Re: [Trisquel-users] Editing Trisquel Source

2018-06-22 Thread legimet . calc
No need for the sudo.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 9 Needs A Name

2018-04-21 Thread legimet . calc
Female supremacy? Lol, I don't think Fil is the "SJW" here.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Most people hate free software

2018-03-01 Thread legimet . calc
Agreed. Similarly, I can come up with this example: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/04/27/there-was-no-love-in-this-kids-life-parents-fed-hot-dog-smoothies-to-starving-6-year-old-boy/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is httpseverywhere useless?

2018-02-28 Thread legimet . calc
HTTPS Everywhere has a set of rules for different websites. You can get a rule for hedgewars.org added if you want, just submit a pull request.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Most people hate free software

2018-02-28 Thread legimet . calc
"The Human Being is a omnivorous animal after all." Indeed, we are omnivorous, not carnivorous. We can survive entirely on a plant-based diet, and it causes less harm both to animals and to the environment to consume plants rather than animals. Defending eating meat because it is natural

Re: [Trisquel-users] Most people hate free software

2018-02-28 Thread legimet . calc
In that case, isn't choosing to use free software also a lifestyle choice that can cause a lot of stress? Except the difference is, using proprietary software reduces your own freedom a little bit, while consuming animal products harms others to the point of having no freedom whatsoever.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Most people hate free software

2018-02-28 Thread legimet . calc
Veganism does not cause depression, and it's not expensive. Yes, the various fake meats are expensive, but those are unnecessary. Stop spreading FUD.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't get math to work in PDF

2018-01-25 Thread legimet . calc
Use the Android version of MuPDF. It is available on F-Droid.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Quantum kicks ass

2017-11-28 Thread legimet . calc
I use the KWallet extension and Saved Password Editor.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Quantum kicks ass

2017-11-20 Thread legimet . calc
Once 59 ESR comes out.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Quantum kicks ass

2017-11-20 Thread legimet . calc
I guess I will try 57 out, but I'm sticking with 52 ESR until 59 ESR comes out. Hopefully by then all of my addons will have WebExtensions versions... (By the way a WebExtensions version of NoScript is out.)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Which browser should one use if one is after stability and support for existing features?

2017-11-01 Thread legimet . calc
I use Firefox ESR. Works fine for now, but it will break WebExtensions at some point next year.

Re: [Trisquel-users] That's it, I will recreate Trisquel 8!

2017-10-28 Thread legimet . calc
That's an old package. Use this one instead: https://packages.debian.org/sid/all/firmware-ath9k-htc/download

Re: [Trisquel-users] Who of this community honestly runs Trisquel GNU/Linux?

2017-09-19 Thread legimet . calc
I don't.

Re: [Trisquel-users] ar9271 works on debian 9 64bit main?

2017-08-27 Thread legimet . calc
What error messages? You have to run it as root. YOu can open a root shell with "sudo -s". Yes, you can download the .deb file, but apt verifies the signature.

Re: [Trisquel-users] ar9271 works on debian 9 64bit main?

2017-08-22 Thread legimet . calc
> Do I use sudo nano to edit the file? Sure, you can do that. > I prefer if I could get the download link. OK, instead of using "apt install" you can use "apt download" to give you the .deb file. > Is it a requirement to know how to edit the source software which is turned into a debian

Re: [Trisquel-users] ar9271 works on debian 9 64bit main?

2017-08-20 Thread legimet . calc
First, remember that Debian is run by volunteers. The firmware entered Debian after the freeze, so it isn't possible for it to be in stretch. It will, however, be in Debian 10 'buster'. > Those who make source software to debian software must they also master how to edit the source software?

Re: [Trisquel-users] ar9271 works on debian 9 64bit main?

2017-08-19 Thread legimet . calc
> What is this? It is a privacy feature. You can read about it here: https://blogs.gnome.org/thaller/2016/08/26/mac-address-spoofing-in-networkmanager-1-4-0/. This feature is enabled in Debian 9, but not in Debian 8. Unfortunately it breaks ath9k-htc USB adapters. > I want to file a

Re: [Trisquel-users] I found a new libre distro you all might be interested in...

2017-08-18 Thread legimet . calc
Now we just need Ellipse.

Re: [Trisquel-users] ar9271 works on debian 9 64bit main?

