> Did the Replicant/Android SDK get into Trisquel?
$ apt-cache search android-sdk
android-sdk - Software development kit for Android platform
android-sdk-build-tools - Tools for building Android applications
android-sdk-build-tools-common - Tools for building Android applications -
Common files
> But is it complete, or broken?
I've checked to make sure that it's installable, and it is. You can probably
figure out how well it works faster than I could since you have a use case.
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If I remember correctly, the relevant setting in about:config is
"privacy.resistfingerprinting".
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> This program requires Python requests 2.2.0 or later.
The the way this message is written makes it easy to misread, but the package
referred to is actually not python, but python-requests.
$ apt show python-requests | grep Description
Description: elegant and simple HTTP library for Python2,
Crap. I just realized that my somewhat long message never went through.
Resending:
It looks like Debian testing introduces a plugin[1] for Snap integration, which
Ubuntu has included[2] since 17.10. If this means that Ubuntu has removed Snap
integration from gnome-software itself, then p
> I wonder what would happen if I install
> it manually.
I'm interested to know. Do you mind trying and letting me know?
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> The snap
> package plugin is absent
Do you mean that gnome-software-plugin-snap is not installable with non-free
and contrib disabled?
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> In terms of using Trisquel as a 'Server' OS, can you recommend the best way
> to go at this; i.e. a minimal console only installation for management over
> SSH, no Desktop Environment etc.
It sounds like you'd be best of with the netinstall. It's the fourth option on
the download[1] page.
[1]
> Does this allow you to choose which components
> you want/need to install when run?
I've never used it myself, but I think that's the idea.
https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/using-netinstall-image-bootable-usb-drive
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> It's not available in WebM, and Fedora can't ship with MP4 support.
If you add the rpmfusion repository[1] (only the free one, of course) you'll be
able to install free software that Red Hat can't ship due to patent
restrictions. I'm not sure whether or not this includes media players built
> how do you discern a
> 32-bit from a 64-bit model?
If you already have access to the machine then jxself's answer works. If you
want to know in advance of purchasing one I think you'd have to just ask the
vendor.
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> I guess the first question is what changed between yesterday and today?
> Because something clearly did.
> It would be good to check through the logs to see what is happening.
I agree, but he can't recall any changes, and he's out of town and can only
communicate by text message, so
> Similar behavior was reported in January by Magic Banana:
> https://trisquel.info/fr/forum/testing-trisquel-8-upgrade-process#comment-125668
Thanks. It seems that the conclusion in that thread was that the WiFi card
should not have worked in Trisquel. Maybe jxself's suggestion of trying 4.16
> However, when I tried to search snap packages using "snap find" command, it
> DOES return (suspected) non-free software such as spotify. I also tried to
> run "snap find google" and got a long list of suspected non-free software
> related to Google's SaaSS.
>
> Though Debian users cannot
> Not on Trisquel 7. Either you have another Trisquel version, or
> you have added sources to it.
Correct. I run Trisquel 8.
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> I think Mate is really nice (both the tea and the desktop enviroment :D).
> I'm using i3wm right now, It's really simple and fast
Have you tried using MATE+i3? I used to use i3 on its own, but I missed things
like automatic monitor detection. Using i3 as MATE's window manager feels just
like
This might work.
http://openastro.org/?Ubuntu_Repository
Generally, instructions for Ubuntu 16.04 will work with Trisquel 8 too.
Fix the issues in your other thread before adding any more PPAs, though.
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The errors appear to be related to the ffmpeg-next ppa you have installed. Try
removing or deselecting it in Control Center -> Software & Updates, and then
run 'sudo apt update' again.
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OBS Studio requires OpenGL 3.2 or higher.[1] Based on the output you posted
> $ glxinfo | grep OpenGL
>
> andrew@andrew-ThinkPad-T400:~$ glxinfo | grep OpenGL
> OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center
> OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset
>
That mirror is down. You'll need to switch to another one.
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/weird-output-when-trying-update#comment-134900
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> desktop shows no
> icons and right clicking gives no menu.
The desktop icons are provided by Caja, MATE's file manager. If the desktop
icons are not there, then Caja is probably not running. It makes sense then,
that
> HOWEVER, if I open a folder first, and then do the same, it works and
>
> First it had to update the cache.
