Re: [Trisquel-users] repos

2015-03-30 Thread dgosborn
no problem. The reason was I wanted a smallish linux that used debian. Trisquel ended up winning till now.

[Trisquel-users] differences from 6 to 7

2015-03-18 Thread dgosborn
I'm sure its on the site somewhere but can't find it. Whats different between 6 and 7?

Re: [Trisquel-users] repos

2015-03-18 Thread dgosborn
I'd like to add non-free from ubuntu and maybe some other stuff. Has anyone tried it?

Re: [Trisquel-users] repos

2015-03-18 Thread dgosborn
I didn't pick trisquel for that reason.

[Trisquel-users] sudo: do-release: command not found

2015-03-18 Thread dgosborn
sudo do-release upgrade -c sudo: do-release: command not found

[Trisquel-users] can't log in under xfce, just lxde

2015-03-17 Thread dgosborn
I tried installing xfce but when I select it from the session menu it does not recognize my password. LXDE still works fine. What else do I need to do?

[Trisquel-users] corresponding debian and ubuntu version for current trisquel

2015-03-17 Thread dgosborn
What versions of debian and ubuntu correspond to the current version to trisquel?

[Trisquel-users] position independent code and MMUs

2015-03-17 Thread dgosborn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Position-independent_code I read the above artice. It says non-pic aware addressing is faster than pic code. It also mentions MMU units in such a way that I wonder if it is still necessary to compile libraries as PIC, or maybe sometimes it is and sometimes it

Re: [Trisquel-users] kernel speed - antiquated protocol

2015-03-17 Thread dgosborn
Its refreshing to see someone who acknowledges absence of knowledge does not equate with knowledge of absence.

Re: [Trisquel-users] kernel speed - antiquated protocol

2015-03-17 Thread dgosborn
Sorry I don't / can't. I thought about doing a search of kernel sources for x.25 and seeing if it is in there anywhere although there is no guarantee it is labled as such or that x.25 is the one in question.

[Trisquel-users] kernel speed - antiquated protocol

2015-03-17 Thread dgosborn
Someone told me that there is an antiquated networking protocol that is in the kernel that slows it down a lot because the kernel keeps pausing to check on that protocol even if you are not using. I think maybe it was x.25 or something but not sure. Anyway, the story goes that the kernel

[Trisquel-users] compiling libraries

2015-03-17 Thread dgosborn
I'm not a programmer. I know you can compile an executable and if you turn on compiler optimizations it might speed it up but also might make bugs and limits it to one processor. Are libraries compiled? Is there any sort of optimization that can be done to them? I read up on refactoring.

[Trisquel-users] kernel compiling

2015-03-16 Thread dgosborn
I wanted to try recompiling my kernel with optimizations for my cpu. I've never done it before. I thought I would post here first in case someone knows of a concise how to or has warnings or observations. Thanks.

[Trisquel-users] repos

2015-03-16 Thread dgosborn
Hi I'd like to add all the extra repos. I know where to go in synaptic to add them but I'm not sure if they have to be ubunutu repos or if I can use debian, dont know what version, dont know how to format the entry, etc. If anyone has already done that, can you paste your entries please?