2017-08-15 Thread legimet . calc
This is a known bug, I'm not sure in what. The workaround is to add the following lines to your /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf: [device] wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=no MAC address randomization during scanning doesn't work, so you will have to sacrifice some privacy.

Re: [Trisquel-users] deleted ext4 partition

2017-08-10 Thread legimet . calc
Well, you have a backup, so it's not that bad. Reinstall Trisquel, and restore your backup. To boot from your USB drive, just use your BIOS options. You can also use GRUB (edit one of the existing entries).

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to be free

2017-08-09 Thread legimet . calc
As for E-Ink devices, there is a Debian-based free software (with the exception of the WiFi firmware, which you can remove) stack for Kobo e-readers: https://github.com/lgeek/okreader. I think that is probably the best option. I am planning to get one of these for myself.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 is not old

2017-08-01 Thread legimet . calc
It's not a good idea to stay on Trisquel 6.

Re: [Trisquel-users] I noticed that trisquel beta is out.

2017-07-27 Thread legimet . calc
systemd doesn't restrict freedom.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't open encrypted HDD

2017-07-24 Thread legimet . calc
From the Live CD, install the package lvm2.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Intel AMT

2017-07-11 Thread legimet . calc
It is impossible for all of the modern Intel processors. The ME is cryptographically signed, so there is no way to remove or replace it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Intel AMT

2017-07-10 Thread legimet . calc
nfortunately, ME can't be completely removed starting with Nehalem (2008/2009) unless you're OK with the computer shutting off after 30 minutes. But you can use a script called me_cleaner to remove as much of the ME as possible. I'm not brave enough to try it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] What do you think about the Non-Distros?

2017-07-10 Thread legimet . calc
I usually ignore them when I can. Now anyone can make their own "distro". The worst one I've seen is a "distro" made by white supremacists.

Re: [Trisquel-users] System 76 Is Coming Out With a Free Distro

2017-07-03 Thread legimet . calc
What is the point? It's just a rebranded Ubuntu.

Re: [Trisquel-users] leak of windows source software. Beneficial?

2017-07-01 Thread legimet . calc
Oracle claims that Google copied these 9 (trivial) lines of code: https://fossbytes.com/9-lines-of-code-that-google-stole-from-oracle-java-android/. Such a small amount of code shouldn't even be copyrightable.

Re: [Trisquel-users] leak of windows source software. Beneficial?

2017-07-01 Thread legimet . calc
It's the code developed after the leak that could potentially cause problems.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Reminder: Current version of Trisquel has software that is over 3 years old

2017-06-27 Thread legimet . calc
Actually, the Debian installer prompts you for a firmware package to use. You can download this package and supply it to the installer.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Kate has an intolerable flaw; read on, please.

2017-05-31 Thread legimet . calc
I have never had this issue.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Mission impossible: Family privacy

2017-05-22 Thread legimet . calc
Yeah, most people my age generally do not care about their privacy. You can't force someone to be concerned about privacy.

Re: [Trisquel-users] ¿How to obtain source code from closed company’s privative programs?

2017-05-19 Thread legimet . calc
Copyright doesn't last forever, just a really long time. But copyright expiration won't give you access to source code.

Re: [Trisquel-users] PDF problems: Any way to evade installation of Adobe Reader? Urgent.

2017-05-15 Thread legimet . calc
In my experience, documents with XFA forms usually work in Okular. They give a warning, but you can still fill in the forms, though they can't be saved in the document (Okular stores them in its dotfiles). I just print to PDF from Okular, which generally works fine.

Re: [Trisquel-users] make a free software version of google earth?

2017-05-14 Thread legimet . calc
Wait, why doesn't Marble use Landsat images? https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Landsat They aren't as high resolution as the commercial ones, but much better than the ones used currently.

Re: [Trisquel-users] make a free software version of google earth?

2017-05-14 Thread legimet . calc
Yeah, I use Marble, but the satellite images are very low resolution. They are from NASA, and there isn't really anything else because of the copyright problem.

[Trisquel-users] Replicant 6.0 released

2017-05-13 Thread legimet . calc
https://blog.replicant.us/2017/05/replicant-6-0-released/

[Trisquel-users] OCRmyPDF

2017-05-11 Thread legimet . calc
If you have any scanned PDF's and you want to make them searchable I highly recommend ocrmypdf: https://github.com/jbarlow83/OCRmyPDF Just run: $ ocrmypdf input.pdf output.pdf and it will run Tesseract OCR and create a text layer so you can search/copy stuff.

