Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't install awesome software

2015-09-20 Thread tomlukeywood
thanks!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can a Lenovo G50-80 Run trisquelgnulinux?

2015-09-20 Thread tomlukeywood
"Yes, i too dislike the Windows Tax. But it is the burden we pay for getting so much value for money" if you want value for money don’t buy a computer new! you can get the exact same thing way cheaper if you buy it second hand i recently purchased a laptop for £25 including postage

Re: [Trisquel-users] Automating Youtube to Mediagoblin upload ?

2015-09-20 Thread tomlukeywood
as long as you make sure the videos are licensed in a way that allows you to distribute them it would be a awesome idea!

Re: [Trisquel-users] UNetbootin won't install on Trisquel 7

2015-09-20 Thread tomlukeywood
"Have you actually tested each of the free distos with freenetbootin? " yes all expect LibertyBSD

Re: [Trisquel-users] Helping new users choose application software

2015-09-20 Thread tomlukeywood
It may be easy to learn but a lot of people are just more comfortable using a GUI and there’s nothing wrong with that

Re: [Trisquel-users] Automating Youtube to Mediagoblin upload ?

2015-09-20 Thread tomlukeywood
i think i should of said make sure the videos are already licensed by the original owner in a way that lets you copy them

Re: [Trisquel-users] Automating Youtube to Mediagoblin upload ?

2015-09-20 Thread tomlukeywood
so i think it would be best to have a decentralized program if you can get more than 5000 people to be a part of it it would be hard to prosecute any one person

Re: [Trisquel-users] Safety of CommunityCube

2015-09-21 Thread tomlukeywood
is there a source on this image?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser insists using VLC as PDF viewer

2015-09-22 Thread tomlukeywood
Preferences -> Applications

Re: [Trisquel-users] My new trisquel rig!

2015-09-18 Thread tomlukeywood
looks like it is free as in freedom software: http://sourceforge.net/projects/skyscraper/files/Skyscraper/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Happy Software Freedom Day for all

2015-09-19 Thread tomlukeywood
Happy Software Freedom Day to you too!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Safety of CommunityCube

2015-09-21 Thread tomlukeywood
i should of said is there a source for the data on the image?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 on Toshiba NB200 - needs constant mouse movement

2015-09-21 Thread tomlukeywood
weird /boot/grub/grub.cfg your sure you using grub as the bootloader? it may not be there on the live usb as it may not use grub(not sure)?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can a Lenovo G50-80 Run trisquelgnulinux?

2015-09-20 Thread tomlukeywood
very much agreed!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need help: Playlist For the Ohio [GNU]Linux's FSF 30th B'day Party (ThinkPenguin's sponsoring/organizing it)

2015-09-23 Thread tomlukeywood
+1 great song!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-08-28 Thread tomlukeywood
only chrome? what reason did they give?

Re: [Trisquel-users] scripting

2015-08-28 Thread tomlukeywood
i would say lua's syntax is just as or clearer than python's also its a much simpler language as so its easier to learn as a first language but anyway that’s just my opinion so i recommend trying both

Re: [Trisquel-users] diffence in mac and ip?

2015-08-28 Thread tomlukeywood
also a great way to understand how ip addresses work is by hosting your own webserver here a tutorial for Ubuntu 14.04 but as trisquel 7 is based on Ubuntu 14.04 the same will apply: http://funwithlinux.net/2014/04/ubuntu-14-04-web-server-tutorial/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Citizenfour on Popcorn Time

2015-08-28 Thread tomlukeywood
How do you know your VPN doesn’t log your traffic? VPN's are good for bypassing censorship and surveillance from company’s like Google or yahoo but not from goverments *also you should check your VPN's privacy policy to make sure they don’t sell your data to Google XD

Re: [Trisquel-users] cloud storage

2015-08-28 Thread tomlukeywood
what do you need it for? if its nothing private i could host some files for you on my server

Re: [Trisquel-users] diffence in mac and ip?

2015-08-28 Thread tomlukeywood
i know ip is the acesss point to the internet well not rely a IP address is just a number that is used to refer to a certain computer on a network so here is a very basic image of what most local networks look like in terms of ip addresses (the numbers you see are IP addresses):

Re: [Trisquel-users] diffence in mac and ip?

2015-08-28 Thread tomlukeywood
you don’t have to pay for a hosting service you can just host from your home you don’t even need a very fast connection unless your streaming HD video etc

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-08-28 Thread tomlukeywood
that’s bad :( if you can you should protest against it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] book writing

2015-08-28 Thread tomlukeywood
i don’t think GNU is a trademark i have never seen (R) or TM on the gnu logo or text so i don’t think you have anything to worry about.

Re: [Trisquel-users] book writing

2015-08-28 Thread tomlukeywood
what will the book be about?

Re: [Trisquel-users] How Can I help?

