Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 9 Etiona

2020-06-13 Thread jbar
I've been using Trisquel 9 for some weeks and it works like a charm. Thanks to everyone involved in this project.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 with kernel 4.15.0-99 BusyBox error

2020-05-02 Thread jbar
You can chroot from a live session. Boot from a live CD and open a terminal. Then, assuming your root partition is /dev/sda1 $ sudo su # TARGET=/media/sda1 # mkdir -p $TARGET # mount /dev/sda1 $TARGET # mount --bind /dev $TARGET/dev # mount --bind /dev/pts $TARGET/dev/pts # mount --bind

Re: [Trisquel-users] how to record the internet radio?

2019-12-24 Thread jbar
Take a look at streamripper http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/faq.php

Re: [Trisquel-users] Recommended Music players?

2019-10-05 Thread jbar
I mostly use Audacious and Pragha https://pragha-music-player.github.io/

Re: [Trisquel-users] solved a problem with lxde

2018-11-13 Thread jbar
Openbox offers many possibilities. A couple of guides on openbox https://urukrama.wordpress.com/openbox-guide/ https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Openbox And you can copy configuration files from distros using openbox as default wm.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8... where are you?

2017-12-06 Thread jbar
To search packages related to guile, open a terminal and type this: apt-cache search guile You will see a list of packages matching your search. To get information about one specific package, for example 'guile-2.0', run apt-cache policy guile-2.0 And you will get the version available and the

Re: [Trisquel-users] pdf software

2017-09-19 Thread jbar
I use pdftk. It's a very useful cli application. From its man page: If PDF is electronic paper, then PDFtk is an electronic stapler-remover, hole-punch, binder, secret-decoder-ring, and X-Ray-glasses. PDFtk is a simple tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents. Keep one in the top

Re: [Trisquel-users] Free Software Foundation Europe launches "Public Money, Public Code"

2017-09-15 Thread jbar
Signed!

Re: [Trisquel-users] About systemd

2017-09-12 Thread jbar
According to hyperbola gnu/linux there are some issues with systemd https://www.hyperbola.info/news/end-of-systemd-support/ I am just a regular user and I don't have a founded opinion about it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] customizing trisquel.

2017-08-29 Thread jbar
Thanks, SuperTramp83 and Heather, 'heads' looks interesting.

Re: [Trisquel-users] non-graphical installer installed kubuntu instead of Trisquel

2017-07-08 Thread jbar
Maybe you installed 'triskel desktop' instead of 'trisquel desktop'. You can select the right desktop via tasksel. $ sudo tasksel

Re: [Trisquel-users] Waiting for Trisquel 8 (Flidas)

2017-03-17 Thread jbar
No. https://devel.trisquel.info/groups/trisquel

Re: [Trisquel-users] Nothing Important!! Just Eager to Show You My Trisquel Mini on a USB install.

2017-02-07 Thread jbar
Mate desktop has brisk menu, although it's in very early stages. It's similar to xfce whisker menu but much lighter (written in C). So, one day it will be available in trisquel. https://github.com/solus-project/brisk-menu

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 - Can't install xfce

2017-02-07 Thread jbar
Eventually, it will work. ;)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 - Can't install xfce

2017-02-07 Thread jbar
Remember that trisquel 8 it's in alpha version. I wouldn't say that unmet dependencies with a desktop environment other than mate are strange in this development state.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Why sudo when you can avoid sudo?

2017-02-07 Thread jbar
In the case of python we have virtual environments (python-virtualenv and python3-virtualenv). I use it only for pelican but I can say it's a great way to isolate different python or library versions. http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 development images, Jan 9

2017-02-07 Thread jbar
Great! Thanks for the update and for taking time to announce it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] xfce: ctrl + t doesn't work!

2017-01-08 Thread jbar
I had some problems in the past with that gui method. What always works is manually editing /home/user/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml file, and adding an entry in custom section.

[Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 iso images updated

2016-12-26 Thread jbar
New images at http://jenkins.trisquel.info/makeiso/iso/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installation shortcuts in Trisquel 8 instead of pre-installed apps?

