Re: [Trisquel-users] Editing Trisquel Source
No need for the sudo.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 9 Needs A Name
Female supremacy? Lol, I don't think Fil is the "SJW" here.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Most people hate free software
Agreed. Similarly, I can come up with this example: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/04/27/there-was-no-love-in-this-kids-life-parents-fed-hot-dog-smoothies-to-starving-6-year-old-boy/
Re: [Trisquel-users] Is httpseverywhere useless?
HTTPS Everywhere has a set of rules for different websites. You can get a rule for hedgewars.org added if you want, just submit a pull request.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Most people hate free software
"The Human Being is a omnivorous animal after all." Indeed, we are omnivorous, not carnivorous. We can survive entirely on a plant-based diet, and it causes less harm both to animals and to the environment to consume plants rather than animals. Defending eating meat because it is natural is fallacious for two reasons: (1) it is an appeal to nature. Many things that happen in nature (for example, cannibalism) we would consider barbaric. And we do a lot of things by choice that are unnatural, for instance computers. Humans are not "naturally" predisposed to using computers. (2) The animal agriculture system is hardly natural. http://yourveganfallacyis.com/en/humans-are-omnivores "I too feel bad for other animals but I like to think that even if i didn't eat that meat, the animal would have been killed anyways or worst, been killed and then the meat thrown away making it's death worthless." You would like to think that, but that is wishful thinking at best. If the demand goes down, the number of animals killed will go down. By going vegan, you can decrease the demand for meat thus decreasing the number of animals killed. "Anyways, if you prefer to still avoid meat it's fine, just don't forget to get all the vitamins and other stuff that usually comes from meat from other alternatives." Yes, this is easy to do if you eat a varied diet with plenty of vegetables and fruits. You should supplement B12 of course, and D if you live in a place with less sunlight, but many non-vegans should think about supplementing these too. Anyway, this is why I believe that it is the logical choice for anyone with the ability to go vegan to do so.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Most people hate free software
In that case, isn't choosing to use free software also a lifestyle choice that can cause a lot of stress? Except the difference is, using proprietary software reduces your own freedom a little bit, while consuming animal products harms others to the point of having no freedom whatsoever. Compared to animal rights, software freedom is an almost trivial issue, ethically speaking.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Most people hate free software
Veganism does not cause depression, and it's not expensive. Yes, the various fake meats are expensive, but those are unnecessary. Stop spreading FUD.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't get math to work in PDF
Use the Android version of MuPDF. It is available on F-Droid.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Quantum kicks ass
I use the KWallet extension and Saved Password Editor.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Quantum kicks ass
Once 59 ESR comes out.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Quantum kicks ass
I guess I will try 57 out, but I'm sticking with 52 ESR until 59 ESR comes out. Hopefully by then all of my addons will have WebExtensions versions... (By the way a WebExtensions version of NoScript is out.)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Which browser should one use if one is after stability and support for existing features?
I use Firefox ESR. Works fine for now, but it will break WebExtensions at some point next year.
Re: [Trisquel-users] That's it, I will recreate Trisquel 8!
That's an old package. Use this one instead: https://packages.debian.org/sid/all/firmware-ath9k-htc/download
Re: [Trisquel-users] Who of this community honestly runs Trisquel GNU/Linux?
I don't.
Re: [Trisquel-users] ar9271 works on debian 9 64bit main?
What error messages? You have to run it as root. YOu can open a root shell with "sudo -s". Yes, you can download the .deb file, but apt verifies the signature.
Re: [Trisquel-users] ar9271 works on debian 9 64bit main?
> Do I use sudo nano to edit the file? Sure, you can do that. > I prefer if I could get the download link. OK, instead of using "apt install" you can use "apt download" to give you the .deb file. > Is it a requirement to know how to edit the source software which is turned into a debian package? > Must you know what every line in the source software does? No. You can read more about Debian packaging here: https://wiki.debian.org/Packaging#What_is_a_.22package.22.3F. > Looks as if it can be edited as it is. Really? I mean, anyone can edit a binary file, but you wouldn't realistically expect anyone to modify the software that way.
Re: [Trisquel-users] ar9271 works on debian 9 64bit main?
