Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-11-06 Thread silentdreamer
Oh ok. Thanks. I've been reading a few threads here about security, it seems among the regulars who offer advice, you have answered many of them. I really appreciate your advice. If I get it through Synaptic, I hope I'll get the latest version. When I had it, I don't remember what version

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-11-06 Thread greatgnu
>I saw a message from SuperTramp about hexchat being better than pidgin for better security and less bloatware. Though I like Pidgin, if it's not very secure, I'll stay away from it. Pidgin has had its fair share of security vulnerabilities. Apparently the libpurple is not considered very

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-11-05 Thread silentdreamer
OK so while I'm still using this old low memory machine, I will need a few things, all as secure as possible, that I'd only use one at a time: a chat program. I saw a message from SuperTramp about hexchat being better than pidgin for better security and less bloatware. Though I like Pidgin,

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-11-03 Thread silentdreamer
oh dumb me thought it was an OS but it doesn't seem to be so far as I can see but my brain may be in dense mode today.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-11-03 Thread silentdreamer
I've come to a conclusion about this computer- as it's been sugested to me before by at least one person, I need a better machine. Based on my needs, the programs I tried aren't as good as the GNOME Shell, so I need more memory to run it. Although my Mac has enough, it's not libre, but it'd

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-30 Thread silentdreamer
That makes sense. Thanks. So if everyone did that it'd be better. :D

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-30 Thread silentdreamer
OK thanks for the info. If I went back to IceCat I wonder what the best way to handle that is, to be effective. My logic says making it blank would tell it, "no one tracks me." You say it's ineffective- how so? There was a thread or 2 on this forum about browser tweaking, but I think they

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-30 Thread greatgnu
It is not only harmful but also useless (read ineffective) to change any value, besides cranking up the "security slider" in TorBB. Besides, when you use it properly, no one can track you, no one gets your IP, Misty.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-29 Thread silentdreamer
OK I'm gonna try Xfce4.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-29 Thread silentdreamer
yes. I read many of them, but not all. Also I read some info at Tor, and why they don't recommend plug-ins, which makes sense. It might be a good idea to compare their prefs with yours. Considering how they set it up, I have to be sure if it's ok to add any changes to it. From what I read of

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-28 Thread greatgnu
>I read some of your prefs, noticed some mention of windows and NT. That says to me it's referring to your computer and OS, am I correct? I assume you are referring to the prefs.js file. Those are fake values to override the user agent. On panopticlick, with no js, I get 6 bits of

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-28 Thread greatgnu
sudo apt-get install xfce4 xfce4-goodies enjoy :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-28 Thread silentdreamer
Thank you for the info, I was reading some info at Tor earlier and I'll go to the link you gave me.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-28 Thread silentdreamer
I read some of your prefs, noticed some mention of windows and NT. That says to me it's referring to your computer and OS, am I correct? Oh, and speaking of javascript, you know Diaspora uses it, I'm sure. Also, about add-ons for Tor- I read it's not recommended to put more than what they

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-28 Thread silentdreamer
I looked for Xfce in synaptic, what I saw was Xfce 4, and one mention of Xfce keyboard. There were many Xfce4's in the list, I have to find which one to get. As much as I like Trisquel, I'm still uncertain about keeping it. One feature I really like about Trisquel is the screenshot, to me

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-27 Thread silentdreamer
I checked fluxbox out, didn't like it much, removed it. It's good there's many choices.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-27 Thread silentdreamer
Thanks. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-27 Thread greatgnu
>how do I get your prefs file into the browser I suggest you read on each one, as my browsing experience is no js, so if you need to use that, or sign into websites that require third party cookies you won't be able, with those preferences in about:Config In your

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-27 Thread silentdreamer
yea the threads get squeezed, only fix I know is to lower the zoom Anyway how do I get your prefs file into the browser, I thought I knew how..

