1) Put a piece of black tape over the camera
2) Open up the remote/TV, and rip out the microphone / put a drop of
superglue in the microphone.
3) Make sure that you do not put any of your personal details into the TV.
Problem gone like magic.
If you can get over the fact that it does not have word and photoshop, and
that you might have to swap some of your hardware, its a lot easier to use
than Windows.
My laptop battery life is far from ideal; about 2 hours.
It is a Asus x200CA.
It might be because the battery isn't very large, in which case I will have
to just live with it,
However, are there any software things I can change (apart from the obvious
screen brightness)
thank you,
I have installed laptop-power-tools.
Hopefully it works, I will see tommorow at school.
Also, I have a problem that when I close the lid, I want it to lock and ask
for the password when opened again. How can I set that up? because there are
many people at school who might do the
LibreJS blocks things on the FSF website. Clearly there is something wrong
with it.
What about the bug in GNU BASH? I dont think any of the manufacturers have
fixed that.
i had the same problem a few months ago, but then i decided i dont care about
windows. is clearly a bug.
So cheap £40 routers are entirely unaffected? (obviously appart from
backdoors.
Very nice.
Try to get it used somewhere.
good
Another Uk user from islington, London.
That sounds very probable. It looks like something from the past, a little
bit like windows 95. But I liked it.
It could also be that they are so keen on other things that they just do not
care about it looking nice.
can't you just use TOR?
It is as if default LXde is designed to be as ugly as possible.
However, when I used to have a 2003 laptop, i started to rather like it after
a bit.
I mean with a mouse, Clearly pulling the scroller ball down making the page
go down is standard, and doing it a different way is just not right. It is
almost like them making their own wired networking protocol.
Only fools don't use GNU/Linux.
Without thinking about freedom and similar, Ubuntu (which I use on one
computer, and used to use on both) is so much better in functionality than
windows.
And as for MacOS, I have never ever ever worked out how to use it. You scroll
one way, and it goes the
But a lot of other hardware, even if not guarenteed to work, is compatible,
and works fine.
I have the same problem.
Wouldn't a better solution than blocking cookies - that causes some sites to
complain and say its necessary, or as this issue, be to make the browser
delete cookies whenever it is closed?
Lots of idiots arguing about whether Apple is better than samsung, or apple
better than microsoft, when they are all as bad as eachover.
here’s a good chance your IP address has been collected and stored by the
NSA
What is the purpose of storing someone's IP?, doesn't it change every day or
something, unless they have a static IP, which most people do not?
The purpose of Abrowser was to replace Firefox, because Firefox had non-free
bits. However, many distributions of GNU/Linux have their own modified
firefox, including trisquel, and so the developer decided to stop developing
Abrowser, because it is a waste of time for multiple people to do
I suppose it is quite a good thing that Windows is so popular because it
means that people who like to crack computer security, or make software that
does it for them target on windows, not us GNU/Linux users.
I suppose it is quite a good thing that Windows is so popular because it
means that people who like to crack computer security, or make software that
does it for them target on windows, not us GNU/Linux users.
I do not know why there is Orca. Im sure more time is spent uninstalling it
than people who need it would have to spend installing it.
I do not understand LibreJS. It has flagged items on the FSF's website.
I do not believe that they ended it because of Windows XP support ending at
least because they did not end it on the actual day that it happened (april
5th i think), they did it 2 months later, which seems pointless, and if that
was the real reason, they would give warning, tell people that
But TrueCrypt has never been free.
That is great, it did seem like a waste of time for there to be many
identical browsers which did the same thing. And I agree that GNU Icecat is a
better name.
But I do not care about bluetooth, its not very useful.
I have the X200CA, which seems very similar to what you are getting, and
works flawlessley with trisquel, minus bluetooth (which I think is useless)
Right click requires a little bit of configuration to work, but that is very
easy.
I got it quite recently, here is a thread I posted
I do not buy on amazon, because, at least in the UK, they do not pay their
tax.
Last time I used was September last year,
Not in the UK! Where I live!
I have a touchscreen laptop and I do not think Trisquel runs very well with
touch screen.
For example, scrolling is very hard, you have to rub on the side of the
window, and you usually end up resizing the window, or selecting text on the
screen
It's probabaly easiest just to install Trisquel Mini, without switching. It
is much easier than it sounds, unless your laptop requires non-free drivers.