First, remember that Debian is run by volunteers. The firmware entered Debian after the freeze, so it isn't possible for it to be in stretch. It will, however, be in Debian 10 'buster'. > Those who make source software to debian software must they also master how to edit the source software? I don't understand this sentence of yours. > you get a file named htc_9271.fw. That file is about 1100 lines. I think you can do without the htc_7010.fw file. But that is the binary, not the human-readable source code! The source code is much longer. > Can you download the firmware file or debian software? I just gave you the instructions, just run those commands.
Re: [Trisquel-users] ar9271 works on debian 9 64bit main?
> What is this? It is a privacy feature. You can read about it here: https://blogs.gnome.org/thaller/2016/08/26/mac-address-spoofing-in-networkmanager-1-4-0/. This feature is enabled in Debian 9, but not in Debian 8. Unfortunately it breaks ath9k-htc USB adapters. > I want to file a report to debian about the firmware not being in debian 9 main 64bit and if you install the firmware debian package, it does not work. What should I write debian? It takes time to package stuff. It takes a long time just for someone to volunteer to do it. The firmware reached the Debian repos after the stretch freeze, so it was too late for Debian 9. Also, I don't know which source code you're looking at, but it is a lot more than 1100 lines (not that this matters). > Version 1.3 1 is not the latest version? > Where can I download the latest fw file? > Which version is the latest version? No, the latest version is 1.4.0. It is included in the main (AKA free software only repo) of Debian sid (unstable). If you want to install it, just run this in a root shell: dpkg -P open-ath9k-htc-firmware TMP=$(mktemp -p /etc/apt/sources.list.d --suffix=.list) echo 'deb http://deb.debian.org/debian sid main' >> "$TMP" apt update apt install firmware-ath9k-htc rm "$TMP" apt update
Re: [Trisquel-users] I found a new libre distro you all might be interested in...
Now we just need Ellipse.
Re: [Trisquel-users] ar9271 works on debian 9 64bit main?
This is a known bug, I'm not sure in what. The workaround is to add the following lines to your /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf: [device] wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=no MAC address randomization during scanning doesn't work, so you will have to sacrifice some privacy.
Re: [Trisquel-users] deleted ext4 partition
Well, you have a backup, so it's not that bad. Reinstall Trisquel, and restore your backup. To boot from your USB drive, just use your BIOS options. You can also use GRUB (edit one of the existing entries).
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to be free
As for E-Ink devices, there is a Debian-based free software (with the exception of the WiFi firmware, which you can remove) stack for Kobo e-readers: https://github.com/lgeek/okreader. I think that is probably the best option. I am planning to get one of these for myself.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 is not old
It's not a good idea to stay on Trisquel 6.
Re: [Trisquel-users] I noticed that trisquel beta is out.
systemd doesn't restrict freedom.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't open encrypted HDD
From the Live CD, install the package lvm2.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Intel AMT
It is impossible for all of the modern Intel processors. The ME is cryptographically signed, so there is no way to remove or replace it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Intel AMT
nfortunately, ME can't be completely removed starting with Nehalem (2008/2009) unless you're OK with the computer shutting off after 30 minutes. But you can use a script called me_cleaner to remove as much of the ME as possible. I'm not brave enough to try it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] What do you think about the Non-Distros?
I usually ignore them when I can. Now anyone can make their own "distro". The worst one I've seen is a "distro" made by white supremacists.
Re: [Trisquel-users] System 76 Is Coming Out With a Free Distro
What is the point? It's just a rebranded Ubuntu.
Re: [Trisquel-users] leak of windows source software. Beneficial?
Oracle claims that Google copied these 9 (trivial) lines of code: https://fossbytes.com/9-lines-of-code-that-google-stole-from-oracle-java-android/. Such a small amount of code shouldn't even be copyrightable.
Re: [Trisquel-users] leak of windows source software. Beneficial?
It's the code developed after the leak that could potentially cause problems.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Reminder: Current version of Trisquel has software that is over 3 years old
Actually, the Debian installer prompts you for a firmware package to use. You can download this package and supply it to the installer.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Kate has an intolerable flaw; read on, please.
