[Trisquel-users] Re : kerrn.log
It is this issue: https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/21929 Do you have any USB3 port? Plugging the Wifi adapter in it may solve your problem. Otherwise, try a newer version of the firmware for its chipset by downloading the deb package on https://packages.debian.org/buster/all/firmware-ath9k-htc/download and installing it (with 'sudo dpkg -i' or double-clicking on the deb file after installing GDebi).
[Trisquel-users] Re : Either the rating system goes, or I will
https://trisquel.info/users/david/contact
[Trisquel-users] Re : Either the rating system goes, or I will
First of all, the Trisquel forum is not a public place. Like an association, it is entitled to its own rules (https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/trisquel-community-guidelines) and it can even ban members. That happened once, as far as I know. Anyone wanting to express views that go against the Trisquel guidelines should always be allowed to so. On her own forum, or website, or in the street, etc. *That* is freedom of speech. Having unenforced guidelines is like not having guidelines. Enforcement is needed, unfortunately. A few trolls can destroy a community. At least, it makes the community unwelcoming. A few users can enforce the guidelines (like david, who often moved threads to "the troll lounge") and/or the task can be collectively handled (like the +1/-1 system). I like the collective moderation. In my humble opinion, its main advantages are: it is more responsive (moderators have a life): once inflammatory (or otherwise guideline-disrespecting) posts are hidden, users tend to stop replying, which is precisely what is needed to not have the thread turn into a trollish shit storms; it is robust (notice that whoever considers the negatively-rated post does *not* disrespect the guidelines should click the +1 button); you do not have a few moderators who receive all the crap (accusations of being censors or worse; the banned user I know of was writing death threats). The system can be improved though: for more responsiveness, -1 could be considered enough to hide the post of a user with a negative average rating (a new user who only registered to troll or somebody who spends most of its post trolling); for more robustness, the -1/+1 buttons could only be available to the users with high-enough average ratings. for a better understanding of how to use the -1/+1 buttons, it should be written somewhere visible (a confirmation box after clicking -1?) that -1 should never express a disagreement but a violation of the guidelines, that +1 should be used on negatively-rated posts that do violate the community guidelines, even when disagreeing with the content of the post (reply to explain why you disagree).
[Trisquel-users] Re : Is Paypal compatible with software freedom?
Privacy-wise, GNU Taler is like cash: When you pay with Taler, your identity does not have to be revealed. Just like payments in cash, nobody else can track how you spent your electronic money. However, you obtain a legally valid proof of payment. https://taler.net Thanks to the proof of payment, the purchased good can indeed be delivered anywhere close to your home (I believe Amazon proposes such a system in France, for instance) and you can prove you are the buyer, while remaining anonymous. Now, shipping to the address of a friend is fine too: not only it does not help building a profile of your friend (like you pretend) but it turns it harder to build a profile of your friends: she (probably) does not want the product, you do. In other words, that practice generates noise in the data used to build the profile. I am pretty sure Stallman would tell you all that too. He uses the same kind of arguments when he justifies why he sometimes asks people to lend him their cell phones.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Either the rating system goes, or I will
https://trisquel.info/forum/trisquel-8-release-countdown-clock#comment-123079 is not hidden anymore. Thanks to the +1 votes. So, no, we are not talking about three people and really talking about the whole community moderating. I hope you are wrong about people not willing to use the system for what it is made for. I think it is more of a lack of pedagogy (my last point above). I personally think the forum has been much more welcoming since the moderation system was implemented. Shorter troll threads.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Is Paypal compatible with software freedom?
the shop on the internet requires you to tell name and address. In France, many Internet shops propose the delivery in physical shops nearby. It is even cheaper. The buyer was identified when she paid though. GNU Taler solves that privacy problem. Should the inaccurate data have the effect you say, it would require seller to know his data is inaccurate. Profile-based recommendations (and the likes) are constantly assessed. If the accuracy of the profiles decrease, it is discovered. It looks like you expect a solution where, at once, all profiling techniques become obsolete. If you have such a solution, tell it!
[Trisquel-users] Re : Need a daily reminder
You can "Add" to the "Startup Applications" (in the "System Settings") a "Command" that start with 'sleep 1h &&'. For example, if you want GEdit to show your TODO text file (I assume it is "todo.txt" in your home folder) one hour after you logged into the graphical session: sleep 1h && gedit ~/todo.txt
[Trisquel-users] Re : Need a daily reminder
To execute graphical application, such as GEdit, the DISPLAY variable must be specified in the crontab: DISPLAY=:0.0
[Trisquel-users] Re : Need a daily reminder
Right. The definition of the display variable can be before in the crontab so that there is no need to define it for each command.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Error messages on startup
Do you face any problem relating to energy management (for instance the computer that does not shutdown when you ask it to)? If not, the error is probably benign.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Good pro graphics card to invest in that is Libre-friendly?
