Re: [Freedombox-discuss] setting up freedombox for international file interchange

2024-05-13 Thread bill-auger
if these are only "documents" literally (text and images), a wiki would be a simple user-friendly solution - you would need a more generic file-sharing only for other non-text data - in that case, the "Sharing App" is probably what you want to use https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual/Sharing

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Serving NTP from my FreedomBox

2024-01-06 Thread bill-auger
you were asking about an NTP server, not a client - i would not expect any of them to conflict functionally, other than if multiple servers were trying to bind to the same port - i was only suggesting that the 'openntpd' package would not conflict with any system packages; so you can install it

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Serving NTP from my FreedomBox

2024-01-06 Thread bill-auger
you could try 'openntpd' - that one is from openBSD, so it should not conflict with systemd ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@alioth-lists.debian.net https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FYI: FreedomBox upgrades, qemu.

2023-07-10 Thread bill-auger
On Mon, 10 Jul 2023 15:52:09 -0400 A. wrote: > the qemu window steals the cursor rendering > the whole computer inaccessible via mouse until I type CTRL + ALT + G just to note, that is the expected behavior - you only needed to read the WM window name (in the window title-bar or the task-bar) -

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Freedombox on a free operating system

2023-01-31 Thread bill-auger
On Tue, 31 Jan 2023 15:56:04 +0800 Sandy wrote: > Would Devuan be any better? I prefer it because it does not use > systemd, but do not know what it does about firmware. devuan has included non-free firmware on it's ISOs since the first release (about 5 years before debian decided to so the

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Freedom and operating system debates...

2022-12-28 Thread bill-auger
On Tue, 27 Dec 2022 17:18:56 -0800 \\0xDynamite wrote: > It is totally free and is compatible with the GNU GPL. There is no > non-free software in the OS although no license nor any indication of any license is present in the code-base, the meta description suggests that the license will be

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] ARM64 board for Debian/Freedombox

2022-09-13 Thread bill-auger
On Tue, 13 Sep 2022 06:42:58 +0200 Jonas wrote: > Olimex produces the current turn-key Freedombox, based on LIME2. > > Olimex also produces a 64-bit SBC called OLinuXino-A64, with a > corresponding case same style as for the LIME2. yes, but it is not what i was suggesting the two boards/cases

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] [OFFTOPIC] ARM64 board for Debian/Freedombox

2022-09-13 Thread bill-auger
ok, my olimex freedombox has been running continuously for 2 years - ask me again in 8 :) ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@alioth-lists.debian.net https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] [OFFTOPIC] ARM64 board for Debian/Freedombox

2022-09-12 Thread bill-auger
On Mon, 12 Sep 2022 16:43:57 -0400 Stefan wrote: > > but i will add, that it is equally uncertain if _any_ SBC > > manufactured today, will still be functional in 10 years > > On the contrary: for obvious ecological reasons, it is absurd nowadays > to buy a computer and plan to replace it

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] ARM64 board for Debian/Freedombox

2022-09-12 Thread bill-auger
On Mon, 12 Sep 2022 08:52:52 -0400 Stefan wrote: > > No, I think 64bit is a must in 2022. > > When running Freedombox style software, with a machine that has no more > than 4GB, I highly doubt you'd be able to tell the difference between > a machine running Debian's `arm64` and `armhf`. > >

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] ARM64 board for Debian/Freedombox

2022-09-12 Thread bill-auger
this is a common question - in my experience, i have not yet been able to convince people who ask, that the pioneer freedombox suits their needs - some people will not consider using a less powerful computer, even if it is perfectly suitable for their needs, simply because something more powerful

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] ARM64 board for Debian/Freedombox

2022-09-11 Thread bill-auger
On Mon, 12 Sep 2022 04:49:17 +0200 Evelyn wrote: > > You will probably have to relax the 'not > > imported' rule. > > Yes you are right. Pine was very often in positive headlines, eventually > I will order from their webshop. But unfortunately there are no starter > kits, I do not know what I

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Use git instead of Salsa

2022-08-20 Thread bill-auger
On Sat, 20 Aug 2022 01:03:02 + Quiliro wrote: > But it tries to download its apps from Debian > repos. Since Trisquel does not have Debian repos, it fails. i know that - i commented on your forum post about it; and i even looked into it a bit - trisquel is trying to support ARM computers

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Use git instead of Salsa

2022-08-19 Thread bill-auger
On Fri, 19 Aug 2022 21:02:23 + Quiliro wrote: > El 2022-08-19 03:39, bill-auger escribió: > > [1] https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli > > [2] https://github.com/zaquestion/lab > > [3] https://www.rubydoc.info/gems/gitlab/ > > [4] https://github.com/python-gitlab/py

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Use git instead of Salsa

2022-08-19 Thread bill-auger
On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 23:21:14 + Quiliro wrote: > I cannot see the issues. Is there a way to see the issues with git or > some other way without Javascript? there are several tools for that - one of them may be in your distro repos - search your package manager for 'gitlab' [1]