Re: [Trisquel-users] Freed-ora vs Trisquel

2019-04-26 Thread jcmartinez2129
I guess in that regard you have a point. Seems unfair to ditch a distro that really tries to make things right for another one that doesn't support the ideology. Although Fedora claims freedom, in reality it's no practiced. Thank you, I'm sticking with Trisquel.

Re: [Trisquel-users] wifi driver

2019-04-26 Thread calmstorm
His only chance is probably... if he can clean the intel me, which he shouldn't do without special knowledge of how to modify a bios via external flashing. Of course... that is very dangerous, so I don't recommend it. That being said, he may have to learn what I learned back around 7 years

Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I connect to Private Internet Access?

2019-04-26 Thread calmstorm
To be honest, I think any free software license would be an improvement for a VPN service. As long as it is at the standard of MIT or higher. aka permissive is a good start. But, obviously copyleft is better. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] wifi driver

2019-04-26 Thread tombonesdavis
Its an Acer Aspire One 1-131 cloudbook system bios v1.05 VGA BIOS Version: Intelv10007

Re: [Trisquel-users] wifi driver

2019-04-26 Thread Mason Hock
> Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 3160 (rev 83) Unfortunately, I think that all Intel WiFi cards require proprietary firmware. If your BIOS allows it, maybe you can replace the WiFi card. What is the vendor and model of your computer? signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [Trisquel-users] wifi driver

2019-04-26 Thread tombonesdavis
Thanks! The output of that command was: Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 3160 (rev 83)

Re: [Trisquel-users] wifi driver

2019-04-26 Thread Mason Hock
>Anyway, I installed Trisquel on a usb stick and on one computer the > wifi doesn't work. The other I booted it on the the wifi worked fine. > From what I gather, that might mean the one it didn't work on probably > doesn't have a free wifi driver available, and, the one it does have a > free

[Trisquel-users] wifi driver

2019-04-26 Thread tombonesdavis
Hey there I just joined this forum. Its been great reading thru all the posts, there's a wealth of info. I really like the free software idea and want to get everything libre! Alas, I'm still trying to work out the kinks. Anyway, I installed Trisquel on a usb stick and on one computer

Re: [Trisquel-users] VirtualBox, Eclipse Java

2019-04-26 Thread calmstorm
"One problem with VirtualBox is that only a proprietary compiler, Open Watcom, can compile the code of its BIOS" One word: Frightening!

Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I connect to Private Internet Access?

2019-04-26 Thread Narcis Garcia
Have in mind that this name, Private Internet Access (PIA), is a registered trademark of an ISP company; not a protocol or security convention at all. El 26/4/19 a les 7:17, Cal ha escrit: > The official PIA client is not yet free/libre software. > >

Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I connect to Private Internet Access?

2019-04-26 Thread Caleb Herbert
Max-P on #privateinternetaccess (freenode) said That's weird, it seems to be failing doing IO on the VPN adapter try these: sudo sed s/comp-lzo=no/comp-lzo=yes/ -i /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/PIA* sudo nmcli conn reload Then you can try reconnecting otherwise you might need to