Re: [Trisquel-users] FSF adds PureOS to list of endorsed GNU/Linux distributions

2017-12-21 Thread masonhock
> Its like they all got high and just watched old videos of Steve Jobs for hours when they were coming up with how they would engage with the world. Haha. That sums it up better.

Re: [Trisquel-users] FSF adds PureOS to list of endorsed GNU/Linux distributions

2017-12-21 Thread masonhock
I was curious to see if Purism had started conflating this with their non-free hardware yet. They don't yet mention the FSF endorsement, but I had forgotten just how slimy they are. https://puri.sm/products/librem-15/ No mention of the fact that only the OS is free. They don't even disclose

Re: [Trisquel-users] FSF adds PureOS to list of endorsed GNU/Linux distributions

2017-12-21 Thread masonhock
It's a shame, because if they were upfront about the freedom issues with their products the way Technoethical is https://tehnoetic.com/mobile-devices/tet-n2 I might recommend them to people who want a mostly libre system but are willing to make some compromises to have more modern hardware.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install packages downloaded from the web, like IceCat?

2017-12-20 Thread masonhock
... Yeah, that's way easier. Thanks, Magic Banana. GrevenGull, you can get the 'command' for the menu entry by right clicking 'Tor Browser' in tor-browser_en-US, selecting 'Properties', and copying what's in the 'command' field. For me it looks like this. sh -c

Re: [Trisquel-users] (Trisquel Mini) Is it normal that bluetooth is not working

2018-01-01 Thread masonhock
I installed Trisquel 8 from the previous alpha ISO from a few months ago. I had trouble with the text installer, and I haven't gotten around to trying the new ISO to see if this is fixed, but the graphical installer worked fine. The next issue was that firmware-ath9k-htc (firmware for the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Default web browser, Abrowser, in Trisquel 8 has Amazon, Twitter and Google as suggested search engines. Issue?

2018-01-01 Thread masonhock
I'm on the fence here, in that I'm not a fan of Amazon or Google, but I don't know that this is a software freedom issue. I would have a problem with the Amazon search engine being built into the desktop environment Ubuntu-style, as I would consider that an endorsement, but one-click search

Re: [Trisquel-users] (Trisquel Mini) Is it normal that bluetooth is not working

2018-01-01 Thread masonhock
If I understand correctly, since mps-youtube only searches YouTube and relies on another media player to actually stream the videos, it will depend on how the chosen media player handles streaming. If you are using mpv with avideo in the background as Calher suggested in the other thread,

Re: [Trisquel-users] (Trisquel Mini) Is it normal that bluetooth is not working

2018-01-01 Thread masonhock
Now that you've upgraded, see if you have better luck with those youtube applications.

Re: [Trisquel-users] (Trisquel Mini) Is it normal that bluetooth is not working

2018-01-01 Thread masonhock
Maybe youtube-viewer or mps-youtube will work better. Both work fine for me in Trisquel 8. mps-youtube is even in the repository now, so you won't have to use pip.

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