Re: [Trisquel-users] The hijacking flaw that lurked in Intel chips is worse than anyone thought

2017-05-11 Thread legimet . calc
I highly doubt it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] The hijacking flaw that lurked in Intel chips is worse than anyone thought

2017-05-09 Thread legimet . calc
This affects vPro/AMT, specifically.

[Trisquel-users] The hijacking flaw that lurked in Intel chips is worse than anyone thought

2017-05-09 Thread legimet . calc
https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/05/the-hijacking-flaw-that-lurked-in-intel-chips-is-worse-than-anyone-thought/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is Microsoft's PowerShell a Free Software?

2017-05-08 Thread legimet . calc
No, it's not: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/master/license_thirdparty_proprietary.txt

Re: [Trisquel-users] why does the free software foundation reject mp3?

2017-05-05 Thread legimet . calc
Full MP3 support coming soon to Fedora: https://fedoramagazine.org/full-mp3-support-coming-soon-to-fedora/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is Trisquel 6 EOL'ed?

2017-05-03 Thread legimet . calc
Yes, Trisquel automatically pulls updates from Ubuntu.

Re: [Trisquel-users] why does the free software foundation reject mp3?

2017-05-03 Thread legimet . calc
FLAC is fine. It is developed by Xiph.Org as a free/unencumbered format.

Re: [Trisquel-users] The Replicant project calls for the Android SDK to be included in Trisuqel. Can you help?

2017-05-02 Thread legimet . calc
Have you seen the queue of merge requests? https://devel.trisquel.info/groups/trisquel/merge_requests I am not going to work on this when it is unlikely to be even merged. If you are so optimistic about it, why don't you do it?

Re: [Trisquel-users] why does the free software foundation reject mp3?

2017-05-02 Thread legimet . calc
Seems that it is unencumbered now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3#Licensing.2C_ownership_and_legislation Still, it is an old and inferior format.

Re: [Trisquel-users] The Replicant project calls for the Android SDK to be included in Trisuqel. Can you help?

2017-05-01 Thread legimet . calc
There isn't much motivation for people to do that, because they take forever to be reviewed. In effect, a one-man project for now.

Re: [Trisquel-users] The Replicant project calls for the Android SDK to be included in Trisuqel. Can you help?

2017-05-01 Thread legimet . calc
You'll have to ask quidam. This is a one-man project.

Re: [Trisquel-users] The Replicant project calls for the Android SDK to be included in Trisuqel. Can you help?

2017-04-29 Thread legimet . calc
It will be in Trisquel 8: http://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/pool/main/a/android-sdk-meta/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is there a good free alternative to Mendeley?

2017-04-25 Thread legimet . calc
KBibTeX?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Support Lisa's fundraiser today

2017-04-20 Thread legimet . calc
I don't think she accused anyone.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Wanna start contributing code? Ask your question here

2017-04-20 Thread legimet . calc
scilab shouldn't be blocked anymore in flidas, because there's a replacement for the nonfree code. If it's still not there, that means the package helper system is malfunctioning.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Wanna start contributing code? Ask your question here

2017-04-20 Thread legimet . calc
It took a long time, unfortunately, for it to get into Debian.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Canonical is killing Unity 8, will ship GNOME as default

2017-04-05 Thread legimet . calc
I'm happy that they're ending Mir, but this sucks for the people that use Unity. Although maybe the community will take over.

Re: [Trisquel-users] EFF: Senate Puts ISP Profits Over Your Privacy

2017-04-04 Thread legimet . calc
At least you admitted it. You don't care about states' rights.

Re: [Trisquel-users] EFF: Senate Puts ISP Profits Over Your Privacy

2017-04-04 Thread legimet . calc
"You're out of your mind." Well, I'm only telling the truth. "Right wingers want to let them go" Not even Californians want to go, so that would not be "letting". You're out of your mind.

Re: [Trisquel-users] EFF: Senate Puts ISP Profits Over Your Privacy

2017-04-04 Thread legimet . calc
"It is impressive how you are ready to find any excuse to dismiss facts and save your ideology." Relax, the country is not on the brink of a civil war.