As far as I know, AMD is awful. No 3D acceleration in particular.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Quantum kicks ass
Quidam is working on it: https://devel.trisquel.info/trisquel/package-helpers/commit/c9c343408cb50b55269523d1a1be25180a2292af
[Trisquel-users] Re : Quantum kicks ass
What do you mean? WebExtension's implementation in Firefox has been considered stable since version 48: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2016/04/29/webextensions-in-firefox-48/
[Trisquel-users] Re : Need a daily reminder
Hmmm... I do not know why that does not work. Weirdly enough, it works if you write 'sleep 1m && gedit todo.txt' in an executable file and choose that file as the "Command" in the "Startup Applications".
[Trisquel-users] Re : Need a daily reminder
I have just successfully up-voted aloniv's post. Are you sure you can up-vote in other threads? If not, it must deal with your Web browser settings or with some add-on.
[Trisquel-users] Re : QupZilla-libre?
The entire MATE Desktop suite of applications and components is now GTK3+ only! https://mate-desktop.org/blog/2017-03-13-mate-1-18-released/
[Trisquel-users] Re : Need a daily reminder
Using 'sleep 1m && gnome-terminal -e gedit' as the command in the "Startup Applications" does not work: 'sleep' executes for a minute but GEdit is not launched afterwards). Simply 'gedit' works. "Startup Applications" apparently has troubles with "&&". The fix I proposed (write everything in an executable file and choose the file as the "Command") is simple and works.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Is Paypal compatible with software freedom?
I claim gnutaler does not change the fact, that seller can do profiling if he has proper software. Stallman opposes surveillance and profiling. That is why I think gnutaler does not enable Stallman to buy items from shops on the internet. You are wrong. Here is for instance what RMS says at 2:18:11 of http://dcc.ufmg.br/~lcerf/rms_en.webm (talk he gave May 29th this year): So I can't use Bitcoins to do the thing I most wanna do, which is pay stores and publishers anonymously. That's why we developed GNU Taler. Taler is not a crypto-currency. Taler is a payment system for payments denominated in, well, could be dollars or reais or whatever. And it's anonymous for the one who pays. Then there is the shipping problem, which is separate from the payment problem. Shipping to a nearby place, such as a physical store taking a commission, is an existing solution. Since GNU Taler emits a legally valid proof of payment, it would be the document to present to get the good.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Is Paypal compatible with software freedom?
My post was about showing, that gnutaler cannot work as a tool against profiling. It can. It uses what is known (for 34 years) as "blind signature" to guarantee the anonymity of the buyer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_signature See https://grothoff.org/christian/taler2016space.pdf to read more about GNU Taler.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Fora few domains, my .htaccess file isn't effective at blocking them from access by my Abrowser
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Piracy
[Trisquel-users] Re : Quantum kicks ass
Erwin Schrödinger developed a number of fundamental results in the field of *quantum* theory. He is also known for his "*Schrödinger's cat*" thought-experiment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Schr%C3%B6dinger Quantum is an ongoing Mozilla project encompassing several software development efforts to "build the next-generation web engine for Firefox users". It includes numerous improvements to the Gecko web browser engine of Firefox, largely incorporated from the experimental Servo project. *Firefox 57* is the initial version with a Servo component enabled. Mozilla dubs this and several planned future releases "*Firefox Quantum*". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_(software) Ice*Cat* is a free software rebranding of the Mozilla Firefox web browser. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_IceCat Mix all that (especially the words between "*") and IceCat 57 should be called "Schrödinger's IceCat". Good one. :-)
[Trisquel-users] Re : "J.B. Nicholson-Owens" and Trisquel site runners.
You won't, indeed.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Abrowser won't run Regexr
Probably an incompatibility with one of your add-ons (try to disable them half by half to find the culprit). It works here.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Browsing and javascript
See https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html
[Trisquel-users] Re : Abrowser won't run Regexr
You disabled all add-ons (or ran 'abrowser -safe-mode') and it still does not work? You can create a new profile if you really want the site to work.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Coreboot
See https://libreboot.org/docs/ and https://libreboot.org/docs/hardware/
[Trisquel-users] Re : Why is Chromium not in Trisquel?