I have never had this issue.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Mission impossible: Family privacy
Yeah, most people my age generally do not care about their privacy. You can't force someone to be concerned about privacy.
Re: [Trisquel-users] ¿How to obtain source code from closed company’s privative programs?
Copyright doesn't last forever, just a really long time. But copyright expiration won't give you access to source code.
Re: [Trisquel-users] PDF problems: Any way to evade installation of Adobe Reader? Urgent.
In my experience, documents with XFA forms usually work in Okular. They give a warning, but you can still fill in the forms, though they can't be saved in the document (Okular stores them in its dotfiles). I just print to PDF from Okular, which generally works fine.
Re: [Trisquel-users] make a free software version of google earth?
Wait, why doesn't Marble use Landsat images? https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Landsat They aren't as high resolution as the commercial ones, but much better than the ones used currently.
Re: [Trisquel-users] make a free software version of google earth?
Yeah, I use Marble, but the satellite images are very low resolution. They are from NASA, and there isn't really anything else because of the copyright problem.
[Trisquel-users] Replicant 6.0 released
https://blog.replicant.us/2017/05/replicant-6-0-released/
[Trisquel-users] OCRmyPDF
If you have any scanned PDF's and you want to make them searchable I highly recommend ocrmypdf: https://github.com/jbarlow83/OCRmyPDF Just run: $ ocrmypdf input.pdf output.pdf and it will run Tesseract OCR and create a text layer so you can search/copy stuff.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The hijacking flaw that lurked in Intel chips is worse than anyone thought
I highly doubt it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The hijacking flaw that lurked in Intel chips is worse than anyone thought
This affects vPro/AMT, specifically.
[Trisquel-users] The hijacking flaw that lurked in Intel chips is worse than anyone thought
https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/05/the-hijacking-flaw-that-lurked-in-intel-chips-is-worse-than-anyone-thought/
Re: [Trisquel-users] Is Microsoft's PowerShell a Free Software?
No, it's not: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/master/license_thirdparty_proprietary.txt
Re: [Trisquel-users] why does the free software foundation reject mp3?
Full MP3 support coming soon to Fedora: https://fedoramagazine.org/full-mp3-support-coming-soon-to-fedora/
Re: [Trisquel-users] Is Trisquel 6 EOL'ed?
Yes, Trisquel automatically pulls updates from Ubuntu.
Re: [Trisquel-users] why does the free software foundation reject mp3?
FLAC is fine. It is developed by Xiph.Org as a free/unencumbered format.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The Replicant project calls for the Android SDK to be included in Trisuqel. Can you help?
Have you seen the queue of merge requests? https://devel.trisquel.info/groups/trisquel/merge_requests I am not going to work on this when it is unlikely to be even merged. If you are so optimistic about it, why don't you do it?
Re: [Trisquel-users] why does the free software foundation reject mp3?
Seems that it is unencumbered now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3#Licensing.2C_ownership_and_legislation Still, it is an old and inferior format.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The Replicant project calls for the Android SDK to be included in Trisuqel. Can you help?
There isn't much motivation for people to do that, because they take forever to be reviewed. In effect, a one-man project for now.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The Replicant project calls for the Android SDK to be included in Trisuqel. Can you help?
You'll have to ask quidam. This is a one-man project.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The Replicant project calls for the Android SDK to be included in Trisuqel. Can you help?
It will be in Trisquel 8: http://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/pool/main/a/android-sdk-meta/
Re: [Trisquel-users] Is there a good free alternative to Mendeley?
