Re: [Trisquel-users] Stallman trying to derail Linux adoption once again
The issue with Stallman speaking out against Valve games and non-free games in general is that he is considered a celebrity within the computer world and can get the attention of a tech writer. He knows this and in his head he thinks that if he speaks out and whines enough, that he can tell Valve where to stick it. Reality is that Valve is going to do what they want to do and will probably make a decent chunk of change with a huge percentage of Ubuntu users starving for games on the OS. The Humble Indie Bundles were proof of that with the Linux users paying more than Mac and Windows ones. This is considered a test with Valve putting their feet in the water first. If they are successful, then more developers and publishers will consider porting their AAA titles to Linux as well. I don't see how fighting all of this is bad considering it brings more commerical support for the OS. Not only will it bring more software, these game companies may lend some help in fixing issues with the open source video drivers. Nothing bad can come from this. Stallman's view is actually limiting freedom by him telling you to stay away. True freedom is knowing about free software and having the choice to stay away from certain types of software even if you may miss out in awesome entertainment.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Stallman trying to derail Linux adoption once again
I have to agree with the others here. If all you want is fun games, and free (as in price) software. Then that has nothing to do with Free Software or its "movement". Its gratis, and that really helps no one. But to be fair, I first started using GNU/Linux back when when all I knew was I needed to fix my Windows computer and didn't want to spend any money. I found Ubuntu, installed it. It fixed my problem. Then fell in love with the customizablity of Gnome 2.x (ironic how that's dissappeared now) and eventually after almost 3 years, I learned of the importance of Free software and Freedom as a whole. So the free price aspect has its place, but must be used and spoken about wisely.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Moving from Ubuntu to fully Free Distro's
Sorry for the long delay. Been really busy lol. But I was gonna make the plunge and try and setup ownCloud on my CR-48 with Trisquel mini installed. The whole "Learn by doing" approach. :-) But on the first step, It came back saying it was unable to locate 3 packages: php-xml, php-mbstring and php5-zip. Are these not included by default in Trisquel? I tried looking for a PPA to add to satisfy these, and I tried "ppa:ubuntu-it-dev/ppa" because there was actually a owncloud package in that repo. So was hoping it could also satisfy my missing dependencies. But nope :-( Still came back with same missing ones. And 2 new errorrs Regex compilation error - unmatched [ or [^ and Couldn't find any package by regex 'B' Did you have to add any PPA when doing your setup?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Stallman trying to derail Linux adoption once again
The philosophy of freedom being more important is a correct one. If we want to have free software, we cannot accept non-free software. It is the freedom to have that community (and move within it) that matters. It is about the people and the people's ability to grow and expand upon the skills and gifts of others that matters. It is about that growth that matters. See, we're all supposed to be here for one another. We're supposed to look to God, who, as the Creator, teaches us everything about ourselves. And then we take that knowledge and understanding and we look to our fellow man, those He's placed here with us, and each of us, using our unique and special gifts, examines how we can contribute to that community He created, and to do so that others might receive and build upon our offering, our work, to take it and improve upon it by their own unique and special gifts, so they ultimately produce something more than what could've done by our more limited selves in the first place, so that even of our own work, that work which we cast out "unto the waters from our shores," that even we might receive something far better back from the community. This is how we're supposed to be. All of us. And if everybody did this ... everybody would be constantly receiving something better back than what they offered. The unique and special talents we all possess, they are meant to be shared, given to others that they might improve, both improve themselves through instruction and observation, but also to improve the actual work through unique insight and gifts. We offer what we have, so that others can receive and contribute and add back to it, so that when it comes back our way it's more than we sent out. This is how we're supposed to be to each other. God gives us everything and teaches us how to serve others, and in so doing we are wholly served ourselves. None of us are here by accident. We are all part of a plan. And it is God, through His Son Jesus Christ, who shows us how to be, how to live, how to share, how to give, and yes also how to TRULY receive ... and that by giving. Best regards, Rick C. Hodgin On 07/31/2012 09:40 PM, tegskywal...@hotmail.com wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19065082 Stallman opens up his big mouth again calling Valve games on Linux unethical. Just when most Linux users are getting excited about the OS again, here he comes to try to derail it. We all know his viewpoints on proprietary software (including games) but he is going after the big news sites with this one. Right now, there seems to be some hype and interest from not only Valve, but other developers like Blizzard who are strongly considering Linux. They are considering because they believe that Windows 8 will not only piss off the average consumer, but the Windows 8 App Store may close off developers from releasing independent software of their app store. So with computing moving away from the traditional PC toward smartphones and tablets and with those still hanging on to their desktop PC now being locked into Apple and Microsoft app stores, it is a slap in the face that there are people out there like Stallman who are vindictive in trying to keep Linux a running joke.