The issue you link to (take a look at the "Blocked on" list on the left of the page too) is alone a good reason to not have Chromium in Trisquel.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Abrowser won't run Regexr
Substitute the end of the line with (i.e., append) "text" if the line starts with "x": sed '/^x/ s/$/text/'
[Trisquel-users] Re : How to get most up-to-date abrowser for Trisquel 6.0
Trisquel 6 is not supported anymore. The Web browser is not the only program that can suffer from security issues. Why don't you want to update? It is probably easier than installing newer packages (requiring newer dependencies) on an outdated system.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Do Riseup, ProtonMail, and Openmailbox webmails use only free JavaScript code?
Riseup serves free JavaScript according to https://www.fsf.org/resources/webmail-systems (PrtonMail is under review).
[Trisquel-users] Re : How does one respond to this statement?
http://patentabsurdity.com/watch.html (less than 29 minutes) is a must-watch. With twice more time, http://dcc.ufmg.br/~lcerf/wpa.mp3 is very much worth listening too.
[Trisquel-users] Re : how to upgrade to belenos from 6.0
Isn't the "Update Manager" proposing you to click a button to update to Trisquel 7?
[Trisquel-users] Re : how to upgrade to belenos from 6.0
Your system is probably configured to "never" "notify of a new version of Trisquel". If so, change that configuration in the "Updates" tab of "Software & Updates" in the "System Settings".
[Trisquel-users] Re : Starting T7 GNOME Shell
It must be Xorg. I actually use GDM as a display manager. However I used to use LightDM (or was it on Trisquel 6?). I switched to GDM to: get a "lock screen" button in the menu; get notification on that lock screen (configurable from "Brightness & Lock" in the "System Settings"). Anyway. Try GDM.
[Trisquel-users] Re : how to upgrade to belenos from 6.0
Strange. Try this command in a terminal emulator: gksu update-manager -d
[Trisquel-users] Re : Starting T7 GNOME Shell
Is the "gdm" package installed? If not, install it and you will be asked whether you want to switch to this display manager. If it is already installed, then reconfigure it. To do so from a terminal: $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm You can then reboot or simply execute: $ sudo stop lightdm $ sudo start gdm
[Trisquel-users] Re : Starting T7 GNOME Shell
It is normal that stopping the display manager stops the graphical session. Are the "gnome-session" and "gnome-shell" packages installed?
[Trisquel-users] Re : Starting T7 GNOME Shell
No full partition (the 'df' command tells)? I start to run out of ideas...
[Trisquel-users] Re : how to upgrade to belenos from 6.0
Are you sure you are actually running Trisquel 6? Executing the following command in a terminal is a way to tell: $ lsb_release -r If you really use the 6.0 release, then stay in the terminal to execute: $ sudo do-release-upgrade
[Trisquel-users] Re : Vim vs Emacs
When it comes to efficiently edit texts, both are excellent... once you know them. So, I would say, it makes little sense to learn both: one is enough. I argue in favor of Emacs for two main reasons: Learning Emacs is easier than learning vim. You can actually type text after launching Emacs for the first time! Vim's modes are not natural. The "Emacs Tutorial", in the help menu (Emacs has menus where to find many new commands, not vim!), is good to get the basics... ... but Emacs is not restricted to basic text editing (contrary to vim). You can almost do your whole computing inside Emacs (file management, email reading/writing, RSS, Web browsing, etc.) and the basic commands are always the same.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Is Paypal compatible with software freedom?
For the nth time: the seller does not need the buyers name. Thanks to GNU Taler, the seller will get paid and the buyer can prove she is the one who paid (for instance at the nearby shop where the good was shipped) without ever revealing her identity. Except for sellers making additional money by selling the customer personal information (an unethical activity), sellers do not want to manage such sensitive information anyway. It is a cost (security audits and so on). So you can keep on writing about "*if* seller gets buyers name and address" but those are no argument against Taler. It would be like saying that the Tor browser does not make users anonymous because "*if* a Tor user writes 'hello, I am John Doe'" then he is not anonymous anymore: that is true but that user does not have to identity himself and the entailed loss of anonymity is in no way Tor's fault.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Using VPN and Trisquel
As far as I can see that client is proprietary software. Here is a free software solution, which is cheaper moreover: https://nordvpn.com/tutorials/linux/openvpn/
[Trisquel-users] Re : PDF proof read and printing annotations
I use a \newcommand to write comment in another color (one color per contributor). There are PhD thesis templates with commands to write in small letters in the margin. https://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/classicthesis/ in particular. I actually used those margins to summarize the text of my thesis: http://dcc.ufmg.br/~lcerf/publications/PhD%20thesis%20(Lo%C3%AFc%20Cerf).pdf That only answers point a. Version control systems (such as 'git') are obvious answers to points b and c but they are far to heavy to just indicate that a coma should be added...