2016-12-18 Thread jbar
"The Openbox menu (I gotta find a way to integrate it to i3wm, I like it this much) isn't updated on the fly if I remember correctly, it must be edited by hand. It's easier to setup, but maybe not so good for beginners." And not easily multilingual. I think it's easier to install our

Re: [Trisquel-users] Yahoo suffers world's biggest hack affecting 1 billion users

2016-12-15 Thread jbar
Cracker vs. hacker https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Hacker

Re: [Trisquel-users] Development of Trisquel 8.0 "Flidas" Software proposal by category : Accessories

2016-12-08 Thread jbar
Atril, the mate document viewer, works very well. I think it's logical to use the default mate applications, since they offer good environment integration, same gtk version, etc. http://mate-desktop.org/

Re: [Trisquel-users] interview with alimiracle

2016-11-19 Thread jbar
Thanks for the link and thanks, alimiracle, for all your work in free software.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Programming Knowledge Necessary to Help Develop Trisquel

2016-10-17 Thread jbar
https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/development-0 I suppose that making helpers (scripts) and packages are the most needed tasks. https://wiki.debian.org/Packaging https://devel.trisquel.info/trisquel/package-helpers/blob/belenos/README.md

Re: [Trisquel-users] what are the requirements for screen-readers to work on a website?

2016-10-14 Thread jbar
A quick reference to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/ Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools List https://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tools/ w3 Web Accessibility Initiative https://www.w3.org/WAI/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Just lost every important files in my Trisquel Linux!!!! Very serious!

2016-09-18 Thread jbar
By default xargs uses both spaces and newlines as item delimiters. The -d "\n" option tells xargs to use only newlines as delimiters, thus avoiding this problem in this context. $ find ./ -name "*.c" | xargs -d "\n" rm

Re: [Trisquel-users] debian mark and unmark non free repositories

2016-07-12 Thread jbar
You'll need to remove the non-free software installed. vrms would be useful for that purpose. https://packages.debian.org/jessie/vrms

Re: [Trisquel-users] hey, how would I go about updating to the latest version of, python?

2016-07-11 Thread jbar
If you run the script directly from geany with F5 you have to set the proper python version in geany (Build -> Build Menu Commands) file:///usr/share/doc/geany/html/index.html#build-menu-commands-dialog In 'Execute commands', 'Execute' -> python3 "%f"

Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I update only new files backup?

2016-07-04 Thread jbar
Maybe the '-u' option would be of interest $ mv -u /home/username/username/* /home/username/ From mv manual: -u, --update move only when the SOURCE file is newer than the destination file or when the destination file is missing

Re: [Trisquel-users] Ubuntu 16.04 released 2 months ago. Trisquel 8 status?

2016-06-22 Thread jbar
"¿"Added zfs-linux"?" Yes, it's added to the list of non-free packages. That is, it won't be in Trisquel repos. https://devel.trisquel.info/trisquel/ubuntu-purge/blob/c73d980307057e6951b5b3a50b8282470e115ebf/purge-xenial

Re: [Trisquel-users] Information about publishing my project.

2016-06-08 Thread jbar
Mozilla Developer Network has good guides on html, css, javascript ... https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Windows 7 and 8 users are starting to disable Windows Update entirely. Yikes.

2016-05-31 Thread jbar
Generally speaking, if a product is good and cheap it becomes the market leader. GNU/Linux is good (reliable, secure, respects your freedom and privacy, etc.) and very cheap (free of charge). It's a mystery to me why so many people prefer just the one is familiar to them.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Do we have a date for the Trisquel 8 release?

2016-05-07 Thread jbar
trisquel.get_release_date() -> when it's ready

Re: [Trisquel-users] I did sth. stupid and I don´t know how to fix it

2016-05-07 Thread jbar
It's very useful to keep your preferences when reinstalling the system.

Re: [Trisquel-users] I did sth. stupid and I don´t know how to fix it

2016-05-06 Thread jbar
"P.D: Why when deleting software in GNU/Linux, and then you reinstall it, it seems like if nothing would have happened? I mean, there is no way to delete data, like in Android or Wincrap." Applications often create configuration files or folders where they store preferences, etc. Those

Re: [Trisquel-users] Who legally owns the Trisquel or 'Asociacion Trisquel'?

2016-04-28 Thread jbar
Well, unemployment seems to be of a great fashion among the OECD countries https://data.oecd.org/unemp/unemployment-rate.htm

Re: [Trisquel-users] Who legally owns the Trisquel or 'Asociacion Trisquel'?

2016-04-27 Thread jbar
The minimum wage in Spain is 9172.80€/year (756.70€/month), just to put in perspective how much a 500€/month stipend is.

Re: [Trisquel-users] What tcl/tk is recommended for TrisQuel?

2016-04-15 Thread jbar
You need to install tcl $ sudo apt-get install tcl http://packages.trisquel.info/belenos/tcl

Re: [Trisquel-users] Question Application Menu Gnome Shell

2016-04-15 Thread jbar
I currently don't use gnome-shell, but if I remember correctly it puts the application menu, which normally is in the top bar next to 'Activities' button, at the top left corner of the application window.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Question about Trisquel 8 and MATE.

