Fuck you Microsoft.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/03/microsoft-windows-convergence-patent-phonepad
I'd love to help out in the repackaging or documentation area. Are you guys
in need of Bash scripts for repackaging or is that pretty set? Or were you
thinking in the lines of compilation?
As for documentation, what would you need? Like general setup of the OS or
like some tips on setting
That makes me really happy. Now that Ruben works at the FSF, he can dedicate
more time to Trisquel and the project can totally flourish. I liked that he
is looking to get some test ISOs out before the final release of Trisquel 8
and that it will be out soon after Ubuntu 16.04.
Dunno how I missed this earlier, but here you go:
https://xpressubuntu.wordpress.com/2016/02/27/ubuntu-budgie/
https://xpressubuntu.wordpress.com/2016/02/29/budgie-remix-is-born/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/477icg/mark_shuttleworth_will_support_a_budgiedesktop/
I know that MATE is
Took them long enough, but here you go: http://mamedev.org/?p=422
With Ubuntu MATE 16.04 releasing betas before the main release, there is no
reason Ruben cannot start testing and prepping the user interface and
customizations for Trisquel 8 right now. That way, we can ideally get a
Trisquel 8 release within a week of 16.04. If Linux Libre can do it, why
Obviously. You can use MP3/FLAC for your personal work or for copyrighted
materials. It is not the fault of the format and more of how you use it.
I'm going to see how Zeronet turns out and how it is actually used. If it is
used for the common good, then humanity isn't totally fucked up by
If people have to use Windows 10, there's always ShutUp10 to lessen the blow.
I'm sure this has good intentions, but the reality is that this will be used
for child pornography.
I'm only bringing up the idea of watermarking if there is rampant piracy of
the artwork tied to a game on a torrent site and you can track down the
originator of that content and litigate.
Creating and managing a Steam styled storefront for libre games would
probably require:
1.) Someone to build and manage the software. This can be done by the company
or organization running it or hiring an outside contractor or salaried
employee. If people are downloading gigabits of data,
When you suggested a tax (basically being forced to pay for nothing) instead
of a sustainable capitalistic model, you lost all credibility. From your
perspective, all art should be free without restriction and artists should
rely on begging (Patreon and Kickstarter) instead of an actual
People have to get paid. Especially for art (movies, music, paintings,
digital artwork) where the artist can get some sort of compensation. If you
buy that art, you should get some sort of signifier that you are the owner.
If someone steals it, you can track down the thief of said art and
Ubuntu MATE 16.04 beta 1 is a preview of the upcoming release in April, so
check out http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/releases/xenial/beta-1/
Correction: I meant MojoSetup https://icculus.org/mojosetup/ which GOG also
uses for their GNU/Linux ports.
I've brainstormed creating a simple GOG Galaxy inspired interface for
distributing and getting updates to libre games that does the purchasing of
art assets and integrating with free engine code to create a single .deb or
creating a Mojo Installer executable.
Of course this would be a
If you are going to plug C# and Mono, there's also FNA via
https://fna-xna.github.io/
Start with Python. Very accessible with a clear syntax and comes
pre-installed on the majority of GNU/Linux distros and even Mac OSX ships
with version 2.7.
A good resource is http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/ and you can usually
find answers to your questions at the Stack Overflow
I've always believed in making the engine free, but then the art is non-free
and sold to the user with watermarks to tie it to that user upon purchase.
Humble Bundles sometimes have DRM free games, but the games themselves are
considered non-free. Same goes for GOG.com that has DRM free versions of
Steam games.
Having a major game as free software is a near impossible task due to the
mentality of publishers (they don't want their code
If you REALLY have to play this game and others, you could always just dual
boot between Trisquel and Windows and only boot into Windows when you have to
play a game. For every day usage (looking at porn, writing code, emailing
your grandmother), just stick to the Trisquel boot.
https://phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item=SFC-GPL-ZFS-Linux
Yikes
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/02/ubuntu-mate-16-04-unity-style-desktop
Ubuntu MATE 16.04/Trisquel 8 will offer a Unity styled look as an additional
option when it is released. I just wanted to share this. :-)
Hey Jacob,
Are you thinking of creating a Cinnamon theme that fits into the Trisquel
color scheme and icons? If you want to put the effort into that, then that
sounds awesome. If you pull it off, maybe it will be included in the main
theme package when Trisquel 8 comes out due to Cinnamon
I believe the ZFS on Linux project cannot change the license as it is a fork
of the original and is bound to it. That is a shame, since ZFS is exceptional
and having it on GNU/Linux would be a big deal. Especially since the more
liberal BSD operating systems have it and if GNU/Linux vendors
Snowden, Apple, Google, and Facebook have took a stand against the FBI
getting backdoor access to the iPhone and potentially more devices in the
future. Bill Gates just came out and supports the FBI getting access:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Reference/ZFS
Hopefully sheds more light on my previous forum thread.