[Trisquel-users] Re : Disk space issues
Unless you installed heavy video games, 17G is quite a lot for the root filesystem. You can use the "Disk Usage Analyzer", in the "System Settings", to discover what consumes that space. Do you remove older kernels? Also, aren't the loop devices (what are they? snapshots that guix keeps?) actually on the root filesystem? Do you need them all?
[Trisquel-users] Re : uruk gnu/linux 2.0
Tell your mom it would make way more (although still little) sense to boycott what comes from a country that makes up weapons of mass destruction to invade a country, takes control of its oil (the real objective) and, along the way, causes the death of half a million civilians.
[Trisquel-users] Re : An issue about the Wiki-documentation
Than you for the contribution. I put the content of https://trisquel.info/wiki/Writing_Japanese in https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/writing-non-latin-languages (which bears the title you want), changed the link in https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/all-manuals and deleted the warning that the page did not exist). https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/language-and-accessibility was already linking that page.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Disk space issues
You are certainly running the 4.4 kernel ('uname -r' would tell) and can
remove the two 3.13 kernels, e.g., using the "Synaptic Package Manager" in
the "System Settings". But that would only save tens of MB.
What takes 58% of the root partition (according to the "Disk Usage Analyzer")
is the /gnu directory. I believe Guix populates that directory. I do not
use Guix (and do not have a /gnu directory). Users of Guix can probably help
you free space in /gnu.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Missing manpages
They are probably missing from the default install because many users of Trisquel do not need them and because those who need them know how to install them, using the "Synaptic Package Manager" or from the terminal: $ sudo apt install manpages manpages-dev You may want to install "manpages-it" too.
[Trisquel-users] Re : how to work with plain text
That should work in Trisquel 7's terminal (but not necessarily with another implementation of sed than a recent GNU sed): $ sed -ie 's/[AP]M/&\n\n/g' -e 's/Received from/\n\n&/g' file.txt
[Trisquel-users] Re : Freedom Fridays, development meetings, 2018 plans
See https://trisquel.info/forum/testing-trisquel-8-upgrade-process
[Trisquel-users] Re : Testing The Trisquel 8 Upgrade Process
Installing every package is impossible: some packages conflict with other packages. You can first try to upgrade to Trisquel 8 after installing the same packages you installed on your main system. With the "Synaptic Package Manager", it is easy to do so: https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/cloning-system-or-how-make-copy-installed-packages-one-computer-another
[Trisquel-users] Re : Can I trust this key: B138CA450C05112F
It is safe. That is Trisquel's key: http://jenkins.trisquel.info/archive/trisquel/trisquel-archive-signkey.gpg
[Trisquel-users] Re : So what about the new Trisquel? Is it going to be released?
It will be released. It is the priority: https://pad.riseup.net/p/trisquel-devmeeting
[Trisquel-users] Re : Quantum kicks ass
In Trisquel 8's repository. Not yet in Trisquel 7's.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Booting error after installing Linux-libre kernel.
You are welcome... but jxself, who takes care of Linux-libre's DEB packaging, answered you, not me!
[Trisquel-users] Re : Testing The Trisquel 8 Upgrade Process
About the GPG, it does not look like APT knows about it. Executing the following command in a terminal will import it: $ apt-key adv --fetch-keys http://jenkins.trisquel.info/archive/trisquel/trisquel-archive-signkey.gpg That said, you only show warnings. Contrary to errors, warning do not stop the execution.
[Trisquel-users] Re : I'm happy that Trisquel 8 is finally being developed, but I won't have time to help. I wish everyone good luck :D
If you must use your own computer for college/work, you should complain, explaining the free software philosophy, that using proprietary software is against your values, and suggesting to achieve a similar work using free software. At college, that will be easier: professors usually have a hard time saying no to a student who proposes to work harder.
[Trisquel-users] Re : After installing Trisquel 7 dual boot with Ubuntu , Grub is asking for password to boot Ubuntu
The user is "grub" and the password was randomly generated when Trisquel was installed. You can read it (from Trisquel) at the very end of /etc/grub.d/01_PASSWORD. Instead of learning that password, I suggest you to get rid of it... since it "only serve[s] to make it difficult to recover broken systems". That is what the developers of GRUB say: By default, the boot loader interface is accessible to anyone with physical access to the console: anyone can select and edit any menu entry, and anyone can get direct access to a GRUB shell prompt. For most systems, this is reasonable since anyone with direct physical access has a variety of other ways to gain full access, and requiring authentication at the boot loader level would only serve to make it difficult to recover broken systems. https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#Security Open a terminal (emulator). Open /etc/grub.d/01_PASSWORD (what requires administrative rights) with your favorite text editor (here GEdit): $ gksu gedit /etc/grub.d/01_PASSWORD Add the "#" character at the beginning of all lines that do not already start with this character (or even delete these lines). Save the modifications. Make the configuration change be taken into consideration: $ sudo update-grub
[Trisquel-users] Re : How Do I Revert Back To The Default Trisquel 7 Kernel?