There are variosu utilities on the disk that make installing it very easy
Well that is why we use Abrowser / GNU Icecat / Iceweasel etc.
I thought those copyright a-s-o--s actually recommended that teachers filmed
a projector to get rid of DRM. I would suspect that filming a projector and
connecting the computer audio to camera audio input would be reasonably good
quality.
With a TV and just a camera, would work but not be
I am sure some of the content is on YouTube, but not all of it, and I want to
watch some of the stuff that is not.
Shows just how stupid DRM is - always some sort of bug.. Anyway, it is always
to crack absolutley any sort of DRM audio or video - Use one of those
programs that records on the screen. Does not matter what they do, it will
still work. Even if they were to force you to do something that makes
Actually Youtube doesn't usually have BBC videos very often. Only a few old
ones. But thank you for explaining it to me. I like the BBC content.
Surely the BBC would want to keep their DRM working, and as it is free
software they would be able to examine it and work out the problem and fix
How does the iplayer downloader program work?
Anyway, If i say libre they will think I am a french person who isn't very
good at speaking English.
I have found out how to fix the right click,
See here
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=49t=107118
(the second post down)
It works fine for me
I will post something on H-node saying that is how to fix it.
Sure, that is sensible, but who does that when inserting a usb wireless card
(or memory stick, or bluetooth dongle, or similar)
I just noticed that it is reduced, and now it is a very reasonable price for
what it is; and if I had a laptop with non-functional wireless, or one that
required non-free drivers to work, I would buy it. About £15 or $25.
I am sure it is possible to download the whole map onto your computer, but
that would be enormous, probably several hundred gigabytes.
Who in the world wears an wrist strap when inserting a wireless card?
I am having a slightly differnet problem - on the task bar/menu, it should be
that the start menu is first, then the icons, then the open programs, however
it is the open programs first, then the icons (shortcuts to programs, then
the start menu. How can I switch it around?
Apart from those two things, what else could it be?
They should have called their thing GNU/Linux Voice.
Ah, so it was a ThinkPinguin Quality control issue.
be careful with the cans of compressed air you can buy. Some of them contain
solvents as propellants which may damage the plastic parts of your computer.
The only thing that causes some free or open source software not to work is
the lack of funding, which is usually caused by the fact they can't easily
sell it, as one user buys it and then uploads it to his own website, then
anyone can get it without paying.
Why is them accepting paypal an issue? Clearly it is just so they can accept
as many different people's favourites as possible.
I do not like paypal because they are based in luxembourg (which probably
means tax evasion)
When you say I am contributing to non-free software, do you mean the £30
microsoft got for my windows 8 licsense?
To be honest, I think that ThinkPinguin products aren't great.
You could not get replacement parts for their latops (like batteries).
(Obviously you can get generic parts like ram and hdd)
Their other stuff is just junk - particuarly the generic items like penguin
mice, that are just a basic
Thank you
When I posted that my intendsion was for people to post their model numbers,
and for me to decide if one of them is suitable. For some reason, that laptop
was listed as B on H-node (but only a few trivial things dont work.
I have bought and now have a x200CA.
Thank you Andrew for suggesting it.
It works very well, everything that needs to work does.
Instead of telling us what they don't cost, why not tell us what they do
cost.
How many downloaded is not very useful. Because it is free software! It
probabaly gets shared many ways.
I will look into those computers, and see which one is best for my needs.
What is the situation for replacement batteries for Penguin Laptops? That
they do not exist?
But if I update the Kernel then it will work totally perfectly, (i do not
care for bluetooth, which might not work)
Is the one in the x200ca the ath9k? I intend to get that one.
With Penguin laptops, wont there be an issue that if you use the battery all
the time, like charge/discharge once every second day, it will be impossible
to get a replacement battery?
Also, only one model has a UK keyboard, and that model is too physicially
large for me.
If I just go onto a shopping website, and click on the laptop you suggested,
and buy it, is it likely the wireless card might just be a different one? If
it is a miniPCI one, the manufacturer may have a policy of fitting the
cheapest one they can obtain that is to the specification.
