For Pidgin, you may want to try the PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~pidgin-developers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
GNU Ring should be in the repositories so should be as easy to install as
running the apt-get command! (I just tried it, and it definitely works)
It's worth remembering that Trisquel 7 is
Dear all,
Ever since I became convinced of the importance of the Free Software
movement, I - an average joe computer user - have been only using free
software for my personal computing. I applaud all the efforts.
However, there is much work to be done. Let me briefly explain my situation:
Compiling Linux-libre is easy... but configuring it is not: always keep a
functional kernel installed since the one you build yourself may not boot if
you forgot to include essential modules for your hardware!
If you only do that, you will not learn anything. And not have a kernel that
is specifically configured for your hardware. The next step, 'make gconfig'
(or use whatever other interface you happen to like), is the interesting/hard
part: you will be drowning into a huge amount of components
I see, thanks! :)
How the h*** do I install GTK+?
" grevengull@GG-MB-P-9:~/kernel_compiling/linux-4.14.13$ make gconfig
*
* Unable to find the GTK+ installation. Please make sure that
* the GTK+ 2.0 development package is correctly installed...
* You need gtk+-2.0, glib-2.0 and libglade-2.0.
*
make[1]: *** No
Are you referring to Meltdown and Spectre? Those attacks have absolutely
nothing to do with the Management Engine.
Having up-to-date is important to be protected against known attacks such as
Meltdown and Spectre. Newer kernel may better support your hardware too,
especially if it is
I did not know that "make gconfig" was stuck with GTK 2 (not 3). Just use
another interface. 'make xconfig' for instance.
> Compiling Linux-libre is easy... but configuring it is not
what's what?
> always keep a functional kernel installed since the one you build yourself
may not boot if you forgot to include essential modules for your hardware!
A little bit down in the
Some days ago while the Intel ME thing was fresh, jxself had a fix in the
4.14.12 kernel, now there's a 4.14.13 on the releases page:
http://linux-libre.fsfla.org/pub/linux-libre/releases/ , my question is
simple: how important is it to always have the latest kernel?
Well that brings me to the question: How the hell do I install the xconfig Qt
thing? :p
On Tue, 2018-01-09 at 19:44 +0100, calmst...@posteo.de wrote:
> using windows = dumb... especially for government!!!
Then why do the leaked NSA slideshows show screenshots of them doing
their tasks with Windows?
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Caleb Herbert
OpenPGP public key: http://bluehome.net/csh/pubkey
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I'm using Trisquel 8 and loving it! Does anyone know of a good libre
alternative to Pocket (https://getpocket.com/)? Something with Android and
Abrowser support would be perfect.
> Content visable in the forum but not the mailing list:
> - usernames: I've gotten to know people to know by their usernames and now
> need to relearn who they are by their email addresses. This is not such a
> problem, but people frequently will refer to each other by their usernames
> ('See
On Thu, 2018-01-11 at 01:15 +0100, stu...@anchev.net wrote:
> The answer given by the Chromium dev surely is not to my taste. Yet it is
> more acceptable considering that even currently Chromium's test shows it to
> be a privacy respecting browser. Or can you show a test which demonstrate
>
I just use Abrowser's bookmarks, that you can tag. https://wallabag.org
directly compete with Pocket. Being free software, you can install it on
your own server.
Also what's the difference between all the places where one can get kernels?
You have jxself https://jxself.org/linux-libre/
and fsfla https://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/
and probably many more...
If 'make xconfig' does not work either, use 'make menuconfig'. This one will
work for sure.
I recommend XMPP, and any client software that is able to use Jingle,
and has it enabled. If I remember correctly, Trisquel's Pidgin has it
enabled.
At GNU Guix, we need some help to get both Pidgin and Gajim to have
Jingle enabled.
Jingle works well with one-to-one voice/video.
On Tue, 2018-01-09 at 21:08 +0100, lc...@dcc.ufmg.br wrote:
> I do not think there is software running in earphones/headphones.
My earbuds have play/pause and volume up/down buttons. I'm sure they
are controlled by firmware, but I don't think it's possible for anybody
to ever change the
+1 Emacs Org mode. Also has various capabilities (more than Markdown,
allows you to use docunments as agendas, and have notifications for the
events) and has more interpreters, not just Emacs.
2017-12-06T04:58:48+0100 fb...@runbox.com wrote:
> No worries. All is well that ends well. It's fair
You throw the baby out with the bathwater, which irritates me very much.
On Tue, 2018-01-09 at 19:47 +0100, stu...@anchev.net wrote:
> Could you please explain what freedom issues (apart from the one mentioned by
>
> me) there are? I have always thought Chromium is FLOSS.
If you're concerned
I commend you for your efforts in kicking out those dirty licences.