KBibTeX?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Support Lisa's fundraiser today
I don't think she accused anyone.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Wanna start contributing code? Ask your question here
scilab shouldn't be blocked anymore in flidas, because there's a replacement for the nonfree code. If it's still not there, that means the package helper system is malfunctioning.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Wanna start contributing code? Ask your question here
It took a long time, unfortunately, for it to get into Debian.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Canonical is killing Unity 8, will ship GNOME as default
I'm happy that they're ending Mir, but this sucks for the people that use Unity. Although maybe the community will take over.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EFF: Senate Puts ISP Profits Over Your Privacy
At least you admitted it. You don't care about states' rights.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EFF: Senate Puts ISP Profits Over Your Privacy
"You're out of your mind." Well, I'm only telling the truth. "Right wingers want to let them go" Not even Californians want to go, so that would not be "letting". You're out of your mind.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EFF: Senate Puts ISP Profits Over Your Privacy
"It is impressive how you are ready to find any excuse to dismiss facts and save your ideology." Relax, the country is not on the brink of a civil war.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EFF: Senate Puts ISP Profits Over Your Privacy
If the federal government actually supports state rights, they should give grant money to all of the states regardless of their internal policies, or not give any grant money at all. Of course Calexit is supported by right wingers, because that is who it would benefit. California is one of the sanest states in the Union as well as the most populous, and Republicans would be elated if they were to leave. Of course, most Californians don't support secession, and secession is illegal (there was a war over it). Speaking of Texas, do you support states' "rights" to own slaves? For sure, the government made the right decision to not let them secede. And yes, we aren't trying to beat anyone on states rights, this isn't a competition. We are simply pointing out the right's hypocrisy on states' rights. Republicans don't actually care about states' rights except when they can use it to oppress people (like the one time when states tried to secede).
Re: [Trisquel-users] EFF: Senate Puts ISP Profits Over Your Privacy
Actually, the Norwegian unemployment rate is similar to that of the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_unemployment_rate. As for low prison rates, that might have to do with the Norwegian prison system, which attempts to rehabilitate rather than punish. Still, I don't see what these things, along with diversity/homogeneity and defense, have to do with the Internet!
Re: [Trisquel-users] EFF: Senate Puts ISP Profits Over Your Privacy
Yes, since it is a federal issue, the states are allowed to tell their police not to enforce it. It is not the states' responsibility to help enforce it. And if you support states' rights, it doesn't make any sense to oppose cities' rights within the states (just replace the state with cities and the federal government with the state, and make the same arguments you already make for states' rights). At least if your support for states' rights is a matter of principle, which I strongly suspect it isn't.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EFF: Senate Puts ISP Profits Over Your Privacy
But Republicans are okay with states preventing municipalities from providing municipal broadband. This is similar to when Texas banned cities from banning fracking and Michigan banned plastic bag bans. Another example of this is when Sean Spicer criticized Dan Malloy for not enforcing federal (not the state's responsibility to enforce) immigration law. Sean Spicer/Donald Trump are not "RINOs," they are the face of the modern Republican party.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Ring joins GNU
Doesn't look like it. You can use this: https://ring.cx/en/download/gnu-linux
Re: [Trisquel-users] EFF: Senate Puts ISP Profits Over Your Privacy
I thought the right wing was all for local/state rights and should be fine with local governments providing broadband. But guess what, it turns out that Republicans are for states' rights only when the Democrats are in control. ;)
Re: [Trisquel-users] EFF: Senate Puts ISP Profits Over Your Privacy
I will trust the EFF over Breitbart any day. Marsha Blackburn is bought by the telecom industry. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/meet-marsha-blackburn-big-telecoms-best-friend-in-congress
Re: [Trisquel-users] Wich is your favorite libre game?
I know of dunnet. It is part of Emacs.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EFF: Senate Puts ISP Profits Over Your Privacy
The house voted for the bill: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2017/roll200.xml. It will soon become law after Trump signs it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] EFF: Senate Puts ISP Profits Over Your Privacy
All of the Democrats (and independents that caucus with them) voted against it, and all but 2 Republicans voted for it (the other 2 did not vote). Also, Rand Paul (the "libertarian") wants to have it both ways -- he cosponsored the bill but then missed the vote so that he can say he didn't vote for it. Just an observation.
Re: [Trisquel-users] how to save these documents in a free format
XFA forms are not part of the standard and aren't supported by any free PDF reader. However, I usually find that in such documents, the forms work. I think XFA adds some fancy features like rich text, but I think if you don't need those, Okular should work fine. You can also use Okular's annotations (press F6 or Tools->Review) if you find that you can't type in a field.
Re: [Trisquel-users] New blog post, please!
Good, but irrelevant to Trisquel.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Is Android Studio Truly Free Software?