> Then it said check Internet for software updates.
> Then it downloaded a whole bunch of updates, particularly to Abrowser &
> LibreOffice and something called libglib, as well as python, .
That was the expected behavior. Sounds like the issue is fixed.
If the 'trisquel' metapackage is not installed, install it in order to make
sure that you are not missing any desktop components.
If you would be content with a workaround, you could just add a new entry to
Startup Applications with the command "caja -n"
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> Only if I install package 'trisquel' which installs
> everything (almost one gigabyte), I get it right.
Is the only thing missing the panel? The panel layouts available in
mate-tweak (Redmond, Fedora, etc.) appear to be defined in files under
/usr/share/mate-panel/layouts. This directory also
> However, I do not really know how to add add-ons on
> https://trisquel.info/en/browser/addons
I'm not sure either. I've sent David an email asking how.
> That is because the backslash is the escape character for 'grep' which is
> given the license name to search in the accept/reject files.
> Is there a way
> to "trick" the browser saying that it is a newer version of icecat?
There is no newer version of Icecat at this time. Icecat is currently
based on Firefox ESR52, which is too old for the latest version of
LibreJS. Support for ESR52 ended on September 5th, so hopefully Icecat
> I tend to think that PyPI is less important than you might think.
Thanks, onpon4. You would know much better than I how useful pip is
to developers, so I'm sure you're right. Do you mind clarifying though
whether by
> important libraries
> should just be included in the regular repo.
you mean
> It's a nice idea but as you've said it's hard to do in an automated way.
> Some human intervention will always be needed.
Yeah, you're probably right. There's so much ambiguity in the license
statements that any automated approach aggressive enough to remove all
proprietary software would also
> Maybe an issue could be filed to propose to adopt a machine-readable
> license format. Maybe that of Debian's packages:
> https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ which
> itself uses the SPDX License List, i.e., https://spdx.org/licenses/
That would be a massive
It occurs to me that if creating a cross-distro free replacement
repository is realistic, a better target might be addons.mozilla.org
Firefox and Thunderbird addons are used more frequently and by
non-developers, Trisquel is already attempting to maintain a free
replacement[1] manually, and the
> https://devel.trisquel.info/trisquel/package-helpers/blob/flidas/CONTRIBUTING.md
Note that this[1] is required for trisquel-builder to work with Flidas.
For some reason I get an error when I try to view "Changes", but the
modified files are here[2][3][4] and using those to replace the versions
> When scrolling down on any webpage, crappy ones like Facebook, or just a
> DuckDuckGo search results page, as you scroll down rendering the page
> cleanly fails. If you stop, and then scroll slowly up, the rendering clears
> up.
Sounds like this bug.
https://trisquel.info/en/issues/23853
I'm
It might be because Abrowser has geolocation disabled by default. This is a
feature, not a bug, in terms of privacy, but if you would like to help Gmail
and other sites determine your location, you can open a new tab in Abrowser and
select "Enable Geolocation" in the privacy settings.
Are you able to actually play any of the Apple trailers? I get an error: "Could
not initialize the supporting library", but this could be due to an unrelated
bug. My impression from this forum is that totem is buggy in general, at least
in Trisquel.
If the videos can be played without non-free
> By the way, Videos is a great way to search and view YouTube videos
> without proprietary JavaScript. My only gripe is that it fetches
> videos in MP4 format instead of WebM, so it won't work on stock Fedora.
I haven't tried this, but if totem uses youtube-dl/avideo as its backend for
> All from a simple right click and from within caja. I still have
> not found a solution for secure deleting files, I am still using the CLI
> for that.
By secure delete do you mean 'srm' from the secure-delete package? I'll answer
your question assuming that's what you mean. If not, this will
> Hey there. Yes, I know I can create many right-click-shortcuts in caja, but
> I don't want to go through the trouble of doing that for every single thing
> that I want an option for. Especially since in Nautilus I already had
It sounded like Caja-Seahorse had provided everything you needed
> Does anyone have an 'easy to follow'
> tutorial for flashing some of the thinkpad models?
Most require external flashing, which I'm afraid to try. However, the X60 can
be flashed internally. I was fortunate enough to coincidentally already have an
X60 when I discovered the free software
> "I see no reason for Trisquel's developers to waste their time on a dead
> project like Unity."