When we have enough free software at our call, we'll kick out those
dirty licenses ever more. :P
On Tue, 2018-01-09 at 23:18 +0100, arie...@allthethings.ca wrote:
> It's been 6 months and I've still rocking a Minifree Libreboot
I use the WebExtension called Stylus to apply a global Solarized theme I
found on GitHub. Unfortunately, it has no license, so I don't feel
comfortable recommending it to others.
If you find another CSS that works and has a license, send me a
screenshot of what it looks like and I will use it.
https://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/ is the homepage of the
Linux-libre project. The resulting source code is then compiled and packaged
to be easily installed (by package managers). Jxself not only works for that
project but also packages the kernels for distributions that
You have been making many points that are insightful and worth talking about in
themselves but that don't support a clear argument. This is perhaps a pitfall
of the point-by-point forum response style that I also tend toward. However,
the timing and frequency with which you temporarily reframe
The only issue I can think of is that there is no committment from
Node.js maintainers to guarantee software freedom. So we can't assume
that all software there is free.
There are some other issue with Node.js, but they are not related to
software freedom, and are way more technical. People from
> but there is nothing wrong with them claiming that their Debian-derived
> distro PureOS is libre because it is,
I see they've recommended Etcher, an Electron app. They didn't respond
to me on IRC when I said Electron was a possible FSDG issue, since
Fedora and FSDG distros (specifically
On Tue, 2018-01-09 at 16:02 +0100, fb...@runbox.com wrote:
> Things are not always black and white and people juggle with many types of
> competing priorities. I respect the resolve of those who reject every
> proprietary program, but life is full of other inconveniences (like finding
> food
Stallman's Law
Now that corporations dominate society and write the laws, each advance
or change in technology is an opening for them to further restrict or
mistreat its users.
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/stallmans-law.html
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I applaud your success, ariellab. Different people live different
circumstances, so you cannot assume everyone can set work boundaries in the
same way.
In many places of the world, it takes much courage to do many of the things
you may take for granted in your context/country/culture. This
Then something is wrong because that is exactly what it is supposed to be
doing. Check out /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal and you will see.
"In the common case, this results in exactly two kernels saved but it can
result in three kernels being saved. It's better to err on the side
Hello ariellab,
If I understand correctly, you are using a librebooted computer. If so, GRUB
is in libreboot; meaning GRUB resides on your ROM chip, not on your harddisk.
To look at -- and modify -- the GRUB configuration, you'll need to use
"flashrom" to get an image of the current ROM
Trisquel 8 is here and good enough for daily use, I hear. I don't personally
use it because some of the software I need doesn't have to be the latest and
the greatest and either it isn't ready yet on T8 or it has dependencies on
software I don't want but do not have the time and knowledge to
I can say that I am a teenager. I do not post photos to FB but my parents did
(it was long time ago, but I manually deleted them)
They now post photos of our other child family members and even has a
facebook for them, they cheated the birthday so they created the facebook
even though I am
I currently cannot get a job since I am still studying.
Oh. So that's it.
My guess is that it's some sort of a browser update or something because I
don't have the time to look into other possibilities right now or the lack of
compassion to ask Adfeno, Supertramp, Jade, Mason or any of the usual
suspects when they're so busy with more important
> If you're concerned about privacy issues in Mozilla, then how could you
ever consider Chromium?
Why not? The test proves it behaves better. It doesn't chatter in the
background like Firefox (and its forks). There is only one single packet sent
to translate.google.com on opening of settings
I doubt that. What you haven't seen is the other 6 or so other 3.x versions I
had accumulated via Software Updater, that autoremove wouldn't touch. I did a
cleanup using apt purge commands.
I don't allow any real-time access to me on my personal devices. So, no work
email, no work chat, not text messaging, and I don't take calls from work
related numbers.
When I happen to telecommute unexpectedly, which means I don't have my work
laptop with me, I'll tolerate real-time access
"Let's avoid placing our privacy in the hands of companies who may
disagree."
I agree with that wholeheartedly.
Because they are morons. And Microsoft is so far up their ass they won't
change their ways.
Honestly, this is pathetic on the nsa's part.
Simple example using GNU Sed:
printf '01:00AM\nReceived from Ana\n02:00 PM\n03:00 AM\nReceived from
Bob\n' | sed 's/[AP]M/\0\n\n/g; s/Received from/\n\n\0/g'
For safety purposes, sed doesn't replace the contents of the file,
unless you pass `-i' to it.
2017-12-09T23:24:47+0100 a...@ncf.ca
Since ADFENO necroed a post I think it's only fair that the necro troll comes
out of RETIREMENT!
You made quite a good summary. Just to clarify:
I am not looking for an argument in the sense of stating something and then
proving it. The clarifications I made just for the sake of better mutual
understanding, not in order to oppose for the sport of it (which would be
quite silly).
> Are these words sincere, or are they meant to provoke others?
They are sincere. And they are meant to provoke actual testing, not just
theorizing.