If it is not already installed, you first need to install, with the package
manager, "linux-image-lowlatency" (Trisquel 7's default kernel, currently at
version 3.13.0.137) or any other kernel you would prefer (maybe
"linux-image-generic"). Then, you need to reboot on that kernel, choosing it
in GRUB's "Advanced options". To enter those options, GRUB will ask for a
user name ("grub" is the answer) and a password, which written at the very
end of /etc/grub.d/01_PASSWORD. I advise you to get rid of that useless
password by following the steps I gave yesterday:
https://trisquel.info/forum/after-installing-trisquel-7-dual-boot-ubuntu-grub-asking-password-boot-ubuntu#comment-124672
Once you run your kernel of choice ('uname -r', executed in a terminal, can
confirm you the version you run), remove all the newer kernels using, again,
the package manager. I like the "Synaptic Package Manager", a graphical
interface to APT. You can "Search" all packages that start with "linux-" and
remove those (the images, the headers, etc.) having greater version numbers.
A version number (a sequence of dot-separated numbers in the package name) is
"greater" if, considering the numbers as if they were the letters of a word,
it would be after in the dictionary order (i.e., the leftmost numbers are the
most significant to order the versions).
[Trisquel-users] Re : "Corrupt or invalid kernel image"
Please refrain to present proprietary software as a solution. The objective of the Trisquel project and of the free software movement as a whole is to free the users. Given that objective, proprietary software is never a solution. It is the problem.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Maybe its time to rethink Mozilla products
There are other problems. See the "Blocked on" list on the left of https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=28291
[Trisquel-users] Re : Initramfs problems ...
Nowadays, 100MB is not enough for /boot. Do not bypass the problem: solve it. I would try to boot a live system, copy (with 'cp -a') the content of the /boot partition on the respective directory on the root partition. You can then delete the small /boot partition (e.g., using GParted) and extend the root partition (or any other adjacent partition) to not lose the freed space. Then you would have to remove the respective line in /etc/fstab. Finally, you need to 'chroot' (see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Installing#via_ChRoot) the root partition to then 'update-grub'. Reinstalling is an option too... And, of course, always backup your data.
[Trisquel-users] Re : How Do I Revert Back To The Default Trisquel 7 Kernel?
So you actually removed the kernel that was running? Interesting. I thought APT would not let you do that.
[Trisquel-users] Re : How To Get Multiple Displays Working With Docking Station?
Assuming Trisquel 8 has the same utilities as Trisquel 7: are all screens listed in "Displays" (in the "System Settings")? Have you tried changing their resolutions?
[Trisquel-users] Re : Initramfs problems ...
I do not understand why having another system would prevent you from having /boot on the root partition. Anyway, it probably is easy to expand the /boot partition. It depends on the types of filesystems on the adjacent partitions (in particular, XFS cannot be shrunk) and on whether they are full as well (they probably are not). You can use GParted (or a CLI: 'parted' or 'fdisk' or ...).
[Trisquel-users] Re : Initramfs problems ...
So you are actually running the same kernel images in both distributions. Interesting. But, yes, as soon as at least one of the distributions uses a package manager, it must become a mess. About the driver, you should try the latest Linux-libre kernel: http://jxself.org/linux-libre/ However: $ du -h /boot/*4.14.7* 212K/boot/config-4.14.7-gnu 29M /boot/initrd.img-4.14.7-gnu 3,8M/boot/System.map-4.14.7-gnu 5,6M/boot/vmlinuz-4.14.7-gnu
[Trisquel-users] Re : Unable to remove applications, help
Launching the "Synaptic Package Manager" (typing the following command) from a terminal emulator may reveal a useful error message: $ synaptic-pkexec
[Trisquel-users] Re : How to install packages downloaded from the web, like IceCat?
Alternatively, the launcher can be created through the "New Item" button of "Main Menu" (in the "System Settings").
[Trisquel-users] Re : Initramfs problems ...
I do not know.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Make a bridge Ethernet to WIFI
Would you make that post a manual? Trisquel's documentation is a wiki: https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/all-manuals
[Trisquel-users] Re : Trisquel development questions
There: https://trisquel.info/forum/testing-trisquel-8-upgrade-process
[Trisquel-users] Re : How to add and remove applications etc from the start menu?
