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

2016-06-05 Thread onpon4
A couple days late due to the Goblin Refuge's uploads not working correctly, but here's a quick update in video form: https://goblinrefuge.com/mediagoblin/u/onpon4/m/retux-cds-have-arrived/

Re: [Trisquel-users] When will Trisquel 8.0 (Flidas) release?

2016-06-05 Thread inkoia
Well... I've donated some BC to ask forgiveness for reviving this post with such a discussion... Considering the user base, I wouldn't expect Trisquel coming sooner than Elementary OS (last blog post on 26th of April) or Linux Mint. Everything can be improved, and a better approach might

Re: [Trisquel-users] When will Trisquel 8.0 (Flidas) release?

2016-06-05 Thread mnaus
"You are paying him to work on the project" Really? OK, well you are not paying him anywhere near enough to keep him from quitting and taking a consulting job that pays 10x as much money. In fact, he is sacrificing a lot of money to help YOU and you owe him a lot more money for doing

Re: [Trisquel-users] Laptop too hot - CPU (almost) always at 100%

2016-06-05 Thread gnuser
As far as I am aware, no I don't have any other stuff running on the background. And truth be said, I only see kworker eating my CPU,no other processes. I ran the command you suggested and there was no "recoll" or "recollindex" on the list. I will try to run that again when I have the issue

Re: [Trisquel-users] When will Trisquel 8.0 (Flidas) release?

2016-06-05 Thread mnaus
Ruben says he was hired as a senior system administrator--that has other responsibilities. Ruben said, "I'm now in a job situation more compatible with the project" This implies to me that his new job will make it easier to find time to work on Trisquel. It does not imply to me that his

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

2016-06-05 Thread mnaus
Lots of people think that way until they learn about the issues. Why are you here when you can use a MacBook or tablet?

[Trisquel-users] Trisquel is about ethics not technology or innovation

2016-06-05 Thread albertoefg
Just a friendly reminder for those of you that seem anxious for new releases (and other things like chromium, android, skype, spotify, the most powerful computer you can buy, and so on) : https://audio-video.gnu.org/video/short--undated--rms--free-software-four-freedoms.ogv You may want to

Re: [Trisquel-users] When will Trisquel 8.0 (Flidas) release?

2016-06-05 Thread davidvargas1
If I have to wait two years for a new release of Trisquel, I rather eat other flavors of yogurt Ice cream. This trisquel started to taste like an expired by date paico,,,

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

2016-06-05 Thread tegskywalker
College students are more interested in MacBooks and tablets than an underpowered laptop with a Windows XP interface. Have you walked around a campus lately or been in their library? You will see the Apple logo everywhere.

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

2016-06-05 Thread mnaus
I disagree. You cannot speak for every college student in the world because you visited a campus last month. You can't even speak for every college student on that campus! This is not an all-or-nothing venture. If we got 1% of the students turned on to the Free Software Movement, whether

Re: [Trisquel-users] netinstall; first timer's question

2016-06-05 Thread adel
Uruk seems easier since it's all set up out of the box. Thanks MD!

Re: [Trisquel-users] netinstall; first timer's question

2016-06-05 Thread pinmaritim
I'm running it 90% of the time and it's great ! i just changed de Black Maté https://trisquel.info/en/forum/uruk-screenshot-and-font-rendering

Re: [Trisquel-users] When will Trisquel 8.0 (Flidas) release?

2016-06-05 Thread tegskywalker
Ruben is employed by the FSF now, so he can concentrate on Trisquel. He is getting paid no matter what and why it would be surprising if Trisquel 8 took so long.

Re: [Trisquel-users] When will Trisquel 8.0 (Flidas) release?

2016-06-05 Thread mnaus
Anybody who has read even half of what I've written in this thread knows what I think on these issues. We are going around in circles; We are repeating ourselves. Ruben has already given a timeline here: https://trisquel.info/en/new-cycle-what-we-achieved-and-whats-come Ruben said, "This

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

2016-06-05 Thread tegskywalker
I can see the appeal of a traditional desktop or laptop with GNU/Linux for a programmer or tech savvy person at a university, but if they are an engineering or computer science student, they are aware of alternatives or run GNU/Lunux already. As for the average 18-22 year old, they are

[Trisquel-users] Anyone using LibertyBSD? How does it compare to Trisquel?