What if Canonical ships the ISOs with the ZFS package not included, but then
brings it in automatically the first time you update your packages? That way
your software ships without this GPL restriction.
As a follow up to my post, I see that zfs-dkms is a virtual package provided
by linux-image-4.4.0-6-generic.
If Trisquel wants to counter this, wouldn't the .deb files for the kernel
have to exclude the installation of zfs-dkms and make sure that the zfs
packages are not included on the
ZFS, while GPL incompatible, is still free software. It is one of those
technologies that has kept people tied to the BSDs and while other file
systems like btrfs have tried, ZFS is still king.
The only problem? It cannot be merged into the mainline kernel due to
conflicts with the GPL. We
Doesn't the package that Canonical includes just install it via DKMS?
This PPA is better and supports Trisquel 7:
https://launchpad.net/~moorkai/+archive/ubuntu/cinnamon
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item=Intel-Mesa-Vulkan-Published
I heard that Intel is pushing support into MESA and we will have to see if
AMD and Nvidia eventually offer a libre option too. As for graphics
rendering, you won't see an improvement as it is more of a developer
Edward Snowden is now backing Apple in fighting the FBI:
http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/17/technology/apple-fbi-phone-unlock-edward-snowden/
The story says Ubuntu 16.04, but if you are using Trisquel 8 down the road
(which is based off of 16.04), then Vulkan support will be patched in for
Mir.
https://phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item=Ubuntu-16.04-Mir-Vulkan
https://www.apple.com/customer-letter/
If you haven't seen this yet.
You probably don't want to use Trisquel 4 as it is based off of Ubuntu 10.04
and no longer has support. Have you tried a netinstall of Trisquel 6 or 7 and
selected the non PAE kernel? Of course from there you can install the
Trisquel Mini (LXDE) desktop.
There are other options if that
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item=Vulkan-1.0-Quick-Highlights
https://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=22837
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item=Intel-Mesa-Vulkan-Published
It will be interesting to see if this will aid in better performing free
software
Nvidia will only release signed firmware due to their mentality of keeping
their hardware "safe" by locking out anyone and everyone from writing
firmware that could potentially leave the hardware open to potential security
vulnerabilities. Of course that is their viewpoint and not mine as
The releases from 4.0 to 5.0 looked really slick due to it using Gnome 2 and
the theme developers had the freedom to fully customize it. I really dug how
the panel looked (almost transparent but not fully) and how uniform
everything was under the silver colored theme.
Like some have
I fully support MATE as the default for future Trisquel versions as it is
supported officially upstream.
As for my Cinnamon link, I wanted to make it known that older Trisquel users
have an option to use Cinnamon if they want. The PPA is easier than adding
the Linux Mint repos.
The Gnome 2 versions of Trisquel were gorgeous and I'd like to see 8 and
above have the same level of polish. Are the same people working on it? I ask
because we should discuss looks and reference existing themes for inspiration
in getting a modern and clean look.
Go with Python. The syntax is easy to understand, is well supported, and can
be used to program for the desktop, server, and the web.
http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book
I use steamos-xpad-dkms from
https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur/+archive/ubuntu/steamos because it uses the
latest xpad driver from SteamOS. The latest version has support for the wired
Xbox One Elite in addition to wired/wireless Xbox 360 and wired Xbox One
(original and Covert Forces)
What are your thoughts on flat icons? I've become a fan of the Numix (mainly
bevel) series.
The nice thing about Python is that you can attempt to get C level speeds
with Cython or use a different runtime with PyPy.
You can grab an ISO of the latest Ubuntu MATE 16.04 alpha/beta at
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/releases/xenial/ if you want to test on
the packages that Trisquel 8 will use. Of course you may want to do this in a
virtual machine given that 16.04 is months away from a stable release.
Here you go: https://launchpad.net/~moorkai/+archive/ubuntu/cinnamon
When Trisquel 8 comes out, it will have Cinnamon (and MATE) fully supported
in the package archives. Something to consider if Ruben wants to switch the
main DE away from the unreliable Gnome Fallback,
I may be releasing something in the next few months and it will be using the
copyleft Mozilla Public License (MPL) version 2.0 license. No way would I
want to go permissive with all the work I put into it so far.
The most important thing to consider is the license. As long as the license
is both Free Software and Open Source approved (GPL, Apache, BSD licenses,
MIT, MPL), they are the same thing and you can appease to both camps. Its
just that the two camps have different ideologies on how we should
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3024305/security/privacy-conscious-users-rejoice-you-can-now-use-facebooks-android-app-over-tor.html
Thoughts? Who would have thought that Facebook would allow Tor in their
settings for their official app. Crazy.