Using "Main Menu" in the "System Settings".
[Trisquel-users] Re : Ctrl+alt+del equivalent?
Use the "System Monitor" in the "System Settings". To kill a graphical application with one click on its window, execute 'xkill' (for instance in the command prompt you get with Alt+F2). 'killall [process-name]' in a terminal for any program. Ctrl+Alt+F1 gets you a text session (if the graphical session is frozen) where you can 'killall' or even 'sudo restart lightdm' (assuming you use Trisquel 7's default display manager) to restart the whole graphical session. REISUB to safely reboot a system that does not respond at all (but not because of a kernel panic): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key#Uses
[Trisquel-users] Re : How to add and remove applications etc from the start menu?
An entry of the main menu (if I remember well) in Trisquel 7's default desktop environment. The "tool" button in GNOME Shell's menu one use to shutdown the system. You can get the "System Settings" with the 'gnome-control-center' command (you can execute it in the command prompt you get with Alt+F2) too.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Ctrl+alt+del equivalent?
There is no need to press the Ctrl key to switch between sessions once you are in a text session, i.e., Alt+F1, Alt+F2, ..., Alt+F6 will switch between the text sessions and Alt+F7 will get you back to the graphical session.
[Trisquel-users] Re : How to add and remove applications etc from the start menu?
If you do not know what GNOME Shell is, you certainly do not use it. You probably use the default desktop environment, whose menu has a "System Settings" entry according to this screenshot: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/trisquel-7.jpg
[Trisquel-users] Re : Binaries-free movements back-ending in RPM sources?
RPM or DEB packages are compressed archives too. They can be opened with Trisquel's default archive manager, for instance.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Binaries-free movements back-ending in RPM sources?
Gentoo has the so-called "ebuilds", which are nothing more than Bash scripts following (predefined variables/functions to implement). They typically fetch the source code, compile it (if written in a compiled language) and install it.
[Trisquel-users] Re : How to switch users without logging out
It depends on the display manager, I believe. With GDM, installable from the package manager, the lock screen lets another user open a new session.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Ctrl+alt+del equivalent?
It is indeed usually sufficient (executing 'xkill' in a command may be faster though). I was listing different ways to deal with an increasingly frozen system: if the whole graphical session is frozen, the "System Monitor" is inaccessible.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Parabola: Unknown X server error
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running You cannot 'start' if X is already running.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Make a bridge Ethernet to WIFI
Thank you.
[Trisquel-users] Re : FSF adds PureOS to list of endorsed GNU/Linux distributions
Ututo does not look dead: http://www.ututo.org/downloads/Candidato-Ututo-2017-UL.iso
[Trisquel-users] Re : FSF adds PureOS to list of endorsed GNU/Linux distributions
I am tired about talking to haters who only propagate bullshit. Anyway: If systemd's code is obfuscated, show us at least one example of an obfuscated function; Your "especially this" reason is an issue that was fixed the day the day after it was reported ( https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/ab883125704b9310dcdfcf7451a27e85609da76c ) and improved the day after thanks to Lennart Poeterring, who proposed a better fix ( https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/5653#issuecomment-290346072 ); In the quote, Lennart Poeterring is talking about UNIX, not GNU/Linux, and he is right about UNIX's behavior; yet haters made his life miserable (don't they ave anything more productive to do?) writing that "for some people it's advisable to never miss a chance to stay silent. (...) Way to highlight how little consideration is being given to issues reported by systemd users. Bodes well for the whole project!.." ( https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/5644#issuecomment-294384461 ) or "shocking to hear. no, and you REALLY should know that as many others do or AT LEAST test it before pretend such nonsense - frankly" ( https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/5644#issuecomment-294414802 ).
[Trisquel-users] Re : FSF adds PureOS to list of endorsed GNU/Linux distributions
I also think this does not do any good to the free software community to argue over things that have been proven again and again. No, they have not. I repeat: "Please be serious: either show us obfuscated functions in systemd's code or do not reply (especially not with more bullshit)". There is a good reason hyperbola, devuan, and other distros have rejected systemd. There is a good reason Fedora, Arch, openSUSE, Mageia, Manjaro, Mint, Red Hat, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, ... (want more?) have been using systemd by default for several years. Just stop okay. Don't give me that trump bs okay? Trump bs as in, I will deny the truth no matter what evidence is presented. What evidence have you presented? I repeat: "Please be serious: either show us obfuscated functions in systemd's code or do not reply (especially not with more bullshit)". By the way, if you do not even know what your accusations mean: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obfuscation_(software) This does not benefit anyone. FUD does not benefit anyone. You do FUD. I do not. It is you sadly who is rejecting reality. Unless you can show us obfuscated functions in systemd's code, the "reality" is "systemd's code is not obfuscated, your accusations are groundless, you are a lier". I kindly ask you to knock off the blind fanboy bit. And I kindly ask you to either show us obfuscated functions in systemd's code or to stop replying. It is a kind request: I do not expect you to admit that you made that accusation up (although it may be another ignorant hater who made it up and you are just repeating it: systemd's haters do that a lot).
