Hello GNU/Linux guru's :-)
I been using GNU/Linux systems for about a little more than 2 years now. I
tend to be a slow learner. But have become fairly comfortable in the command
line (as long as its not compiling from source) and have been completely free
from Windows for about 1 year now. And now, after learning that Ubuntu has
non-free parts included by default. I wish to move over to a fully free by
default Distro and go further on the road of Free Software.
But upon trying the Trisquel Live image on a USB, I found a few things that I
couldn't do that I am accustomed to on Ubuntu installs. I was hoping I could
make a list of my daily / general computing needs here. And slowly learn to
replace , modify, work around, or just manually add the the applications in
which I use to do those things. Sorry if this list gets long, I plan to add
to it over time as obstacles arise.
First priority is that for my occupation, I need to use flash for various
sites they require. I LOVE the fact that Gnash was included by default. But I
tried using it on an Ubuntu machine about 8 months ago, and it barely played
Youtube videos. And while now I only use Mnitube or Keepvic.com to view
Youtube vids. I do still need to use flash for my occupation on video sites
that don't support streaming (Minitube) or can be downloaded with
Keepvid.com. Is there a way to make Gnash work well (not perfect, but good
enough to be viewable) on all flash video sites?
Second, I tried to install the Ubuntu One syncing service. But didn't find
it in the included repos, and adding the Ubuntu One PPA didn't seem to
include all the dependencies and refused to install. Is this cause of
non-free parts used in the program? Or just a trademark reason that doesn't
permit Canonical Products to be installable (from PPA) on non officials
distributions? If installation of Ubuntu One is not possible I would be
willing to switch to a fully Free alternative, but I don't have the hardware
or knowledge to set up an ownCloud server. So I would need something that is
hosted already. Eventually I would like to have a home server. But will have
to be placed on hold for now.
Mkay that's all for now lol Sorry for long explanations, I tend to be more
long winded than necessary. :-)