>
> You mean like Gnome 3?
I don't follow. The reason Unity is dead is because it was abandoned in favor
of GNOME 3.
> To be blunt, I don't get why people like it.
I don't like it either, but I
Although Signal is free software, it cannot be built without Google Play
Services. So you are "free" to modify it, but only if you are willing to use
proprietary software to do so. It might still be preferable to Telegram,
however.
See:
I currently use the host of my website, but eventually plan to self-host and
run my own mail server.
If you're looking for an alternative to Screwgle, posteo.de seems like a good
option. It's not gratis, but if you can afford the 1 Euro/month paying with
money is better than paying with your
If you're still having this issue, try editing your power preferences with
dconf-editor instead of gnome-tweak-tool and see if they have an effect. The
power settings in dconf-editor are under org -> gnome -> settings-daemon ->
plugins -> power.
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> What about Wire? Anybody know anything bad about Wire?:)
Both the client and server-side software are free, and it does not have any
proprietary dependencies, so it suffers from neither of the issues with Signal
or Telegram. If your modified version is used to connect to their servers there
> Like for example: how do I even know if my version is modified or not? And
> how it is modified?
I was referring to freedom 1. Wire is free software, so you are free to modify
it. Depending on the nature of your modifications you may not be able to use
your version with their servers. If you
A few weeks ago I installed Trisquel 8 on a friend's laptop. His Realtek
RTL8188EE Wireless card was immediately detected and worked fine until
yesterday. NetworkManager still detects the card, but no wireless access points
show up in nm-applet or nmcli. This is the first case I've encountered
> There are similar problems afflicting the Wire app for Android
...
> However, the Wire devs acknowledge it's a problem, and have said that
> fixing it is on their ToDo list
Thanks for the information. I'm glad they at least agree that it's a problem.
> Signal is a walled garden run by a person
What's the package name? I don't see anything called gnome-videos or anything
similar.
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I don't mind verbose.
$ supertramp -v
> 'the eternal present'
Word. This is my greatest fear, that the tyranny of mass surveillance and
proprietary software will reach a level of efficiency such that it will be
impossible to revive freedom or democracy or human dignity. In my mind this is
a
https://www.secureauth.com/products/secureauth-idp/behavioral-biometrics
The site can be viewed and navigated with JavaScript disabled. If you don't
already have JS disabled or NoScript installed in your browser, I insist that
you do so before visiting this site. Assuming they eat their own dog
> They edited the bug and
> turned it into a documentation issue instead of looking at the actual
> request to provide an easy (default) setting ensuring real privacy.
I agree that an interface requiring this much work to achieve a theoretically
possible configuration is a software bug. However,
> Just close the browser and reopen it or click on 'new identity',
> which is the same
Alternatively, Ctrl+Shift+L creates a new identity just for the current tab.
> A point of huge importance is missing: your writing style. You
> would be surprised how much it can give away in some cases.
how to run your tests in the time I've
spent writing long and redundant posts. My bad. I hope to get around to it by
next weekend.
Best,
Mason
> All this makes me think that such brute force cleanup in
> about:config may be possible for other Firefox clones.
Very interesting. Thanks for the time your putting into this. If we can
determine exactly which changes were the one that fixed the problem, I think
asking for those values to be
> Just because you can hide your IP address and browser parameters
> doesn't mean you can't be tracked through Tor.
Indeed. Using Tor irresponsibly is worse than not using Tor at all. This is a
good list of common pitfalls that really should be displayed when users start
Tor Browser for the
> Okay so I have tried installing Trisquel on computers before and
> what I found is that the graphics card is often not properly
> supported so it can't power the full display resolution as the
> proprietary driver thats required to make it work has been removed.
Here's a good resource for
That response is promising. Although the fact that Mozilla has a guide for
preventing automatic connections indicates that it they do not consider it a
problem for automatic connections being the default, he at least acknowledges
that background chattering after following that guide is a bug in
> "Work offline" sends packets on closing of the browser. It is not
> offline at all. So Mozilla can talk nonsense to infinity - this is
I agree that this is an actual bug. Unfortunately it seems that Mozilla will
not acknowledge this.