[Trisquel-users] Re : Ctrl+alt+del equivalent?
"cp: invalid option -- '/' You probably wrote "-" instead of "~".
[Trisquel-users] Re : FSF adds PureOS to list of endorsed GNU/Linux distributions
Please be serious: either show us obfuscated functions in systemd's code or do not reply (especially not with more bullshit).
[Trisquel-users] Re : FSF adds PureOS to list of endorsed GNU/Linux distributions
I already gave you my links and they are indeed accurate. Where is the link showing obfuscated code in systemd's source? I have presented enough evidence. No, you have not. When someone writes "Obfuscated code is why I don't trust [systemd]. They intentionally make it hard to read.", he must show examples of obfuscated code to ground his grave accusation. Since systemd's code is public, that should be easy. Well, unless the accusation is groundless. You are the one spreading false information. Sorry, but its true. You can repeat as much as you want that your accusations are "true", that they are "reality". Those affirmations are no evidence. Please be serious: either show us obfuscated functions in systemd's code or do not reply (especially not with more bullshit). I doubt you will listen no matter what links I find on the internet to prove my point. First you accuse and then you search the Internet for a proof of your accusation?! Interesting methodology! I am not skilled enough to know how to explain the obfuscated functions in systemd's code. Lol. Is it your lack of skills and your inability to ground your accusations that turn them "true", the "reality"? If you call me a lier, then I know I am doing something right otherwise you wouldn't be persecuting me for my truth. Lol. So, if I claim, with no evidence whatsoever, that there are elephants on the moon and someone call me a lier, then I am right! And, I imagine that if nobody calls me a lier, then I am right too. That is a convenient logic! I am not saying you cannot believe what you want, just that you have opinions and so do I. Accusing systemd of being obfuscated is not a matter of opinions. It is a matter of having evidence to ground the accusation or to be a lier propagating FUD. In my experience, everything adds up to systemd being horrible as a fact. "Everything", sure. Yet, you cannot show us one single example of an obfuscated function in systemd's code. Your facts are what journalists call "alternative facts", i.e., not facts at all. Your "true reality" is what they call the "post-truth". And yet, you pretend onpon4 and I are the "trumpists"! I will not surrender to someone who doesn't give a rats ass about the truth. Until you show us obfuscation in systemd's code, your "truth" is bullshit.
[Trisquel-users] Re : FSF adds PureOS to list of endorsed GNU/Linux distributions
I will budge if you show me examples of obfuscation in systemd's code. On the contrary, if your accusation are groundless, then I will not budge. That is apparently the case, what makes you a lier who is happy (since you will not budge) to live in a post-truth world where facts do not matter.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Ctrl+alt+del equivalent?
This time you forgot the space before "~". You can copy-paste in a terminal emulator. Or you can use a graphical file manager to copy (that is what 'cp' does) /etc/xdg/openbox (the "openbox" file/folder in the "xdg" folder in the "etc" folder at the root of the file hierarchy "/") into ~/.config/ (the ".config" folder, an hidden folder since its name starts with a dot, in your home folder, "~"). People often prefer to give commands to type in a terminal because explaining how to achieve the same thing through graphical interfaces is much harder. Moreover, the instructions depend on the graphical application you use. For example, Ctrl+Shift+V pastes in GNOME Terminal but the shortcut may be different in your terminal emulator, Ctrl+H shows the hidden files in the Nautilus file browser but the shortcut may be different in your file manager, the same can be achieved from a menu with a down arrow icon in Nautilus but the icon certainly is different in another file manager, etc.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Synapse alternative?
The description of "synapse-dbg" is "semantic file launcher - debug package". You are not debugging "synapse", therefore you do not need "synapse-dbg". Why have you installed Trisquel Mini and not Trisquel? 1GB of RAM (2GB for comfort) are enough to run the edition most of us know (i.e., more people here can help you) and that includes more utilities by default (there is basically no need to ever use the terminal... although people will usually give command-line instructions because it is easier, as I explained you in th other thread).