We will be fine as Linux kernel 4.4 will have full support for Skylake:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/3021837/linux/whats-new-in-linux-44.html
You will have 4.4 by default with Trisquel 8 (as it will be based off of
Ubuntu 16.04) or you can get it for Trisquel 7 via
Do you have http://packages.trisquel.info/belenos/gstreamer1.0-libav
installed?
You may have to go in about:config as well, search for mp4 and webm and set
to True. I know the mediasource and fragmented settings for webm will enable
the vp9 codec for YouTube.
Check
Probably best to wait until Trisquel 8, since Ubuntu 16.04 will have better
support.
If you are willing to try
https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-dev/+archive/ubuntu/lubuntu-daily
Its all relative. If you didn't have Red Hat (a corporation that makes
money), you wouldn't have constant updates to Gnome for Debian. If you didn't
have the Linux Foundation (which receives corporate funding), you wouldn't
have the kernel for Debian. Desktop GNU/Linux was pretty rough until
"Canonical is a corporation that cares only about money and it is not very
different from Micro$oft or Crapple."
If it wasn't for Canonical, you wouldn't have a good base for Trisquel. You
would have to be pretty naive to think that you can sustain free/open source
software without some
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/01/ubuntu-online-search-feature-disabled-16-04
Unity's controversial online search feature is being disabled by default in
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, due for release in April.
Search terms typed into the Unity 7 Dash search bar will only show local
file, folder and
GitHub is where the "cool kids are at" and if you have a resume or want to
apply for something like speaking at a conference about your software, they
usually have you include link to your GitHub.
I know that Jason doesn't like GitLab either, but have you tried Gogs from
https://gogs.io? I
The Free Software camp will always opt for a local installation like GitLab
or Gogs to run their copyleft code, while the "open source" camp will
gravitate towards GitHub and permissive licenses.
Before his death, he said some bigoted and racial comments on Twitter, which
was later removed.
I've been waiting for a good Replicant phone for a while and have been
without a cell phone until then. Will these phones work well with a service
like Ting?
http://zfsonlinux.org/faq.html#WhatAboutTheLicensingIssue
It would be awesome if you created packages to duplicate that environment and
pushed into the Trisquel repos instead of a complete distro.
If you want a style like Crunchbang, why not just install Trisquel via a
netinstall ISO and then install Openbox and go from there?
https://phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item=ZFS-For-Ubuntu-16.04
As we know, Trisquel 8 will be based off of Ubuntu 16.04 and Canonical is
going to add support for ZFS due to it not being available in the Linux
kernel. Licensing of ZFS has kept it out of the kernel, but its still free
I don't know why. I'm using the forums on the website and not the mailing
list or any other method.
I'm actually curious about this. I know a lot of the BSD people think of it
as the next coming of Jesus and GNU/Linux users are in total amazement at how
awesome it is. They try with btrfs, but it falls the mighty and powerful ZFS.
From reading https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1512034-HA-LINUX44FI45 it
seems that XFS will still be a one of the best filesystems out there when
Ubuntu 16.04/Trisquel 8 launch with the 4.4 kernel as the default. As usual,
btrfs lags behind a lot and no one really knows when it is going
What the heck are we looking at? My eyes!
https://phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item=Aethercast-Ubuntu-WiDi
Licence is GPL v3.
Sorry for the late response. I'm using the website:
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/trisquel-users
I have no problem with running 100% free software on my GNU/Linux machine as
I have no issues in browsing the web, reading email, and developing in a
handful of programming languages. Open hardware is a bigger issue as fvideo
cards and gigabit network adapters require non-free firmware to
I would say to use MATE by default since it will be officially supported.
I've grown to like Unity and I heard that the Amazon dash search and online
information sharing will be disabled by default in Ubuntu 16.04/Trisquel 8:
http://www.techworm.net/2015/12/microsoft-wants-you-to-train-using-its-rival-linux.html
Thoughts? Makes you wonder that they basically want you to "learn Linux" so
people can easily deploy GNU/Linux installs on Azure.
I know they are trolling, but a permissive license is more ideal for a
library. Especially one tied to a programming language to ease integration.
Python is a great example as it is still installed by default in Apple's OSX
even if its an old version.
I bang that drum because I care and want to see the project not only be
stable, but have some awesome features as well. One of the reasons I brought
up MATE is due to a huge percentage who are dissatisfied with the current
desktop and switch away from the default as soon as possible. I
You are also repeating the same ole same ole as well. Your solution is to
"just do it yourself" but Trisquel falls into the standard FLOSS project
meritocracy where the real decisions are filtered through one person and it
is up to them and them alone.
