in question solved it by
forcing the downgrade of Icedove to a previous version as a temporary
solution.
yw muhammed! I have the latest version on Debian 8 stable and I don't have
any issue with my mail account.. You may also try Xfce, which is a great DE,
very stable and nice and as fast as LXDE.
no issue whatsoever on Debian 8 stable.
https://stallman.org/grav-mass.html
One way to celebrate Grav-Mass is to decorate a tree with apples and other
fruits. Glue them or attach them, but not too well! The idea is that
occasionally a fruit should fall. Put them on the tree no more than 2 feet
up, so that they won't get damaged
>Having Orca enabled by default for everyone is really annoying since most
people do not need or use it.
I don't know about that mate. I mean, it is much easier for you to write sudo
apt-get purge gnome-orca in a terminal than for a blind mate turn it on when
s/he boots into the OS after
As mr. Bananna Magique said please paste here the output of dh -f
That will tell us your partitioning scheme and how much free and used space
is there in each partition.
hehe :)
The pleased expression of his face.. X_x
Cool! Best DE after Xfce!! (IMHO that is)
Long live the mate MATE
heehe :)
a short but good one (that episode made me lull so much) ->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqoEUdty4gE
"rather high" :)
Extremely high are the words you've been looking for I guess..
If you are in the United Swines of AMurica but it here ->
https://shop.libiquity.com/product/taurinus-x200
I recommend for trivial issues (by trivial I mean issues you can easily find
and answer/solution to by searching on this very same forum or any search
engine) you use a search engine. searx.me is excellent IMHO.
That being said ->
sudo passwd root and enter the psswd for the root (make it
Of the 6 times I used Unetbootin when I was very fresh with GNU it failed to
do the job 4 times.. Horrible application.
dd is all you need and learning or not even learning the dd if of thing but
pasting it in the terminal is something a "newb" can certainly do. Of the 20
times I used dd
>For example: Can you tell which of these files uses Vorbis and which uses
Opus from their name?
file1.ogg and file2.ogg
Yes. The first one is clearly Vorbis and the second one is evidently Opus.
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html
Yes. It is a free software license compatible with the GPL.
I recommend you bookmark that page so next time you just check there whether
a piece of software is libre or not.
cheers
Popcorntime still works but you won't get the pretty thumbnails but just
click on the torrent search icon, insert the movie title and choose one of
the torrents.
Kodi with the addon Genesis works pretty fine too, you may have to click on 2
or 3 or 4 sources before finding a decent stream but
I don't know Francis but I know what he's been working on and what he's
accomplished. And what he's accomplished is much much more important that
what Chris (with all due respect) has done so far. I think Francis' work is
the most important work being done right now. We have plenty of
I was just answering the quantumgravity's post.
Джордж: the price of those laptops is overly high. That is a fact.
Welcome to the community!
lembas:
>Then shut up.
No.. The price of those laptops is indeed very very high. I have the right to
express my opinion. I won't shut up. Who are
The whole point of Trisquel is to make it trivially easy for everybody to use
their computer in complete freedom. If you need non-free software for
whatever reason you should choose one of the 1000 distros of GNU that ship
non-free software in their repositories. Trisquel does not "decide
Hmm. You mean this usb flash drive's firmware is libre?
well said Gnuser. And you are not paranoid. +1
tx for the link alimiracle :)
I beg your pardon Jaded. What happened is I tried to boot it on a potato that
is not free software friendly.. I just tried with another one that doesn't
require proprietary firmware for the GPU and it works flawlessly. My bad :)
wow, amazing little application. I like goldendict very much but this one is
so lightweight and simple and I really like it. It gives you just the
definition and the relatives below. Awesome.
Well, the EC firmware being able to capture your keystrokes and the hard
drive firmware potentially containing a full OS on its own are scary things
and it may very well be that all PC implement those malicious features, so
yeah, until we have a computer that is completely libre we can not
!
>http://hemingway.softwarelivre.org/fisl16/high/40t/sala_40t-high-201507111600.ogv
Hooly cow! I watched this today and I have to say: scary scary! Tx for the
link Gnuser. If you have more like this post mate.
Jaded: you are lying! I just inserted the live Trisquel USB in a potato, but
it failed to boot. ->
http://www.currentevents.today/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/shame-on-you4.jpg
>In my view, it's easy to make debian userfriendly nowadays.
Debian Jessie stable has been my main and only distro since it was released
at the end of April. There is no need to make it user-friendly for it is
user-friendly by default..
>You add synaptic
Installed by default on Jessie.
tx for the list vpincini. rich list indeed. +1
I asked because you mentioned being a novice. Apparmor is much easier to
understand than selinux and both do the same thing. Removing apparmor should
not remove the DE AFAIK.
cheers
sudo apt-get install scribus (install)
sudo apt-get remove --purge scribus (remove)
That's right Onpon. I have a ruby and a ruby2.1 here.
yes BugRep. Indeed those two are equivalent AFAIK. Old habits are hard to
die. I have used remove --purge so many times that it is deeply embedded in
my mind.. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV2ViNJFZC8
May I ask you why Selinux over Apparmor?
alimiracle: I see. That's beautiful. Are there other USB flash drives which
firmware is free?
>With that key, the attacker can then usurp your identity (e.g., sign emails)
and decrypt encrypted messages that were addressed to you.
You didn't finish the sentence: the attacker can then usurp your identity
(e.g., sign emails) and decrypt encrypted messages that were addressed to you
This thread belongs to the troll hole. It has nothing to do with software.
Take it there.
> I'm happy to note that I recently saw a headline asking if the Windows 10
update reminders qualify as spyware.
More like adware - it is an add nagging the useds to upgrade to Nsaowns 10.
> I successfully installed it (.deb after .deb) on Trisquel 7 but it does not
work
How about compiling the sources? I've read the instructions in the readme
file - pretty straightforward.
>Hear hear! Plus, if we figure a release (roughly) every two years it's not
even been two years since version 7 came out. So 8 shouldn't even be on the
radar until late 2016. Possibly even 2017...
Nah, we are the **libres**, we demand, we pretend and we want it now, else
there will be dire
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