2016-06-05 Thread gnuser
Anyone here who uses in real hardware LibertyBSD? What tasks you usually do with it, and how well does it perform compared to a Trisquel machine? I have always been curious about BSD and once thought about using OpenBSD, so LIbertyBSD is appealing to me. Though I am very very happy with my

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

2016-06-05 Thread calmstorm
hmm... you do have a point, even if google doesn't go to the same lengths in restrictions, they are worse in being "better with spying" so then I guess none of them, apple, google or microsoft is any good. meh I suspected that two out of the three were bad, but google I guess is worse than

Re: [Trisquel-users] did you know about appelbaum?

2016-06-05 Thread danigaritarojas
>"On-line harassment" >"Someone bought a domain for a website exclusively about this" I'll say that exists the possibility that someone has it against him and someone has a political persecution against Jacob.

Re: [Trisquel-users] did you know about appelbaum?

2016-06-05 Thread danigaritarojas
Here's the whois of that domain http://paste.debian.net/715667 Apparently the owner is someone from Austria. I find really strange that someone bought a domain just for this. There are hundreds of free services they could have hosted this. But no, a domain just for this. Makes you think.

Re: [Trisquel-users] did you know about appelbaum?

2016-06-05 Thread danigaritarojas
>"I cannot access the stories. Can you?" How come? Is the website blocking visitors by country? Here's a copy https://archive.is/lPiEG

[Trisquel-users] did you know about appelbaum?

2016-06-05 Thread svhaab
http://news.softpedia.com/news/jacob-appelbaum-leaves-tor-project-over-multiple-sexual-misconduct-accusations-504873.shtml Did you know? I cannot access the stories. Can you? http://jacobappelbaum.net/

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

2016-06-05 Thread superbyelich
Not to mention you would be supporting an even more evil company by buying a chromebook.

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

2016-06-05 Thread dguthrie
Who are you to say they all want to conform or don't care about freedom and privacy? Most do not know. Anyway, I would say young people are least likely to conform and be content with their lot in life. Look at the strength of student movements for example.

Re: [Trisquel-users] When will Trisquel 8.0 (Flidas) release?

2016-06-05 Thread greatgnu
lulz, viejito, I am starting to predict your answers. I knew you'd write something like that. Btw, your post is the smartest one in this thread, being that the whole of it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] netinstall; first timer's question

2016-06-05 Thread adel
I just saw the screen that you posted; very cool!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel is about ethics not technology or innovation

2016-06-05 Thread dguthrie
I don't care about these silly "snappy packages", the newest software, or the latest and greatest technology. I care about software freedom, and Trisquel seems to offer it. I know we technically don't deserve anything (according to law) if we do not financially support the project. I think

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to translate sentences

2016-06-05 Thread jason
No it's not. Trisquel is released roughly every 2 years. Please don't expect 8 until closer to the end of 2016. Possibly not even until 2017.

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

2016-06-05 Thread dguthrie
More evil/less evil, I don't think we can say this. They all are bad, I don't see why Google is worse than Microsoft or Apple.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to translate sentences

2016-06-05 Thread alejandrohp
Trisquel 8 is near, right? Maybe this month. :|

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

2016-06-05 Thread superbyelich
Google tracks and infringes on peoples privacy no matter what the platform is. Microsoft may have some limited scope in this matter, but not like Google. Think about all the people now on Android or using Google Chrome. They have a much broader reach than Microsoft ever could have

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel is about ethics not technology or innovation

2016-06-05 Thread dguthrie
> I think most wont say: "hey thanks good to know", but "I don't care I want Trisquel now" That's wrong. I would like them to tell us how it is going, that's all. It's better than this walll of silence.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel is about ethics not technology or innovation

2016-06-05 Thread greatgnu
There are many ways to help the community. https://www.gnu.org/help/help.en.html

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel is about ethics not technology or innovation

2016-06-05 Thread albertoefg
Imagine this post: "Hello everyone we are still working on Trisquel 8. No release date yet because it is a lot of work" Will you be okay with it? I think most wont say: "hey thanks good to know", but "I don't care I want Trisquel now". I see no point in such a post

Re: [Trisquel-users] Uruk GNU/Linux, someone realeased a fork of Trisquel

2016-06-05 Thread adel
I tried to run live/install Uruk, but I get an error message (below) that stops me just after GRUB. This is on an iMac if that makes a difference. Any ideas on what might be wrong? [ 1.790268 i8042: No controller found

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

2016-06-05 Thread greatgnu
> Microsoft may have some limited scope in this matter, but not like Google. Mr. grimlok, I assume you haven't read Winbones 10 privacy policy.