Re: [Trisquel-users] EFF: Senate Puts ISP Profits Over Your Privacy

2017-04-04 Thread legimet . calc
If the federal government actually supports state rights, they should give grant money to all of the states regardless of their internal policies, or not give any grant money at all. Of course Calexit is supported by right wingers, because that is who it would benefit. California is one of

Re: [Trisquel-users] EFF: Senate Puts ISP Profits Over Your Privacy

2017-04-04 Thread legimet . calc
Actually, the Norwegian unemployment rate is similar to that of the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_unemployment_rate. As for low prison rates, that might have to do with the Norwegian prison system, which attempts to rehabilitate rather than punish. Still, I don't see

Re: [Trisquel-users] EFF: Senate Puts ISP Profits Over Your Privacy

2017-04-04 Thread legimet . calc
Yes, since it is a federal issue, the states are allowed to tell their police not to enforce it. It is not the states' responsibility to help enforce it. And if you support states' rights, it doesn't make any sense to oppose cities' rights within the states (just replace the state with

Re: [Trisquel-users] EFF: Senate Puts ISP Profits Over Your Privacy

2017-04-03 Thread legimet . calc
But Republicans are okay with states preventing municipalities from providing municipal broadband. This is similar to when Texas banned cities from banning fracking and Michigan banned plastic bag bans. Another example of this is when Sean Spicer criticized Dan Malloy for not enforcing

Re: [Trisquel-users] Ring joins GNU

2017-04-01 Thread legimet . calc
Doesn't look like it. You can use this: https://ring.cx/en/download/gnu-linux

Re: [Trisquel-users] EFF: Senate Puts ISP Profits Over Your Privacy

2017-04-01 Thread legimet . calc
I thought the right wing was all for local/state rights and should be fine with local governments providing broadband. But guess what, it turns out that Republicans are for states' rights only when the Democrats are in control. ;)

Re: [Trisquel-users] EFF: Senate Puts ISP Profits Over Your Privacy

2017-03-31 Thread legimet . calc
I will trust the EFF over Breitbart any day. Marsha Blackburn is bought by the telecom industry. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/meet-marsha-blackburn-big-telecoms-best-friend-in-congress

Re: [Trisquel-users] Wich is your favorite libre game?

2017-03-28 Thread legimet . calc
I know of dunnet. It is part of Emacs.

Re: [Trisquel-users] EFF: Senate Puts ISP Profits Over Your Privacy

2017-03-28 Thread legimet . calc
The house voted for the bill: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2017/roll200.xml. It will soon become law after Trump signs it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] EFF: Senate Puts ISP Profits Over Your Privacy

2017-03-25 Thread legimet . calc
All of the Democrats (and independents that caucus with them) voted against it, and all but 2 Republicans voted for it (the other 2 did not vote). Also, Rand Paul (the "libertarian") wants to have it both ways -- he cosponsored the bill but then missed the vote so that he can say he didn't

Re: [Trisquel-users] how to save these documents in a free format

2017-03-21 Thread legimet . calc
XFA forms are not part of the standard and aren't supported by any free PDF reader. However, I usually find that in such documents, the forms work. I think XFA adds some fancy features like rich text, but I think if you don't need those, Okular should work fine. You can also use Okular's

Re: [Trisquel-users] New blog post, please!

2017-03-10 Thread legimet . calc
Good, but irrelevant to Trisquel.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is Android Studio Truly Free Software?

2017-03-03 Thread legimet . calc
I believe the binaries are proprietary. However, Debian has recently packaged the Android SDK, and those packages are built from source and free. You can run Debian testing and install the android-sdk package.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing Trisquel to replace Windows 10

2017-03-02 Thread legimet . calc
dd for windows: http://www.chrysocome.net/dd

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing Trisquel to replace Windows 10

2017-03-01 Thread legimet . calc
You don't open the ISO, you "burn" it to a USB drive (or CD or DVD): https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/how-create-liveusb

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 is STILL not out yet?

2017-02-23 Thread legimet . calc
Trisquel doesn't accept contributions (OK, very rarely). That is a valid complaint, but I just moved to a different distribution.

Re: [Trisquel-users] firefox

2017-02-18 Thread legimet . calc
Not the official Mozilla binaries.