> So Mozilla can talk nonsense to infinity - this is
> not
> The main problem here, is *not* that Firefox has so and so flaws
> here and there. The problem is that, Mozilla is NOT behaving. This
> is an attitude problem, is grave, and prone to grave consequences.
I agree. Even if Mozilla were to fix these specific issues I would not use
their browser.
> Hmm... then why does tor browser use httpseverywhere? just wondering...
httpsmostofthetime is better than nothing, but if there is a more reliable
alternative then it should probably use that instead.
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Using Tor Browser, which has HTTPS Everywhere installed, I do not get
redirected to https://hedgewars.org either.
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inb4 this becomes another systemd thread.
> May I ask you why you recommend Hyperbola? :) Especially why you recommend
> it over Parabola? :)
Calmstorm prefers a distro without systemd. If you would like to know why
search the forum, as this issue has been discussed plenty.
Parabola offers
t3g is half right, jxself. Your time and energy is too valuable to waste on
this pointless thread. Thanks for all that you do, and ignore the haters.
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> Yeah I tried that method without luck also.
You need to be specific about what went wrong in order for us to help. When
something doesn't work, specify what you expected to happen and what happened
instead.
For now though, try the instructions from my last post, since I know that it
works
> How do I do that?:)
Rather than only telling you how, I'm going to walk you through the problem
solving process by which I figured out how. You'll notice that I don't really
know what I'm doing. I just try things, figure out why they didn't work, fix
the problem, and repeat until everything
> $ sudo apt upgrade > upgrade.log
Actually, never mind. If you do this the output won't be printed to the
terminal, so you won't be prompted to confirm that you want to upgrade
packages. Instead use
$ sudo apt upgrade | tee upgrade.log
which will both print the output to the terminal and
> Now how do I completely uninstall it after I've built it?
From the makefile, it looks like each file either is named or is in a directory
named something with "playonlinx" or "PlayOnLinux" as a substring, so that's
what we'd need to get rid of.
First lets get rid of our clone of the
> how would we capture the
> terminal output during the upgrade/install?
If I understand your question correctly, you can write the output of a terminal
command to a file with '>'.
$ the-command > the-file.log
or in the case of your question,
$ sudo apt upgrade > upgrade.log
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I'm not sure I understand. You can write an html file in any text editor and
save it as 'file.html'. Are you looking for something that will generate a
template?
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> What's the most appropriate way of reporting these bugs?
https://trisquel.info/en/project/issues
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> I think it's great that Trisquel
> supports non-visual users in this way, after all it's much harder for
> them to turn it on, than for the rest of use to turn it off. That
> said, it would also be great if there was a *very* obvious way to
> turn Orca off when beginning installation if it isn't
> What if I feel that your comments are spam?
onpon4 makes many posts here that have helped people, including you, so if her
comments seem unreasonable to you I'd ask her to clarify what she means instead
of dismissing them. I think this is just a miscommunication resulting from the
nuance
> Hi, with supreme guidance from mason and other (and some searxing)
> PlayOnLinux was successfully installed by building it. Thank you to
> all the helpful contributions.
Congrats! I can see from your posts that you are learning and getting the hang
of this.
> Aha, so "bin
Does Bootcamp not work with newer MacBooks and/or have disadvantages?
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> https://www.enlightenment.org/
I used Enlightenment for a while. Its support for dynamic tiling eventually led
me to i3, but unlike i3 Enlightenment isn't scary to beginners. The only
problems I recall were that it seemed buggy and crashy in general (to be fair,
I was using Arch at the time)
Maybe try an earlier ISO, perhaps the 12/24 one that worked for GrevenGull?
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> I've managed to get Debian, MInt and Trisquel to boot.
Trisquel 8? What did you have to do?
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I did that a lot too until I learned that only the first version of each
comment, without the edits, gets sent to the mailing list. I find using
'preview' and making changes before hitting 'save' helps.
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I think this is a great idea.
> Finally, when using a 100% free code distro like Trisquel (or
> Parabola or any of the others endorsed by the FSF), installing
> software from PPAs, or from the web, or compiling from source, can
> result in proprietary software being introduced into your system."
> so the delay forced to
> basing Trisquel 8 on Ubuntu 16.04.
