Re: [Trisquel-users] "Corrupt or invalid kernel image"

2017-12-19 Thread jamesbythesea
Well, I'm glad to hear that Mini is working! I have no idea what the cause of this could be. And yes, sadly, the macbooks are not equipped with wireless cards that we can drive freely. You're left with a few options: 1) Buy a (USB) Wireless card (I have this card, and no regrets about it !

Re: [Trisquel-users] "Corrupt or invalid kernel image"

2017-12-19 Thread jamesbythesea
I'm no hacker, but I do have a 2012 non-retina MBP that I've done at least a dozen different GNU/Linux installs on. I've never had any issues like this, so my first thought might be that you have an error with your disk image (are you booting from USB?). Which Trisquel are you installing?

Re: [Trisquel-users] I'm happy that Trisquel 8 is finally being developed, but I won't have time to help. I wish everyone good luck :D

2017-12-17 Thread jamesbythesea
I can't speak for anyone besides myself, but I'd like to share my thoughts. Since internalizing Stallman's essays, I've experienced a lot of conflicting feelings about what course one should take. Please, don't let this project contribute to your anxiety! I think on some level, we're all

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

2017-12-13 Thread jamesbythesea
Hey All, I compiled a list of packages that are in T7 from apt-list. Sadly, I haven't been able to do much testing this week because I've had a few things come up. If there's anyone interested out there in checking whether packages work during the T8 upgrade process, it might be nice if we

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

2017-12-10 Thread jamesbythesea
So, to anyone out there reading this, I was able to fix the issue I was having with QEMU after someone helped me on the IRC channel. Calling QEMU with this seems to have worked well: qemu-system-x86_64 -hda trisquel-master.qcow2 -cdrom trisquel_7.0_amd64.iso -boot d -m 6144 -enable-kvm

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

2017-12-10 Thread jamesbythesea
I'm trying to install T7 within QEMU to do dist-upgrade testing. But, it just seems to hang here. Any ideas on how to proceed? It seems like the text-based installer isn't working either. Trying this on a Debian9 machine, if that matters.

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

2017-12-08 Thread jamesbythesea
Fantastic! I'll be doing this a lot over the next week. My goal is get 20 hours in!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Freedom Fridays, development meetings, 2018 plans

2017-12-07 Thread jamesbythesea
I'm almost done with my finals this semester, and can't wait to help contribute to this project!

[Trisquel-users] I'd like to start volunteering my time to help Trisquel. What can I do to help?

2017-11-14 Thread jamesbythesea
I'm an undergraduate Electrical Engineering student, so my technical background is limited (but not non-existent). I found RMS' work last year, and since then, have come to find myself strongly in agreement with the goals of the Trisquel project. What can I do to help this project?