None
The one I have is very old, 2003 or something. If I go onto Youtube or
similar, and open another tab, the browser would probabaly crash, and the
internal wireless card does not work. I got an external one, but people at
school seem to think it is funny to constantly disconnect it and throw
Any suggestions for buying a laptop. I want something that works fine with
Trisquel and similar OS. On H-Node there are only about 10 ones suggested,
all of which are deemed not suitable for my needs (by my brother).
It was a mistake. These things happen.
I cannot find a layout tab in the system settings
For school, I sometimes have to do french homeworks, which obviously involve
accents. On libreoffice, doing this is a bore, as I have to press
insertSpecial symbol and find the one I want, which takes ages. On my
friend's mac, he holds down the letter, and a little box appears asking him
AC adapters for different areas is a trivial issue. Plug adapters are easy to
obtain, or if you are good at basic electrics you can just cut off the plug
and install a new one for your area.
So do you have to go all through china, searching for the factory that
supplies the part you want?
There should be a functionality to have users deleted
What about UK keyboards?
But the free ad-blocker (adblock plus) automaticialy allows non-intrusive
advertising. Those websites should do that.
Also, wouldn't it be better for the ad-blocker to make the website think that
the user was seeing the ad, that way the developer would still get paid
How was RMS funded when he was developing GNU?
It means that he found an EFF sticker somewhere, or bought it, and stuck it
on his laptop.
Clearly the reason that people's computers might not be compatible with ODF
is that Microsoft made it that way.
What do you expect? This will harm them.
With free software gaming, isn't there the issue that because it is free,
multiplayer games anonomously with random other people who just happen to be
playing the game at the same time will be impossible (like with many popular
proipriatary games), as someone could modify the game make it
If it is HTML5 it will still have DRM, won't it. Also, what is the advantage
of HTML5 over Flash
Thanks for posting this, its a very good program
You can buy any microphone that goes into the 3.5mm audio port (on the
assumption that it works with free software). I mean the one that has a bit
of red plastic around it, not the one with a bid of green plastic around it.
Thanks for telling me about this, in the past I have often wanted to download
BBC iplayer videos
What should I say in the email to them?
Why does Trisquel come with Quadrapassel as default software? (Games, tetris)
It is buggy and not very good, and there is a far better similar version of
Tetris called lTris?
A trivial thing but wouldn't that be an improvement?
The pictures it makes look great. Do you know how to make them black and
white only?
I had that problem. You have to do sudo apt-get install trisquel-mini
THE NSA will still be able to infiltrate if they use windows, and changing
the GNU/linux would be quite a big thing, quite expensive
I live in London, UK. I have read this before, it seems great.
A few quotes that I like
lock-in to propriety vendors
Get their work done without having to buy a particular propriety brand.
The next step will be for them to use GNU/Linux. They would probabaly use one
with lots of propriatory
Try Glabels
It appears that they have supplied a script used to download the scripts for
the free software - download and look at the one for Home Hub 5.
It's not something for me to do, its something for the people who own the
copyright to those packages to do surely?
If it is not a laptop, you can replace the wireless card. With laptops it is
a lot harder, with desktops it is easy.
Where does it say that the FSF does not recommend shopping malls? I thought
they would definitly recommend that as it does not mean identifiying
yourself.
Is this a violation of the GPL?
http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/35298/c/346/?s_cid=con_FURL_help_gplcode
If you go to the Home Hub 3,4,5 option, the size seems very small, and when
you down load it, it does not appear to be the source code for anything, just
many lines of
I had the issue when I installed Trisquel. I resolved it by booting a Gparted
LiveCd, and getting rid of the windows partition. Obviously this solution
will not work for him, just saying that it is clearly a software issue with
maybe GRUB
I have a BT modem
I need to buy a USB wireless card, ideally that is just plug in and it works.
What would people recommend?
I have a TP link TL-WN310G, and it very rarely works.
Is the tp link 921N good? I need something cheaper than that.
If you want it based on Debian, Use Gnewsense or standard debian.
Isn't wine most commonly used to run propriatary software?
On the news, it said that the NSA targets had been revealled - about 1000
organisations
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-25468263
I could not find the document with the targets on the internet, but if anyone
does then we would know.
It would not surprise me if the FSF was on that list.
It is great
Glabel is really really good. I will use that from now on. I just printed a
label to identify a usb hdd. The thing to make your own design is great,
better than publisher. If I had known about this when I was printing labels
for a optical disk with publisher... What happened is a used the
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