I believe the binaries are proprietary. However, Debian has recently packaged the Android SDK, and those packages are built from source and free. You can run Debian testing and install the android-sdk package.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing Trisquel to replace Windows 10
dd for windows: http://www.chrysocome.net/dd
Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing Trisquel to replace Windows 10
You don't open the ISO, you "burn" it to a USB drive (or CD or DVD): https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/how-create-liveusb
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 is STILL not out yet?
Trisquel doesn't accept contributions (OK, very rarely). That is a valid complaint, but I just moved to a different distribution.
Re: [Trisquel-users] firefox
Not the official Mozilla binaries.
Re: [Trisquel-users] stopping unwanted telemetry in Toutatis browser
Please don't use IceCat. It is not updated regularly and has security vulnerabilities (right now it is at 45.5.1, while Firefox ESR is at 45.7.0).
Re: [Trisquel-users] My parents think if I advise someone how to use free software I might go to prision
Don't give Trump any ideas!
Re: [Trisquel-users] Floss Latex
Same with Okular. It automatically reloads documents. There is also a useful feature called SyncTeX which lets you click in your PDF viewer, which will take you to the source corresponding to that part of the document.
Re: [Trisquel-users] I think I caught Widigo
If you don't use it, then disable it: systemctl disable ssh
Re: [Trisquel-users] Floss Latex
Install TeX Live (texlive for a decent selection, and texlive-full for the complete distribution). You can use whatever text editor you want.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Wireless problems with free software compatible hardware
It should work. Maybe there is an issue with NetworkManager.
Re: [Trisquel-users] I think I caught Widigo
No, I downloaded the Ubuntu package (1.5.9-8ubuntu1), and that is the checksum that I got.
Re: [Trisquel-users] I think I caught Widigo
45598330193c7f910453f603b358edd4 is right. I just downloaded the package and that is what I get. You should be fine.
Re: [Trisquel-users] I think I caught Widigo
The ssh -G test no longer works since -G is a legitimate option since OpenSSH 6.8 See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=796599, https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-6.8, and https://github.com/eset/malware-ioc/tree/master/windigo. The last link gives other methods of determining if you are infected. Meanwhile, I highly recommend using key-based authentication for ssh (and disabling password authentication), as well as a firewall.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Is it possible to create a complete backup of Trisquel?
Be sure to back up /etc, and anything else you care about. Or you can just copy the whole installation.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 + Plasme Desktop (KDE) screenshots
For integration of GTK+ programs, install gtk3-engines-breeze. Works for both GTK+2 and GTK+3.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser not playing soundfiles - problem with libavcodec?
Report the bugs? The only issue I have with PulseAudio is flat volumes which I find annoying, but that can easily be disabled.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Please contritube to Trisquel 8!
Rubén should take a look at the queue of merge requests: https://devel.trisquel.info/trisquel/package-helpers/merge_requests
Re: [Trisquel-users] Replicant: First steps to wifi support
This post was a bit misleading. I expected to see development on a free firmware for the Broadcom chip.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Glib-CRITICAL
You can just make a new partition table. GParted offers this functionality but you can also use dd (always be careful with dd, it can be very destructive).
Re: [Trisquel-users] LUKS + LVM without /boot in a separate partition
I have this setup on my computers, it is not very hard to do. I will do a write up at some point.
Re: [Trisquel-users] I need orientation for buying an Arduino
It's probably not what you're looking for. https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Introduction
Re: [Trisquel-users] I need orientation for buying an Arduino
You can install the arduino package (in Trisquel, and Parabola's 'community' repository).
Re: [Trisquel-users] Quality and security of tox
When I tried to use Tox it was really buggy and crashed a lot, and video didn't work. This was about 6 months ago, and I hope it is more stable now.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The death of CyanogenMod will affect Replicant?
It seems that it's continuing under a new name while Cyanogen Inc. is being shut down. The source code is here: https://github.com/lineageos. I don't think it will affect Replicant.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Development of Trisquel 8.0 "Flidas" Software proposal by category : Internet
What about Ring? It looks promising, but I haven't tried it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Just a friendly reminder that Trisquel 7.0 is not outdated
It's not just "shiny" stuff. I needed newer versions of GCC and Qt for a program. But that is fine, because Parabola and Debian testing/unstable exist.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel made the news
Don't feed the troll.