2016-04-15 Thread jbar
We can suppose it will be the mate version included in ubuntu 16.04 http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/mate-desktop

Re: [Trisquel-users] An Ubuntu based off of Budgie could be in the works

2016-04-15 Thread jbar
Good to know. Budgie desktop seems promising.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to read .azw and .azw3 files

2016-04-15 Thread jbar
More DRM-free resources http://www.defectivebydesign.org/guide

Re: [Trisquel-users] What tcl/tk is recommended for TrisQuel?

2016-04-15 Thread jbar
scid is also in the repos http://packages.trisquel.info/search?keywords=scid=names=belenos=all

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel is my new main OS :3

2016-04-15 Thread jbar
Welcome, jacktek92. If you need to check hardware compatibility https://h-node.org/home/index/en is a good site to search.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel is my new main OS :3

2016-04-15 Thread jbar
From 'Trisquel Community Guidelines' https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/trisquel-community-guidelines "Our community's resources --the forum, documentation, etc-- are for free software only. Please do not distribute, recommend, or support non-free software here."

Re: [Trisquel-users] [POLL] What is your preferred desktop environment of Trisquel 8 ?

2016-04-15 Thread jbar
Mate and GNOME are the only desktop environments that fit the accessibility support required by trisquel. So they are the only possible choices for the default trisquel version.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How do you remove backports updates?

2016-04-15 Thread jbar
You can reinstall them.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Migrating from gnome to mate

2016-04-15 Thread jbar
The same icons and gtk themes will also work with mate. The window manager theme (mostly the window title bar) is what is different, as far as I know. Regarding menu entries you can modify the corresponding .desktop files to be shown or hidden in specific desktop environments using

Re: [Trisquel-users] [POLL] What is your preferred desktop environment of Trisquel 8 ?

2016-04-15 Thread jbar
There's xfdashboard under development, which adds similar features than gnome-shell to xfce. http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfdashboard/start

Re: [Trisquel-users] With Trisquel 8 using MATE by default, here's something new if you like Unity

2016-04-15 Thread jbar
The only info I know of is this post https://trisquel.info/en/forum/any-news-regarding-upcoming-lts-trisquel-80-lts#comment-84923

Re: [Trisquel-users] Debian and Firefox

2016-04-15 Thread jbar
Just a name change. Debian will still build their own binaries, not Mozilla's. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=815006#15

Re: [Trisquel-users] If you want Cinnamon 2.8 in Trisquel 7

2016-04-15 Thread jbar
@onpon4: "I think jxself said that Trisquel 8 is going to be using MATE." Yes, this is the post https://trisquel.info/en/forum/any-news-regarding-upcoming-lts-trisquel-80-lts#comment-84923

Re: [Trisquel-users] Problems Installing VIM

2016-02-07 Thread jbar
vim is a terminal application, so open a terminal and execute $ vim If you want a graphical interface, then install gvim

Re: [Trisquel-users] Python to Move to Github

2016-02-07 Thread jbar
More info on the topic from jxself site https://jxself.org/goodbye-gitorious.shtml

Re: [Trisquel-users] Flyer Ideas about distributed computing

2016-02-07 Thread jbar
"There is no cloud – just other people’s computers" FSFE Merchandise https://fsfe.org/order/order.en.html

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install Xubuntu in Trisquel?

2016-02-07 Thread jbar
I don't think DE are fragile. Especially xfce is pretty stable. Did you install xfce from trisquel repositories?

Re: [Trisquel-users] LibertyBSD 5.8 Release

2016-02-07 Thread jbar
Great! Thanks for contributing to free software community.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need help modifying a script

2016-02-07 Thread jbar
GNUser: "They use Perl, but I want to use bash (besides Perl is freaking weird to me, never learned to work with it). Basically I need only to learn how to look through the html of a youtube video page, and get the video url to download." Remember that bash is not a general purpose

Re: [Trisquel-users] Gnome Player doesn't work on live cd.

2016-02-07 Thread jbar
Go to gnome-mplayer preferences and choose x11 as video output. At least, this worked for me.

Re: [Trisquel-users] HTML Editors & Trisquel

2016-02-07 Thread jbar
For sure. Once you know emacs or vim nothing can replace them. So far I've been too lazy to learn them ;)

Re: [Trisquel-users] How can I install Linux-libre v4.3.3?

2016-02-07 Thread jbar
https://jxself.org/linux-libre/

Re: [Trisquel-users] [POLL] What is your preferred desktop environment of Trisquel 8 ?