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-26 Thread greatgnu
meh..it's all squeezed :(

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-26 Thread dguthrie
ironically it is nasty window managers fucking up the elegant X window system's way of copying

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-26 Thread silentdreamer
I have questions about verfying stuff, the signatures, to be sure I got what I want from where it's supposed to be from- those things are soo long it'd take me forever to compare them, is that the only way, no matter how long it takes to read it? When I get my preferred browser

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-26 Thread silentdreamer
Thank you. I noticed when I had Mini, I had 2 others that came in with it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-26 Thread silentdreamer
I think I understand what you're saying. Thanks. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-25 Thread silentdreamer
Hello wonderful techies, I want to try fluxbox, but before I do anything, I have questions. First, I want to be sure if it will install beside Trisquel or over it. If I had installed Trisquel Mini with the sudo apt-get command, would it have replaced it? Magic Banana asked me if that was

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-23 Thread silentdreamer
> You only need to copy your prefs.js to keep your modifications when you migrate to another FF browser, there is no need to manually change everything in about:config every time. I'm not sure how to do that, though I have an idea. I guess I should get Tor first, I'd also want to delete

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-22 Thread silentdreamer
Joined: 03/22/2016 It looks like I will have to use it. I saw your post and your code for customizing it. That may be very helpful to me but I need to know where to put the code after installing the program.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-22 Thread silentdreamer
Thank you for explaining that. Yes I admit I worry too much but I'd rather be safe than sorry, till I'm sure it's ok to go there. I really miss that place, so I will go back there soon. Thank you very much for all your help. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-22 Thread silentdreamer
yeah, I'm sorry I didn't make that clear. It would've been interesting to see what the logs say about it though. I removed Trisquel Mini so I can try something else.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-22 Thread greatgnu
Misty, you seem to worry a little bit too much. A DDoS attack on whatever is just a DDoS attack, it can not affect you, the security of your OS, or the privacy of the data you keep on it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack#Distributed_attack

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-21 Thread silentdreamer
Hi arielenter, thank you for your suggestion. yes, before I got the GNOME Shell, I tried that and I had some trouble using it but I appreciate your idea. I may have to use it again if there's nothing else.Too bad I don't have as much memory as I did, the GNOME Shell was wonderful for

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-21 Thread arielgnu
Misty, have you tried kmag as magnifier program? I wrote a post about it: https://trisquel.info/es/forum/magnifier-follows-your-mouse-around-kmag-solved maybe you might be interested on trying my approach.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-21 Thread silentdreamer
When the screen scrambled, it was when I had GNOME Shell, which has been removed as the likely suspect, a month ago, but I'm sure an old log would say something about the incident. I hope it'd be ok to use the terminal I like from Accessories. You have been very kind and patient with me, it

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-20 Thread silentdreamer
I'm never using the "real terminal" again because I couldn't get out of it. I tried and had to force my machine to restart. Nope, not doing that again. I looked up commands, strange, I could get out of the other Terminals. So I hope I can continue using the one I found that I like, though

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-19 Thread strypey
I never knew about the Alt-F2 thing! How useful! Thanks for sharing that tip. I have thought for a while that it would be great if something like that could be built into the taskbar in GNU/Linux desktops in some way, so new GNU/Linux users can see what's going on under the hood, and run

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-19 Thread strypey
Keep at it. One day people will say things like this to you. You will be just as amazed as I am when people say them to me ;) https://www.xkcd.com/627/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-19 Thread silentdreamer
I didn't find anything called LightDM.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-19 Thread silentdreamer
how many high-level languages are there? are Bash and Python in that category? Often I see many programming code names like those, so I imagine they're part of that whole group.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-19 Thread silentdreamer
It didn't explain anything. I went to the documents, found some logs, have to find which one might show any info about the screen prob.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-19 Thread greatgnu
> One way to know the number of your swap partition (parted) or, without sudo, lsblk, so you save 5 seconds of your time :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-18 Thread silentdreamer
LOL! I like Terminal, it's not as scary as it was when I first tried it so long ago. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-18 Thread silentdreamer
Hi Mangy Dog, Thanks for explaining! This is fascinating stuff! I wish we could remove all those proprietary blobs and replace every one with something Free. I wish I was a programmer. Many years ago someone tried explaining what binary is. He made it seem so simple. This stuff is so over my