[Trisquel-users] Re : New documentation: Connect to FreeNode IRC anonymously with tor
Nobody in San Francisco will be "held accountable for" what happens through her TOR node. Judges are not stupid. Yet, the USA may become the new Syria within 10 years. Who knows? Actually, I believe any activist/journalist (and any other people governments love to watch) should take care right now of communicating in an anonymous way. For instance I definitely recommend you to use TOR to "stand by your views" if any powerful entity, say a government, may dislike those views. And, again, I am not only talking about China (where many political activists are in jail) and Russia (where journalists are murdered). The CIA, for instance, can know far too much about anybody. Beyond their own means, they can ask Amazon what books people read, they can ask Facebook what are their friends, they can ask Google what they are searching for, they can ask Microsoft to remotely spy their on computing activities, etc. There will be abuses... if this is not already the case. You do not have to worry about the governments being powerless. Quite the contrary: anonymous communications must be easy to get. @SirGrant: thank you. Watching the BBC through TOR (what you consider acceptable) saturates the nodes and worsen the bitrate of those who really need it.
[Trisquel-users] Stallman trying to derail Linux adoption once again
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19065082 Stallman opens up his big mouth again calling Valve games on Linux unethical. Just when most Linux users are getting excited about the OS again, here he comes to try to derail it. We all know his viewpoints on proprietary software (including games) but he is going after the big news sites with this one. Right now, there seems to be some hype and interest from not only Valve, but other developers like Blizzard who are strongly considering Linux. They are considering because they believe that Windows 8 will not only piss off the average consumer, but the Windows 8 App Store may close off developers from releasing independent software of their app store. So with computing moving away from the traditional PC toward smartphones and tablets and with those still hanging on to their desktop PC now being locked into Apple and Microsoft app stores, it is a slap in the face that there are people out there like Stallman who are vindictive in trying to keep Linux a running joke.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel & Trusted Computing
I think I have maybe found a way to use Trisquel as my OS, yet avoid the ordeal of teaching myself how to recompile/reconfigure the kernel, but being a newbie, I would like feedback from experienced users before I pursue a possible dead-end. Google searches indicate that INTEL_TXT.TXT, CONFIG_INTEL_TXT, etc., did not port into Linux until kernel version 2.6.32, so I am thinking that if I use Trisquel 3.5 or 3.0.1, the Intel code will not be present (Distrowatch lists Trisquel 3.5 as having kernel version 2.6.31, and Trisquel 3.0.1 using kernel 2.6.28). What do you all think of this? Advice welcomed!
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel & Trusted Computing
You did not lose me. Having done much research on DRM and Trusted Computing, I am quite aware my custom-build cannot avoid all hardware-based DRM. What a custom-build can do is avoid majority of it, and through erasing all software-based DRM that one can, most of the unavoidable hardware-based DRM can be disabled, or at least mitigated. What DRM survives this process I can live with...at least until some Megamind cracker discovers a fix. You do what you can with what you have to work with...sometimes there is no perfect solution (yet). I focus on what I can do. For example, I may not be able to eliminate DRM code in the XP Pro 'kernel', but I have found out how to eliminate most of the rest, and that is a lot of DRM crud!