Re: [Trisquel-users] stopping unwanted telemetry in Toutatis browser

2017-02-09 Thread legimet . calc
Please don't use IceCat. It is not updated regularly and has security vulnerabilities (right now it is at 45.5.1, while Firefox ESR is at 45.7.0).

Re: [Trisquel-users] My parents think if I advise someone how to use free software I might go to prision

2017-02-07 Thread legimet . calc
Don't give Trump any ideas!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Floss Latex

2017-02-07 Thread legimet . calc
Same with Okular. It automatically reloads documents. There is also a useful feature called SyncTeX which lets you click in your PDF viewer, which will take you to the source corresponding to that part of the document.

Re: [Trisquel-users] I think I caught Widigo

2017-02-07 Thread legimet . calc
If you don't use it, then disable it: systemctl disable ssh

Re: [Trisquel-users] Floss Latex

2017-02-07 Thread legimet . calc
Install TeX Live (texlive for a decent selection, and texlive-full for the complete distribution). You can use whatever text editor you want.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Wireless problems with free software compatible hardware

2017-02-07 Thread legimet . calc
It should work. Maybe there is an issue with NetworkManager.

Re: [Trisquel-users] I think I caught Widigo

2017-02-07 Thread legimet . calc
No, I downloaded the Ubuntu package (1.5.9-8ubuntu1), and that is the checksum that I got.

Re: [Trisquel-users] I think I caught Widigo

2017-02-07 Thread legimet . calc
45598330193c7f910453f603b358edd4 is right. I just downloaded the package and that is what I get. You should be fine.

Re: [Trisquel-users] I think I caught Widigo

2017-02-07 Thread legimet . calc
The ssh -G test no longer works since -G is a legitimate option since OpenSSH 6.8 See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=796599, https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-6.8, and https://github.com/eset/malware-ioc/tree/master/windigo. The last link gives other methods of

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is it possible to create a complete backup of Trisquel?

2017-02-07 Thread legimet . calc
Be sure to back up /etc, and anything else you care about. Or you can just copy the whole installation.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 + Plasme Desktop (KDE) screenshots

2017-02-07 Thread legimet . calc
For integration of GTK+ programs, install gtk3-engines-breeze. Works for both GTK+2 and GTK+3.

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

2017-01-08 Thread legimet . calc
Report the bugs? The only issue I have with PulseAudio is flat volumes which I find annoying, but that can easily be disabled.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Please contritube to Trisquel 8!

2017-01-05 Thread legimet . calc
Rubén should take a look at the queue of merge requests: https://devel.trisquel.info/trisquel/package-helpers/merge_requests

Re: [Trisquel-users] Replicant: First steps to wifi support

2017-01-05 Thread legimet . calc
This post was a bit misleading. I expected to see development on a free firmware for the Broadcom chip.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Glib-CRITICAL

2017-01-05 Thread legimet . calc
You can just make a new partition table. GParted offers this functionality but you can also use dd (always be careful with dd, it can be very destructive).

Re: [Trisquel-users] LUKS + LVM without /boot in a separate partition

2016-12-31 Thread legimet . calc
I have this setup on my computers, it is not very hard to do. I will do a write up at some point.

Re: [Trisquel-users] I need orientation for buying an Arduino

2016-12-27 Thread legimet . calc
It's probably not what you're looking for. https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Introduction

Re: [Trisquel-users] I need orientation for buying an Arduino

2016-12-27 Thread legimet . calc
You can install the arduino package (in Trisquel, and Parabola's 'community' repository).

Re: [Trisquel-users] Quality and security of tox

2016-12-27 Thread legimet . calc
When I tried to use Tox it was really buggy and crashed a lot, and video didn't work. This was about 6 months ago, and I hope it is more stable now.

Re: [Trisquel-users] The death of CyanogenMod will affect Replicant?

2016-12-25 Thread legimet . calc
It seems that it's continuing under a new name while Cyanogen Inc. is being shut down. The source code is here: https://github.com/lineageos. I don't think it will affect Replicant.

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

2016-12-23 Thread legimet . calc
What about Ring? It looks promising, but I haven't tried it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Just a friendly reminder that Trisquel 7.0 is not outdated

2016-12-12 Thread legimet . calc
It's not just "shiny" stuff. I needed newer versions of GCC and Qt for a program. But that is fine, because Parabola and Debian testing/unstable exist.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel made the news

2016-12-01 Thread legimet . calc
Don't feed the troll.

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