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-18 Thread silentdreamer
please tell us what that is?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-18 Thread agullo
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051418/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-18 Thread silentdreamer
Wow that is noticeable difference. I see I have some studying to do, so I can put together something that my poor old machine can handle, till I can convert my Mac. I'll look at all the suggestions again and compare them. You have all been so wonderful. :D

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-18 Thread greatgnu
> You can do most (if not all) of your computing activities not touching the terminal. True, but then you risk dying from tedium! :P

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-18 Thread greatgnu
Misty, to clarify a little bit, or more correctly to prove the point let us take an example. Let's use a very, very lightweight **GUI** music player - namely qmmp The "terminal" music player we can relate to, the one I like, will be "moc" Now, on my old but great beasty, I open the terminal

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-18 Thread greatgnu
You can not compare versions of Xfce like that, strypey. You can not compare Xubuntu say 12 with Xubuntu (or worse yet another distro with Xfce) 16.. Try this -> install Debian Jessie (current stable) with Xfce **4.10** and test it for a few hours, then on the **same exact** distribution

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-18 Thread silentdreamer
I got an error message, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented. (???) unknown. The (EE) is in red.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-18 Thread silentdreamer
Disk Self Test is complete, Disk is OK. Now onto the next thing. I'm in Trisquel there so I can do the next suggestion. Report coming soon. Thanks. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-18 Thread silentdreamer
Wow Strypey, you have thought this out well with the levels. That and the usability rating idea make a lot of sense to me. It would be nice if you could present these suggestions to the FSF for consideration. What is a blob? It'd be interesting to know how these things got their name.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-18 Thread silentdreamer
OK and thanks. I started the self test, this will take awhile it looks like.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-18 Thread silentdreamer
It seems to me a good idea to look at the specs for these programs everyone's suggesting, to see how much memory they require before installing, Due to the lack of RAM, then I can decide which OS I want. I'd like to try the others to see if I like than better than Trisquel Mini, for my poor

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-18 Thread silentdreamer
Hmmm, considering my RAM problem, I really need to do some homework on all of this.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-18 Thread silentdreamer
Hi, I'm on my other machine, the memtest is still going on my old one, but at the bottom of the screen a message says it's complete, there's no errors, yet at the top, it's still testing. Is it starting over? I don't know when the message of being complete came up, sometime this morning.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-18 Thread silentdreamer
OK, thanks for the info.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-18 Thread strypey
"You are very good at tech. You are doing everything right." +100!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-18 Thread strypey
"it doesn't get slower with each version" This isn't true in my experience. I used to run XFCE (Xubuntu) on a computer with 256MB or 512MB of RAM. I guarantee it won't work now with less than 1GB, and if it's anything like Mate (also supposedly a "lightweight" desktop), it really needs

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-18 Thread strypey
Hmmm. Distrowatch might be saying it's "dormant" because they haven't released a new version since 2012? http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=dragora But it does look like they are actively working on shipping a new release this year:

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-18 Thread strypey
Thanks for the tip about swap files, I'll have a play with that. There's some good info on swap partitions and swap files here: https://www.linux.com/news/all-about-linux-swap-space "One swap partition can be shared between several GNU/Linux distributions" That's what I thought too, but I

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-18 Thread strypey
The other downside with Tails, from a libre POV, is that it uses the blobbed version of the Linux kernel, not Linux-libre. This is why FSF will not endorse it. Of course, RiseUp (developers of Tails) do this for a good reason; Tails is designed to allows its user to get on the net from any

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-18 Thread greatgnu
cli https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command-line_interface CLI applications require less resources, are much faster and efficient. Sure, they are less friendly for you will not click with your mouse in a GUI, instead you will only use your keyboard and will need to learn a few commands.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-18 Thread strypey
A few points in response to the above: * Some distros will refuse to install unless a /swap partition is defined, and they create one automatically if you choose 'guided partitioning'. * If OP has only 1GB RAM, they need Trisquel-Mini, or at least a much more lightweight desktop than