Re: [Trisquel-users] New documentation: Connect to FreeNode IRC anonymously with tor
I see the benefit of getting and viewing information like reading a blocked website (like if you are in China) or viewing the BBC iPlayer outside of the UK because it is pure consumption. No one should be denied information and even if they did track the IP, they would assume the UK user was watching content within the UK. No problem. The issue I have is when there is interaction or communication like with email SMTP servers, BitTorrent, IRC, and message board comments. Like I was saying above with IP addresses being logged and associated with that communication, it can be used for evil and can be used for it. I do understand that some of you have good intentions and are what the ideals of the project are trying to fulfil. As with Banana's example, if someone in Syria wants to read American news or use the American version of Google, I have zero problem with that. When they use it as an anonymous way to attack people, the complications can get bigger. Tor is still used by a small group of people that use it for a purpose. Human nature tends to have it lean in the nefarious dimension with using it to steal content and not get caught. We cannot moderate those people and those few bad eggs can ruin it for others. I use Tor and know what it does. I am also aware that when I connect to a US node with someone in San Francisco, I try not to do bad things because that person may be held accountable for my actions. Would I ever use it for IRC or a communication where I stand by my views? Nope. That is what I meant by "manning up" to a viewpoint and not being a "pussy" comments.
[Trisquel-users] Re : New documentation: Connect to FreeNode IRC anonymously with tor
quidam is right: you do not understand the issue. Any idea how Syrian opponents communicate to groups such as Telecomix? Of course, from the point of view of the Bachar al-Assad, this is highly unethical...
Re: [Trisquel-users] New documentation: Connect to FreeNode IRC anonymously with tor
Who said I didn't understand the issue? I understand completely what Tor is and have used the browser bundle in the past so there is no need for you to attempt to talk down to me. If Tor was a better method and didn't need you to piggy back on someone else's IP, then we would have a true "private" method of browsing the web. I do understand that some of you like it when you are visting hardcore porn sites or something else sketchy and want to keep that secret. That exact site is recording the IP of that visitor and if there needs to be an investigation, they target the innoncent party. Of course that is fine to you because you are getting your "privacy" and doing something that is unethical. In the long run, people like you don't care because you only protect yourself and that is what really matters. So for being a project lead on a project that is under financed and begging for free money every month, does it ever annoy you that the Stallmanites at the FSF don't throw some your way becuase of your cause? Of course not, because in the bigger picture they don't care about you or your project and they want all that money to themselves and with you being a FSF approved distro, it is free advertising for them and your distro is just a bullet point to see that people support their wish-washy and uncomprimising ethics. Ever wonder why bigger corporations would rather support the OSI and Linux Foundation? Because they won't get badmouthed for making a buck on their software.
Re: [Trisquel-users] New documentation: Connect to FreeNode IRC anonymously with tor
As I said, if you don't understand an issue you should at least be polite when discussing it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] New documentation: Connect to FreeNode IRC anonymously with tor
There he is! I know you say it is a privacy thing but you are still using someone else's IP address so if you do something bad, it traces back to an innocent person who takes the fall for you. I guess that makes it "private" for the person using Tor at the expense of someone else. Classy. Hey bro, any idea when 6.0 is coming out? There have been no announcements or even a name picked for it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] New documentation: Connect to FreeNode IRC anonymously with tor
"Hope it is useful to those who want to protect their privacy" t3g: if you are not in that group, or don't understand that some users may need this tools, then shut up. Also, you should give your opinion without calling names.
Re: [Trisquel-users] What are these patents that MS owns in Linux? More and more people are paying.
I think that this pretty much sums up which patents they are: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YExl9ojclo&html5=1
Re: [Trisquel-users] Need help in customization
Try MATE. It is a GNOME2 fork. Just awesome. Best regards, Rick C. Hodgin -- On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 7:39 AM EDT mam...@lavabit.com wrote: >Trisquel 5.5 uses GNOME's fallback mode by default, which uses Metacity as a >window manager. Mutter isn't even installed by default.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Need help in customization
Trisquel 5.5 uses GNOME's fallback mode by default, which uses Metacity as a window manager. Mutter isn't even installed by default.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel stickers
Thanks Chris for your help. I strongly agree that uniform is the best thing. Could you kindly send me the raw original file "Powered by Trisquel"? thanks again for your valuable advice. Mauro