2016-02-07 Thread jbar
I mainly use xfce, but from time to time I install GNOME (with GNOME-Shell) and the more I use it the more I like. So I'd like to see GNOME-Shell as default in Trisquel.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Old Fashioned Tiled Wallpaper

2016-02-07 Thread jbar
Some of these patterns are good for using as wallpaper http://subtlepatterns.com/

Re: [Trisquel-users] traceroute

2016-02-07 Thread jbar
Is it installed? $ sudo apt-cache policy traceroute http://packages.trisquel.info/belenos/traceroute

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install Xubuntu in Trisquel?

2016-02-07 Thread jbar
Just some examples of xfce great configurations: https://irenegr.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/magic-mushrooms/ https://irenegr.wordpress.com/2013/06/23/spider-in-love/ https://irenegr.wordpress.com/2013/05/26/xubuntu-13-10-2/ https://irenegr.wordpress.com/2013/09/29/psychedelic-xubuntu-13-10/

Re: [Trisquel-users] How can I install Linux-libre v4.3.3?

2016-02-07 Thread jbar
Yes, you're right. Jason is a great contributor to free software community https://trisquel.info/en/users/jxself

Re: [Trisquel-users] Reinstalling The Desktop

2016-02-07 Thread jbar
sudo apt-get reinstall trisquel will reinstall all the programs in the metapackage. But if you have modified application configurations you should remove the corresponding config files, usually in ~/.some_app or ~/.config/some_app, to reset them to their original state.

Re: [Trisquel-users] [POLL] What is your preferred desktop environment of Trisquel 8 ?

2016-02-07 Thread jbar
A couple of years ago there were unmet dependencies with nvidia stuff https://trisquel.info/en/forum/elementary-os-desktop-environment-trisquel#comment-41980

Re: [Trisquel-users] AYUDAA!! NO SE COMO CONECTARME AL WIFI DESDE TRISQUEL

2016-02-07 Thread jbar
Este foro es en inglés. En español tienes https://trisquel.info/en/forum/trisquel-usuarios Las tarjetas wifi son de los dispositivos más problemáticos a la hora de que funcionen con software 100% libre. Puedes encontrar información muy valiosa en https://h-node.org/

Re: [Trisquel-users] How can I make a bootable USB with Trisquuel mini?

2016-02-07 Thread jbar
From the command line $ sudo dd if=/path/to/iso/image.iso of=/dev/sdx bs=4M; sudo sync being sdx the usb device. To find it you can use $ sudo ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/*usb* or $ sudo fdisk -l

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install Xubuntu in Trisquel?

2016-02-07 Thread jbar
If you like xubuntu default theme, greybird, just install murrine-themes and it will be available in appearance configuration.

Re: [Trisquel-users] I want to use dwm instead of GNOME. Where is .xinitrc?

2016-02-07 Thread jbar
just create a file named .xinitrc in your home folder https://wiki.debian.org/Xinitrc https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinitrc

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is my kernel still being low latency if updating it?

2016-02-07 Thread jbar
There's also linux-image-4.4.0-gnu installed, not only "linux-image-xxx-lowlatency" kernels.

Re: [Trisquel-users] HTML Editors & Trisquel

2016-02-07 Thread jbar
I like geany, it's a general purpose editor. http://geany.org/

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to install Xubuntu in Trisquel?

2016-02-07 Thread jbar
For sure. Any desktop environment or window manager can look awesome.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Gnome Player doesn't work on live cd.

2016-02-07 Thread jbar
"If I try a movie, the video works perfectly but the audio doesn't work." That's the part I was referring to. You open a video and the sound is ok but a black screen is showed.

Re: [Trisquel-users] The Fingerprints of Abrowser

2015-11-25 Thread jbar
Here you can find useful information on privacy settings for your browser https://www.privacytools.io/

Re: [Trisquel-users] What DE do you prefer for Trisquel 8?

2015-11-07 Thread jbar
My favourite DE is xfce, but I think trisquel should use GNOME Shell as default. It's modern, beautiful and good in accesibility. Maybe developers try to mimic windows layout in order to make easier the change from windows to trisquel, but Trisquel default desktop should not be less

Re: [Trisquel-users] Executable script won't execute in panel

2015-10-20 Thread jbar
GNUser said: "anyone feel free to use my script it you need/like it :)" I know that's a small script, but it's a good habit adding a free license to it https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.html

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel rescue usb stick

2015-10-12 Thread jbar
Take a look at the packages included in ubuntu rescue remix http://www.ubuntu-rescue-remix.org/Software And here you can find documentation on data recovery https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DataRecovery