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-18 Thread greatgnu
Well, Tails is Debian set to be as secure as possible by default and an amnesic OS, that is, an OS that will run entirely in your memory without ever touching your hard drive. The idea is the non persistence - and precisely non persistence of malware. It routes every connection through the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-17 Thread silentdreamer
I tried to get it from the Terminal, that's how I saw the warnig. I know how to get it the way you explained it, if I remember right, I set it up that way awhile ago. Why does Terminal send that warning?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-17 Thread silentdreamer
you said, "You could even go "half-full cli" and find a cli replacement for many of your GUI applications." I'd like to understand more about that. You also mentioned Xfce. I'd like to try it, but I should remove something first. Since my Trisquel is still functional without the GNOME shell,

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-17 Thread silentdreamer
I like Tor and I've used it with that identity feature. Yes I am very serious about this, if it takes awhile, that's ok. Tonight I'll set up that memtest and hope for the best. What do you know about Tails? I've read it's very good. And, Yeah, us caring people are seen as a threat. Thanks

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-17 Thread greatgnu
> One concern is, they say at Tor, if someone uses a non Tor browser, then revisits a site with Tor, it compromises anonymity. Hmm, no. Why would it? Wait, I think I know what you mean. If you **log in** to a website while using Tor, then they know it is you, and then if you stay on the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-17 Thread silentdreamer
A message from Terminal has a warning saying The following packages cannot be authenticated! memtest86+

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-17 Thread silentdreamer
OH wow- Thank you very much! I really appreciate that.This is exactly what I need. I have used Tor a few times, though I know there's concerns about it. Some sites blocked me for using it, and others who use it have complained about that too.. There are tunnels, I tried them, tried

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-17 Thread silentdreamer
OK. I'll check it out and see what happens and report the results as soon as possible. Thank you for explaining all this.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-17 Thread greatgnu
> about the browser, I'm concerned about being able to block trackers and I need to have my security settings, plus have some add-ons, all are for those purposes. I like IcaCat for that. There is nothing special about Icecat, it is only the best browser AFAIK for your privacy **by defult**

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-16 Thread silentdreamer
about the browser, I'm concerned about being able to block trackers and I need to have my security settings, plus have some add-ons, all are for those purposes. I like IcaCat for that. It took me months to get it tweaked. I wouldn't mind doing that again if I knew what to do ahead of time so

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-16 Thread silentdreamer
if I understood this better I'd try it, though I really appreciate the advice. Maybe one day I'll have learned enough to do it with confidence. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-16 Thread silentdreamer
how do I replace the RAM? The scrambling happened a lot. If this involves opening up my machine, I'd have to send it to a repair place. I never intended it to be online or be my main computer, but for now I want it to be stable enough till I can convert my Mac, or get something that's more

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-16 Thread silentdreamer
Very interesting. I have to read this a few times to be sure I understand it as it relates to my situation. I really appreciate the explanations you've given. It'll take some time for all this to sink in. This has been a wonderfl adventure for me. Thank you again.. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-16 Thread silentdreamer
hi, thank you for your suggestion. For now I'm not sure what I will do, I may try a few different programs to see which one I like, if I can be sure I'm not adding to what I have, so I'd have to decide what to remove first.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-16 Thread megver83
You could try Parabola, its base installation is less than 1GB. Then you can install desktop environments, applications, games, etc. But be careful not to fulfill you memory again!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-16 Thread greatgnu
> what can I do, what can I run that will not use too much resources? First of all, the most important, is the desktop environment. An old laptop with limited resources may run flawlessly with xfce, and barely move with say KDE. I have used for a long time Xfce, I really recommend it. Some

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-16 Thread silentdreamer
What I'm trying to see is if Trisquel and GNOME are 2 separate programs(Desktops) but when I look at their dependencies they seem to need components from each other. Being new to how all this works, perhaps I'm not comprehending what a package is. I know it's not a program, so my next