Re: [Trisquel-users] did you know about appelbaum?

2016-06-05 Thread dguthrie
This does not belong here. The allegations are very serious, and aren't really appropriate for us to discuss in this manner.

Re: [Trisquel-users] did you know about appelbaum?

2016-06-05 Thread tesseract
Unsubstantiated allegations. It's not hard for someone to dish swill against a person they might have an issue with. Let the courts decide if it comes to that. Gossip never helps.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone using LibertyBSD? How does it compare to Trisquel?

2016-06-05 Thread enduzzer
http://libertybsd.net/ What's the program called that looks like a workspace switcher in the lower right corner?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone using LibertyBSD? How does it compare to Trisquel?

2016-06-05 Thread jadedml
It's only part of fvwm, sorry. You could probably get a similar-looking workspace switcher, though. The design's fairly generic, after all.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone using LibertyBSD? How does it compare to Trisquel?

2016-06-05 Thread enduzzer
Thanks for the reply. I tried libertyBSD on QEMU-kvm.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel is about ethics not technology or innovation

2016-06-05 Thread jabjabs
Can't like this post enough. The technology talk while nice can drown out the really important issues.

Re: [Trisquel-users] When will Trisquel 8.0 (Flidas) release?

2016-06-05 Thread jabjabs
The one think I really like about Trisquel is the slower release cycle, the it will be done when it is done mentality. Ubuntu is its own thing, we would all be best to ignore its movements. Not having the push an shove to be out on an exact date on an exact minute so that there can be the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel is about ethics not technology or innovation

2016-06-05 Thread albertoefg
I think you are missing my point entirely. Trisquel is not about new features. Trisquel is about taking care of your freedom. So we have to wait 6 months for installing snappy packages, yeah so what? We have our freedom. Is not like we are gonna get a bunch of new programs. Most of what I

Re: [Trisquel-users] When will Trisquel 8.0 (Flidas) release?

2016-06-05 Thread davesamcdxv
"What sacrifices are you making by using Trisquel 7 that you won't have to make once Trisquel 8 comes out?" I'm sure some of us would really want to try out KDE 5 (if not me)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel is about ethics not technology or innovation

2016-06-05 Thread dguthrie
When I'm saying "the community" I am mainly referring to the community of Trisquel. Of course I'd rather make something that would benefit people more widely and advocate free software philosophy in general than necessarily solely promote Trisquel. Thanks anyway, I haven't read that

Re: [Trisquel-users] did you know about appelbaum?

2016-06-05 Thread J.B. Nicholson
svh...@gmail.com wrote: Did you know? No, I was not aware of this. It would be helpful if there were something besides anonymous allegations and a vague press release from Tor which promises no further clarity ("We expect that this will be our only public statement."). I cannot access

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone using LibertyBSD? How does it compare to Trisquel?

2016-06-05 Thread jadedml
Yea, HD videos, 3D games, DVDs, etc work perfectly. LBSD's never crashed or had any errors for me when running multiple programs, or in general. And yea, I worked on deblobbing the ports tree. Hope you like LBSD when you do have a spare machine, mate.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel is about ethics not technology or innovation

2016-06-05 Thread tegskywalker
Snap packages are optional and can contain 100% free software. Oh and btw... The Snap program in Ubuntu is GPLv3: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/blob/master/COPYING

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone using LibertyBSD? How does it compare to Trisquel?

2016-06-05 Thread jadedml
I use LibertyBSD as my primary OS and it runs very well. You should note that hardware support is worse than that of Trisquel-- a very noticable bit that's missing is support for athn (ThinkPenguin wifi dongles). It runs just as well as Trisquel, other than that, and follows the Unix

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel is about ethics not technology or innovation

2016-06-05 Thread enduzzer
They should fix the multiple keyboard layout glitch any time soon.