[Trisquel-users] Re : Synapse alternative?
Using the NetInstall: https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/using-netinstall-image-bootable-usb-drive I do not remember if the NetInstall lists you sets of programs to choose from. If so, select "Trisquel desktop environment" (probably the only thing you want in the list) and, once the installation over, you have Trisquel's default desktop environment. If not, the installation will be fast and the reboot will present you a text session... where you can execute this command (for instance: there are other ways) to install Trisquel's default desktop environment: $ sudo apt install trisquel trisquel-recommended To start the graphical session (the next reboots will automatically start it): $ sudo start lightdm But the live system with the graphical installer should work...
[Trisquel-users] Re : Fastest Libre GNU/Linux Distro for 800mhz 32-bit Laptop?
I would install ConnochaetOS 14.2: https://connochaetos.org 128 Mb of RAM is considered a minimum and 256 MB are recommended: https://connochaetos.org/wiki/docs/requirements If you can find two modules of SDRAM - non-ECC @100 GHz...
[Trisquel-users] Re : Ctrl+alt+del equivalent?
You can read (and try by yourself!) the first sections ("INTRODUCTION",
"BASICS" and "COMMANDS") of http://flossmanuals.net/command-line/ which is
free as in freedom. All text books should be free...
Just skip the "STANDARD FILES" subsection of "COMMANDS": it is definitely
advanced material.
[Trisquel-users] Re : How to edit .xml files and configuring openbox in Trisquel Mini
You can read (and try by yourself!) the first sections ("INTRODUCTION",
"BASICS" and "COMMANDS") of http://flossmanuals.net/command-line/ too.
Just skip the "STANDARD FILES" subsection of "COMMANDS": it is definitely
advanced material.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Fastest Libre GNU/Linux Distro for 800mhz 32-bit Laptop?
Here is the ISO image of ConnochaetOS 14.2: https://connochaetos.org/slack-n-free/iso/connochaetos-14.2.iso
[Trisquel-users] Re : Fastest Libre GNU/Linux Distro for 800mhz 32-bit Laptop?
You can go with Trisquel NetInstall too: https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/using-netinstall-image-bootable-usb-drive After installing the console environment (nothing more) that way, you need to know the light programs you want (the window manager, the Web browser, etc.) and install them with 'sudo apt install'.
[Trisquel-users] Re : FSF adds PureOS to list of endorsed GNU/Linux distributions
Debian was actually the last major GNU/Linux to adopt a modern init system by default. There has to be a default. And it is a lot of work to maintain init scripts or several init systems, especially sysvinit's horrible Shell scripts. Debian's technical committee *decided* through vote (their usual procedure) after a (very) long debate that this default should be systemd. Nobody forced them. The debate was mostly about systemd vs. Upstart, which is now unmaintained and unused (Ubuntu abandoned it in favor of systemd). The other init systems that were proposed, sysvinit and OpenRC, were deemed inferior. See https://wiki.debian.org/Debate/initsystem for the (technical) defenses that the proponents of each init system wrote and https://bugs.debian.org/727708 for the final discussion, technical as well. Whether you like it or not, all major distributions chose systemd for *technical* reasons. You ignore those reasons and that is fine. If you are not a sysadmin, a developer or a package maintainer, you will probably not even see any difference! Yet you are against systemd. And you propagate FUD. Like any major low-level piece of software, systemd is audited. https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=systemd lists 23 CVE. As far as I can tell, they are all either already fixed or about local exploits (who cares?) or do not depend on changes in systemd (but on solving bugs in AppArmor). I will not install Debian just to try to change the init. Not looking at the documentation, I would simply try to install the package corresponding to the desired init. I imagine APT would then propose me to change it. Doesn't it? Now removing "libsystemd0" obviously removes all packages that depend on it. If there are many of them, then that only means developers like systemd's new features. It is their decision to depend on "libsystemd0" so that their program is better (nobody adds useless dependencies!), not Debian's.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Partition problems
It is indeed not clear. What is the content your /etc/fstab? Haven't you forgotten to recreate in /home the home folders of the users?, to make them (e.g., with 'sudo chown') the owners of their respective home folders? Can you open your encrypted home folder from a live system following the instructions on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EncryptedPrivateDirectory#Live_CD_method_of_opening_a_encrypted_home_directory ?
[Trisquel-users] Re : FSF adds PureOS to list of endorsed GNU/Linux distributions
That video would be hilarious both in its form (anonymous-like voice speaking on images of Poettering in flames!) and its content (sysvinit does not need a replacement and systemd is a conspiracy!)... if only people would not actually blindly believe such bullshit.