Re: [Trisquel-users] Making radeon work again by bringing back Linux-libre 3.4

2015-10-07 Thread jbar
Don't you see your new kernel under "Advanced options for GNU/Linux Trisquel"?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Making radeon work again by bringing back Linux-libre 3.4

2015-10-06 Thread jbar
You have to press 'shift' key on boot to access grub menu.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Making radeon work again by bringing back Linux-libre 3.4

2015-10-05 Thread jbar
After adding the repo, update the list and install the new kernel $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install linux-libre64-3.4

Re: [Trisquel-users] Modernizing the Trisquel forums

2015-10-04 Thread jbar
I also think that a better forum and a wiki are needed. I guess this drupal bundle remains because is easier to mantain (I'm aware of the lack of hands working on trisquel). With the current forum when a thread is never-ending indented is impossible to follow. It also lacks features like

Re: [Trisquel-users] Why Security Experts Are Using an Ancient Email Format in 2015

2015-09-15 Thread jbar
I was also wondering what's the problem with html. If the email client does not execute javascript, etc., reading html should be secure, shouldn't it? Many of the posible issues I've found are related to email clients bugs. But it seems that the web viewer can send information to the server

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-09-04 Thread jbar
Thanks, xfce is very versatile apart from lightweight

Re: [Trisquel-users] Very basic: How to actually instal Radeon Kernel ?

2015-08-19 Thread jbar
https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/update-linux-libre-kernel

Re: [Trisquel-users] Terminal Split Windows

2015-08-16 Thread jbar
It depends on the terminal emulator. For example, 'terminator' has that option.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How many Lesbian bisexuals, homosexuals and transensuals t are on the Trisquel forum?

2015-08-15 Thread jbar
I'm from Spain and our laws (and society) are very concerned with LGBT rights. The self-sex marriage in Spain is one of the most, if not the most, advanced in the world. It includes the right of adoption, etc., on equal terms with a heterosexual couple.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How many women there are on the Trisquel forum?

2015-08-14 Thread jbar
I think being man or woman is as irrelevant as being tall or fat or whatever. People in the forum are just people interested in free software.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Icecat 31.7.0

2015-06-26 Thread jbar
Ice Cactus is a variant of the Cactus in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare... http://plantsvszombies.wikia.com/wiki/Ice_Cactus

Re: [Trisquel-users] Best Project Management CMS Software and Also Git Collabarative Software? (Free Software of course)

2015-06-15 Thread jbar
Look at the web page footer ;) http://gogs.io/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Migrate from Ubuntu to Trisquel without reinstalling

2015-06-14 Thread jbar
I don't use the default desktop, but I think is 'trisquel' metapackage which installs all the GNOME stuff.

Re: [Trisquel-users] XFCE Tiling/Cascading Windows

2015-06-11 Thread jbar
No, xfwm has not a true tiling mode. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xfwm#Window_tiling

Re: [Trisquel-users] GNU Savannah Package Name

2015-06-08 Thread jbar
http://download.gna.org/savane-doc/savane-install-guide-HTML/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Which packages Trisquel provides in order to provide codes for common video audio files.

2015-06-03 Thread jbar
Take a look at trisquel-codecs metapackage http://packages.trisquel.info/belenos/trisquel-codecs

Re: [Trisquel-users] How inconvenient freedom can be?

2015-05-26 Thread jbar
In a trisquel workstation you don't need to run periodically anti malware software or defrag the disks. Just update the system when required. And install/remove software is very easy with tools like synaptic. In my opinion, this makes trisquel very user-friendly. Although freedom is more

Re: [Trisquel-users] What is wrong with current (pre-installed) version of libgtk-3-0 for 7.0 (belenos)?

2015-04-15 Thread jbar
The repository is constantly changing. That's why your system can keep upgraded. If you apt-get update you will see newer candidates for the packages.

Re: [Trisquel-users] What is wrong with current (pre-installed) version of libgtk-3-0 for 7.0 (belenos)?

2015-04-14 Thread jbar
Have you dist-upgraded your system? I have installed a newer version of libgtk-3-0 $ sudo apt-cache policy libgtk-3-0 libgtk-3-0: Instalados: 3.10.8-0ubuntu1.4 Candidato: 3.10.8-0ubuntu1.4 Tabla de versión: *** 3.10.8-0ubuntu1.4 0 500 http://es.archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/

Re: [Trisquel-users] i3wm on a Trisquel 7 and dual screen issue + intro

2015-04-06 Thread jbar
I thought Trisquel actually prevents non-free programs installation Such a system wouldn't be free software, since it's up to the user what software install and run. Sometimes installing non-free software may be useful for the community, as explain in

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