2015-10-06 Thread tomlukeywood
"I am a novice programmer" if you need any help learning to program just ask!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Minifree price change

2015-11-18 Thread tomlukeywood
/tomlukeywood/Libreboot_Flashing_Utility/src/master/main.c But it would be a good idea to try again. I think it would work better (due to the fact I don’t have much experience in making medium sized projects) to work with someone else to make sure It all stays organised. Is there anyone that would want

Re: [Trisquel-users] Its time to start questioning Trisquel's longevity

2015-11-19 Thread tomlukeywood
XD http://www.bbspot.com/news/2008/12/linux-on-a-potato.html

[Trisquel-users] Installer keeps crashing

2016-04-25 Thread tomlukeywood
I am trying to install Trisquel on a friends net book (1GB RAM 1.6ghz dual core CPU 60GB HDD) on both Trisquel and Trisquel mini the installers both crashed giving no reason other than "the installer has crashed" i have tried the net installer but as both the internal wifi card and

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installer keeps crashing

2016-04-25 Thread tomlukeywood
Its fine now i solved the problem by installing Debian 8 offline and then i was able to use the usb wifi card so its now running a fully free Debian installation which is fine!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installer keeps crashing

2016-04-25 Thread tomlukeywood
Same to you!

[Trisquel-users] free website development software?

2016-04-15 Thread tomlukeywood
my dad needs a graphical website designing program i have found kompozer which seems perfect but its very hard to compile from source are there don’t seem to be any secure deb packages available (correct me if i am wrong) dose anyone know of a good free website designing program? Thanks

Re: [Trisquel-users] free website development software?

2016-04-15 Thread tomlukeywood
Thanks loads that package works perfectly! i wonder why Kompozer is not in the newer Trisquel/Ubuntu repos its a good program

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hello from new member

2016-07-25 Thread tomlukeywood
Welcome!

Re: [Trisquel-users] RMS approved online shopping

2016-07-25 Thread tomlukeywood
I wonder what the FSF's stance on ebay is?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Free software leaflet

2016-08-01 Thread tomlukeywood
I have not heard back from the FSF yet so I made another leaflet.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Free software leaflet

2016-07-13 Thread tomlukeywood
I have updated the leaflet with some new images

Re: [Trisquel-users] Free software leaflet

2016-07-12 Thread tomlukeywood
New version with slightly improved font and layout

Re: [Trisquel-users] Free software leaflet

2016-07-12 Thread tomlukeywood
thanks for your feedback i have emailed the FSF and attached the leaflet and I have changed the leaflet to you recommendations.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Free software leaflet

2016-07-13 Thread tomlukeywood
Yes I have already emailed the FSF about the use of the logo and I am waiting to hear back I will not distribute any of the leaflets until I hear back

Re: [Trisquel-users] Moving to Trisquel

2016-07-13 Thread tomlukeywood
"Only thing that I concern is screen resolution because screen is only recognized as 3200x1800" That seems like a extremely large screen resolution is it not? what do you normally have? "Is it possible for me to find their alternatives in Trisquel?" The chances are yes if you give us a list

Re: [Trisquel-users] New ReTux Release and a Level Making Competition

2016-07-16 Thread tomlukeywood
Thank you for your development efforts I very much enjoy playing this game!

Re: [Trisquel-users] New ReTux Release and a Level Making Competition

2016-07-05 Thread tomlukeywood
"On a side note, I think it would be massively inappropriate to advertise anything to do with ReTux on any of those forums other than gamedev.net" why those forums are for game development (with the exception of minetest and gbdev of which you should use the of topic fourm) as this is a

Re: [Trisquel-users] New ReTux Release and a Level Making Competition

2016-07-05 Thread tomlukeywood
Ok i have my submittion i made this in tiled i am not sure how i would export it to the format re tux uses

Re: [Trisquel-users] New ReTux Release and a Level Making Competition

2016-07-05 Thread tomlukeywood
Sorry so few people have submitted i will try to make one tonight but you could get a lot more submissions if you extended the deadline a few days and advertised the competition on a few forums. here are a few active forum websites where i think there will be people that want to enter the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Thinkpad T400 lost ethernet connection

2016-07-01 Thread tomlukeywood
Its fixed now i was using Replicant USB networking and forgot to change the Ethernet settings back to normal My fault!

Re: [Trisquel-users] New in Trisquel

2016-07-03 Thread tomlukeywood
Welcome!

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

2017-02-07 Thread tomlukeywood
"What on Earth gave them the impression that Replicant is a tool that terrorists use, anyway?" They assumed that as you could use it without the government monitoring you (theoretically) a terrorist would use it to communicate. but as you say they are more likely to not use a phone at all

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

2017-02-07 Thread tomlukeywood
This is very strange in my opinion but anyway. I have been contacted by someone with a Arab sounding name who wants help installing Replicant on there phone. I have offered to help them by meeting them on the Replicant IRC channel so guide them through the process. my parents think that

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't copy files to a sdcard used in a Replicant phone!

2017-02-07 Thread tomlukeywood
I guess you could have a corrupted file system. have you tried reformatting it using gnome-disks?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Replicant 6.0 on S2

2017-02-07 Thread tomlukeywood
"It supports wifi as well after a little tampering." Where did you get this information do you have a link?

[Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7

2017-02-13 Thread tomlukeywood
I am compiling a program that requires at least GCC 5 but GCC 5 is not in trisquel's repositorys what is the best way to install GCC 5 or above on trisquel 7?

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7

2017-02-13 Thread tomlukeywood
I have installed GCC5 using this PPA but i get the same error message: requires at least GCC 5.0 (found 4.8.5)

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install GCC 6.3 on trisquel 7

2017-02-15 Thread tomlukeywood
Thanks!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel boycott by Libreboot

2016-10-30 Thread tomlukeywood
Dragora is not a dead project BTW is very actively developed

Re: [Trisquel-users] Tehnoetic X200 Tablet and T500 now available

2016-11-17 Thread tomlukeywood
Nice!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing KDE5 on trisquel 7

2016-11-03 Thread tomlukeywood
So the thing that looks like This is called?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing KDE5 on trisquel 7

2016-11-03 Thread tomlukeywood
ok as compiling KDE Plasma 5 seems a difficult task and there are no trisquel packages available yet i will just keep using gnome 3 until new packaeges are made. thanks for the help.

[Trisquel-users] Installing KDE5 on trisquel 7

2016-11-02 Thread tomlukeywood
I am looking to install KDE5 on my install of Trisquel 7. How would I do this? Thanks in advance.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 is using systemd?!

2016-12-15 Thread tomlukeywood
Would it not be possible in Trisquel 8 to just install a different init system if you don’t like systemd?

Re: [Trisquel-users] INstalling Latest Verison of Kdenlive

2016-12-13 Thread tomlukeywood
see here: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/first-development-alpha-iso-images-trisquel-80-flidas

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hexoshi - New Metroid-like game I'm developing is being crowdfunded

2016-12-03 Thread tomlukeywood
This seems like an appropriate place http://www.metroid-database.com/forum/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Question about Free GNU/Linux distributions

2017-03-24 Thread tomlukeywood
"But would it be possible to use my nvidia card with free drivers and still being able to run the 3d graphics when running a game?" It would depend what model of NVidia card you have you can check If it will work with free software here: https://h-node.org/ If you have the right model of

Re: [Trisquel-users] Question about Free GNU/Linux distributions

2017-03-24 Thread tomlukeywood
"what's the advantage of using GNU/Linux distro over a distro like fedora/redhat?" Fedora and Redhat are GNU/Linux distro's many people in the free software community chose to call what most people call "Linux" "GNU/Linux" the reason for this is explained here:

Re: [Trisquel-users] If Seamonkey is really firefox without the bloat,

2017-03-21 Thread tomlukeywood
I tried to compile it a while ago and failed perhaps because the demand is not there and its difficult to do. has anyone been successful in compiling it here?

Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I get my Canon MP270 to work after reinstalling Trisquel?

2017-04-05 Thread tomlukeywood
All fine now

[Trisquel-users] How do I get my Canon MP270 to work after reinstalling Trisquel?

2017-04-05 Thread tomlukeywood
How do I get my Canon MP270 to work after reinstalling Trisquel? It was working before but can't remember how we did it. Tom's Dad using his account

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

2017-04-07 Thread tomlukeywood
Probably Micropolis or 0ad

Re: [Trisquel-users] Has anyone ever flashed a replicant phone before?

2017-04-18 Thread tomlukeywood
I made a video showing how to install Replicant on the Galaxy Tab 7.0 its slightly different for each model of device but it should give you are general idea: https://b2aeaa58a57a200320db-8b65b95250e902c437b256b5abf3eac7.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/media_entries/5739/out.webm

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

2017-09-20 Thread tomlukeywood
I run Trisquel 7 on my main computer

[Trisquel-users] How to help trisquel

2018-01-09 Thread tomlukeywood
From reading the form recently I have gathered that trisquel 8 needs more assistance. However I am not sure how to help. Is there a list of things to do somewhere?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Testing The Trisquel 8 Upgrade Process

2018-02-10 Thread tomlukeywood
I have tried to boot the amd64 Trisquel 8 iso from here: http://jenkins.trisquel.info/makeiso/iso/ in qemu-system-x86_64 and i received the attached panic screen

Re: [Trisquel-users] Testing The Trisquel 8 Upgrade Process

2018-02-10 Thread tomlukeywood
oh wait the problem was i had not specified the RAM and it defaulted to 512mb i have changed to 2GB and now it boots fine.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Google Play and childrens' privacy

2018-02-24 Thread tomlukeywood
"Would it be feasible to 1: install games and/or music apps on an unsafe device (i.e. with google play installed) 2: extract the .apk 3: install the app on a replicated device?" it would be, but you i imagine most phones will include drm to try and stop you from doing this. also some

Re: [Trisquel-users] Google Play and childrens' privacy

2018-02-24 Thread tomlukeywood
"How would using a legally downloaded program on a legally purchased device infringe copyright?" Many of these applications forbid copying. also in some country’s circumventing digital restrictions is against the law.

Re: [Trisquel-users] More Testing Please

2018-02-25 Thread tomlukeywood
I have submitted an issue: https://trisquel.info/en/issues/23851

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