I have not tested Iridium. And I am not planning to. So whoever says anything
about it must provide actual test. Otherwise it is just words
1)I am living near them so there are offline interactions.
2) Alternatives I am currently trying to make them use alternatives such as
Linphone, Seafile and Mumble.
3)I currently run a gnu social server but the interface is not facebo*k like
so I think I may try to create a disapora pod.
Also, I provide the configs I use in a git repository.
https://jxself.org/git/?p=kernel-configs.git
It could be useful as a starting point or whatever.
I read the other thread and if not because of that thread I may have given up
long time ago, so thank you for inspiring me to not give up.
Would this post of ADFENO be considered necroing?
IF so, lovely. Except I was hoping for something funnier for a necro post.
ah well...
Thank you, wallabag looks almost perfect!
There is also another place to get source code which is:
https://jxself.org/git/?p=linux-libre.git
I started this because I found that Alexandre Oliva, who runs fsfla.org,
deletes older kernel source code when disk space runs low and this raised
some questions when people wanted to get some
Yeah.. mr. Bob, I try to be funny. I will try not to overdo it :P
Neither situation is perfect, and for some the extra protection of Tor might
not be worse how much slower it is than using a VPN.
We are back to the conversation in the other thread: privacy is not absolute
and "extra protection" often requires compromising on other features
(performance
Right.. so you created the soft link, now try to do whatever you were trying
to achieve and see if it works.
Nice terminal btw :P
As always thank you so much for your response
Screenshot
Hmm, the only thing I can think of right now is you need to create a soft
link
Can you try this and see?
sudo ln -s `which nodejs` /usr/bin/node
Since the episode deals with Trisquel, I do not see how linking to it in the
forum could be considered off-topic.
Thanks :p
according to this manual:
https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/compiling-gnu-linux-libre-kernel , "you can
optimize it for your hardware and leave out all the drivers and features you
don't have use for. It's also educational to take a peek into the inner
workings of GNU Linux-libre."
Why that
I'm using 64-bit. :)
Okay so I posted a post again without doing proper thinking on before-hand.
It seems I can follow the instructions in "compiling a GNU Linux-libre
kernel" to compile my own kernel AND use the latest 4.14.13 kernel :)
Fair enough. It doesn't deal *exclusively* with Trisquel, so I'll err on the
side of caution and keep it in this thread so it can be buried/deleted. :D
Link: https://bobstechsite.com/bts-podcast-season-1-episode-1/
> ...or wait a minute.. is that risky in these Intel ME times?
Intel ME has nothing to do with it as it is basically a separate system
inside the CPU with its own memory etc. Of course it is possible for Intel ME
to read/modify/transmit every bit of information on your system without even
To the best of my knowledge Bitcoin is not completely anonymous. There can
still be a trace to you if you buy the coins with a credit card. Also paying
in cash may not be completely anonymous because there may be CCTV at the
office you pay. It is difficult to evaluate how likely all this is
I see, yeah I love languages (all but programming languages :P )
People changed a lot, mate. I can tell, being 87. I lived for almost a
century. Back in the good old days the man would have smiled and thanked you,
he would have wither accepted it or not but in any case he would have smiled
I have 0 experience with wire..
I thought nodejs was packaged for Trisquel 7 and 8, isn't it?
I ask because it seems you are having issues with it and I know it is not
packaged for Debian Stretch.
A decent option to install and upgrade node and npm is nvm, it will install
everything locally,
> I do not.
Then ask, don't assume or twist.
> Since you are redefining words, it is not surprising.
I have shared the original dictionary meaning of words. I don't define
anything, I just stick to it. If someone else has invented a new different
meaning because it sounds pleasing ("free
>but it was giving me DNS leaks when I tested in Abrowser.
Sure about that? How did you test that? One of the main reasons they forked
openvpn to build bitmask was indeed to take care of DNS leaks and a few other
issues.
Hehe. Well, yes. The politeness back in the days may have been something
quite different, but I refuse to believe that everything was better before
and that we "need" to back :p
I believe trends come and go. Sometimes one gets nostalgic indeed, but in the
whole I believe the human race is
>So basically you proved the results of my tests. The first 3 hosts you
listed look like the hosts which contain the lists for uMatrx (without
uMatrix there would not be connections to them).
Yes, I believe so.
>Still trust Firefox and Mozilla?
I never did in the first place. As I said I
But according to my terminal, both node.js and npm is the latest version, so
that shouldn't be the issue :/
>I read a lot of nasty horrible stories about tor and i'm afraid of it.
Well, if I write a book about how horrible freedom can be will you believe
me?
>I want to become serious about my privacy and surf the internet anonymously
but i don't want to see orrible stuff
Things don't
Hello admins/moderator folk,
Basically I made a pilot episode for a free software-themed podcast over the
weekend. I advocated Trisquel pretty hard in it! Is posting a link in a
single forum post in case anyone's interested (or wants to point out mistakes
to me) considered spam?
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