I'll be honest in that I don't have
As we all know, Trisquel is a side project for Ruben as he spends the
majority of his time at his full time job. With Trisquel moving to an LTS
model, it introduced stability to the project but at the same time, allows
Ruben to sit on things for a while while he concentrates on his career.
An updated ISO with newer packages, kernel, and xorg is long overdue. Make it
happen.
Oh and with Ubuntu 16.04 releasing this April, please consider brainstorming
some ideas now so we don't have to wait 4 months for Trisquel 8 to be
released. MATE has been seeing a LOT of great
Also remember that Ubuntu MATE is an official version since Ubuntu 15.04
meaning that MATE packages in Trisquel 8 will be stable and receive security
updates and be officially supported for 5 years (2016 to 2021).
MATE is a very active project and you can actually get the most recent
I guess you are right in development being a little premature at this point.
According to
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/10/ubuntu-16-04-release-schedule-release-schedule-date-xenial-xerus
the first Alpha for Ubuntu MATE should be out in late December and would be a
good time to start
Ideally, Trisquel 8 development should start now so when Ubuntu 16.04 is
released on April 21st, it can be released soon after and not months like it
has been.
Here's a graphic with the release schedule:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/xerus-release-date.jpg
https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-wins-petition-inspect-and-modify-car-software
Good news all around :-)
The dpad on the Xbox One controller is actually pretty good and an
improvement over the 360 one. I've used the One for a few side scrollers and
it works great and should be pretty good for emulators as well.
The 4.2 kernel has decent support for the Xbox One controller, but support
for the
We've been begging Ruben to release a Trisquel 7.1 ISO with the vivid
backport stack, but it has gone upon deaf ears. That is to be expected though
and we may never see a much needed ISO refresh.
Any of you get a Steam Controller recently? For libre games of course, right?
:-)
If you cannot get it to work, there's always
https://askubuntu.com/questions/686214/how-do-i-get-a-steam-controller-working
without resorting to the non-free Steam program.
The nice thing about the Steam Controller is that the left touchpad emulates
the WASD movements and touchpad on the right will emulate mouse movement if
you set the game to keyboard controls. Of course, you can use it as an Xbox
(360/One) controller via xinput in the game options as well if
Oh and here is the direct link to the PDF with the EFF addressing the issue:
https://www.eff.org/files/2015/10/13/jpeg_presentation.pdf
http://news.slashdot.org/story/15/10/13/2338211/drm-in-jpegs
Kinda scary if this actually happens.
I'd love to move to F2FS with Trisquel 8 onwards due to better support in the
kernel and GNOME. You can technically use it now, but I'm waiting it out.
Are you using btrfs? One time I tried it on my root partition and it filled
up quickly due to its copy on write nature. It was a little while back
though, so maybe the space issue was fixed in later kernels.
That's a good thing the FLIF team was able to comprise. Codecs and formats in
general should be as unrestricted as possible to aid in adoption. Heck, the
Edge browser in Windows 10 is getting WebM support thanks to the codecs being
under a BSD license.
Why are you using the lower quality Theora in the ogv conatainer instead of
WebM? For second, I forgot what year it was and it was before 2010.
The nice thing about the 4.2 kernel is that all of the features of the Xbox
360 and Xbox One controllers work (rumble and LED support) via wired or
wireless thanks to a patch that Valve pushed upstream. If you are a gamer,
this is a great feature.
http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view=story=15/10/02/1525244
https://github.com/jonsneyers/FLIF/issues/3
It is interesting that this person went with a GPL license for a
library/codec when he/she could have gone with maybe the LGPL or MPL or maybe
Apache/BSD/MIT if they want to follow
Due to him favoring ideology,
- Cannot be used in the majority of web browsers.
- Cannot be used in the majority of photo viewers.
- Cannot be used in the majority of photo editors.
- Cannot be used in phones, tablets, and cameras.
- Cannot be used in TVs and dedicated media hardware.
There's a
1.) Majority as in Internet Explorer/Edge, Google Chrome, Safari, and Opera.
All are under closed sources licenses that would make them GPL if they
included this. The only exception would be Firefox, which is under the GPL
friendly MPL 2.0.
2.) I'm talking about photo viewers in Windows
The PPA from https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/ubuntu/ppa is very
up to date and recommended.
Is that a newer repository? I've always used this PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/ubuntu/tor-browser
I'm trying out Iridium now and it seems that they boast about not using
Google for DNS lookups but instead take you to their own page. Does this
browser fix what the free software deems as bad? Aka removing code that
doesn't have a license (or is vague) and blobs?
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