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-16 Thread silentdreamer
I'm gonna look up some stuff on here to se if I can find the info before asking more questions. Thanks again for all your help. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-16 Thread silentdreamer
oh ok. I'll look at tht again. this is a good experience for me when I can see the different ways of getting the same info. I'm very glad to be learning. :D

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-16 Thread silentdreamer
ok, thanks. usually I would run IceCat and one other program. what about the scrambled screen? What about GNOME shell?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-16 Thread silentdreamer
Under File Systems, I put this into a text editor and wrote it out since I can't do screenshot, so I could ask why does it say this: Device DirectoryType Total Free AvailableUsed /def/sda1 / ext4 19.5GB14.1 GB

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-16 Thread silentdreamer
OK. I was there a day or 2 ago. I wish you could see this. will examine it carefully. Thank you. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-16 Thread silentdreamer
Thank you for explaining. This is a gret experience for me, thanks to all of you. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-16 Thread silentdreamer
Hello SuperTrmp83, thank you for your help, too. I'm very thankful to all of you for taking time to explain and guide me. :) Somedy I would like to get another machine, a Libreboot system. I've seen a couple of sites that have them, and I want a libre router or something as close to it as

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-16 Thread silentdreamer
Thank you so much for taking time to write all this info. All of you have been wonderful. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-16 Thread silentdreamer
somehow I got $ sudo parted -l to work today: Model: ATA TOSHIBA MK1665GS (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 160GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End SizeType File system Flags 1 1049kB 20.0GB 20.0GB primary ext4boot

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-16 Thread silentdreamer
Wow this is all very interesting. what can I do, what can I run that will not use too much resources?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-16 Thread greatgnu
> I usually make swap partitions the same size as the amount of RAM on that computer. From what I gathered around, the size of the swap partition is very relative. On modern computers (say 4 or better yet 8 gb of RAM) swap is hardly needed at all and you could even omit it without ever

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-16 Thread strypey
I strongly recommend learning about partitions, as this will make installs and reinstalls much less confusing for you. I started learning about them when I was trained as a Windows technician but most of what I know now is self-learned. BTW In my other comment, I forgot to mention that you

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-15 Thread silentdreamer
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev486M 4.0K 486M 1% /dev tmpfs 100M 1.1M 99M 2% /run /dev/sda119G 5.1G 13G 30% / none4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup none5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock none497M

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-15 Thread silentdreamer
you said, "As far as I understand you, the command you were given through IRC is "sudo apt-get install trisquel-mini" and your system currently has both Trisquel's default system and Trisquel Mini's base. Am I right?? Yes thank you! here's the info: total used free

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-15 Thread silentdreamer
sorry for causing confusion. Thank you for explaining. I understand it enough to know that ram is not the hard disk. When I looked at "Disk" I saw 160 GB, so it seems I don't even have 2 GB. More confusion, i know, and I know how frustrating it is giving tech support without seeing the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-14 Thread silentdreamer
you said, "Boot to the netinstall image. Install the base system. Do NOT install the Trisquel desktop, Triskel desktop, or Trisquel-mini desktop." I'm embarrassed to admit I don't know what a netinstall image is.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-14 Thread silentdreamer
Heather, hi again, thanks for the compliment. I was just curious about the denial message but I don't think I need to see those folders right now. I wouldn't make any changes, I'd just read the files, but it's not important at this time. The only thing I haven't backed up yet is the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-14 Thread noordinaryspider
If you get an "access denied" message, that means that you need root privileges to access the folder; type "sudo nautilus" or "sudo pcmanfm" into the terminal and then your password and the file manager will open with root privileges, which will allow you to change system folders so be

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-14 Thread silentdreamer
Heather, there is a folder .mozilla.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need to Uninstall Trisquel

2016-10-14 Thread silentdreamer
hello Magic Banana, I appreciate your help. I do have a backup program on here, used it a few days ago. When I was searching for files today I noticed something that makes me wonder, that's got me more confused. In the window where the folders are, in the right hand corner, there's text

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