Not exactly. Trisquel 8 was always going to be based on 16.04. It just took
longer than usual. Trisquel 9 was always going to be based on 18.04, which is
why development of Trisquel 9 can't begin until 18.04 is released later this
> One question though: what about files/directories that is part of the
> playonlinux program but does not contain "playonlinux" in its name?
If there were any then this would be a more complicated task, but looking at
the makefile I don't think there are.
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> But I wonder to seem that
> discussion stopped on the way in spite of not having a valuable and
> reasonable conclusion.
You are somewhat new to the forum, so you may not realize that this discussion
has been had many times already. I think many of us would find it boring to
continue to have
> I did have trouble
> with installing a downloaded ppd driver. The system freezes up. I
> stopped after three failed attempts.
Did you check to see if the driver is already in the repo? Try installing all
of the printer drivers
$ sudo apt-install printer-driver-all
and see if your printer
Another solution might be to have two versions of each ISO, one with assistive
techonlogies enabled by default and another with them disabled.
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> I am interest in translating of course. It seems fun. But I have
> thought that it is difficult for me to translate that since my
> English skill.
How comfortable do you feel with understanding the English documentation
yourself? For example, this page:
Although
http://jenkins.trisquel.info/makeiso/iso/
currently displays the FSF home page for some reason, you can still find the
12/24 ISO here:
http://jenkins.trisquel.info/makeiso/iso/20171223/
I wonder if you'll have more luck with it.
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> Here I am on PlayOnLinux' website trying to install PlayOnLinux and
> notice that there is noe xenial version, only trusty.
>
> Does this mean that PlayOnLinux is incompatible with Trisquel 8?
It means that the binary they provide was compiled for Ubuntu 14.04, on which
Trisquel 7 is based.
I believe that GrevenGull is using Trisquel 8 on a Mac, though maybe not from
the latest ISO.
I have some friends with Macs, including one who has successfully installed
Ubuntu. I'll see if someone will let me try booting into Trisquel.
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> Ubuntu installs easily
Then a temporary workaround could be to install 16.04 and migrate to Trisquel 8.
What is the earlist Trisquel 8 ISO you've tested?
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I just tried the latest ISO on a friend's Mid 2012 MacBook Pro. I held "Option"
while starting up. The USB drive showed up as "Windows", which I selected and
was then able to boot into Trisquel with no problems.
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> Bootcamp?
She's never done a dual boot or messed around with EFI, so if bootcamp is the
default with High Sierra then yes.
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> I can't speak for
> Parabola
I expect the experience with Enlightenment in Parabola to be the same as that
in Arch, which was not very good. At the time Arch/Parabola had E21, so maybe
E22 is better, but I found it to be much more buggy and crashy than E17 in
Trisquel.
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I thought one of my friends had a Mac from 2015 but it's actually from 2012
like the one I already tested, so I still don't have a way to replicate the
problem you two (loldier and strypey) are having.
Have either of you tried the ISO that was uploaded today?
Awesome! Thanks so much to quidam, jxself, gnutastyc, etc. for their hard work.
Trisquel is an extremely important project. I'm thankful to be a part of this
community.
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In case anyone is wondering when they can start posting whiny "where is
Trisquel 9" threads, here's a countdown clock.
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20200101T00=136=cursive
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GNOME Shell does have a very good launcher that can be accessed in the dash,
which makes it possible to navigate the system using only the keyboard, but
this is not unique to GNOME. Even in a desktop environment the doesn't include
a launcher you can install a standalone one like Synapse or
> Yes, that did it. DVD is detected, is bootable and the desktop (X) works. I
> think we can conclude this issue is solved.
Awesome!
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> Devuan actually booted faster on a 20 year old
> libreboot laptop. for me also. (X200)
The X200 is 10 years old, not 20. The X60 is 12 years old, and it has worked
fine for me both with Upstart on Trisquel 7 and systemd on Trisquel 8. I
haven't tried any other init systems, although I'm
Can you use tab completion to see what is inside /dev/mapper or /dev?
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Then again, I was more or less blindly trying things until something worked and
never actually understood what the problem was, so maybe you should wait for
someone smarter than I to respond before trying anything.
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Something similar happened to me (the initramfs thing) with Trisquel 8 a few
months ago. The solution here[1] fixed the problem for me.
(initramfs) fsck /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root
[1] https://askubuntu.com/questions/781315/ubuntu16-04-boots-into-initramfs
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