Re: [Trisquel-users] Proprietary software as result of psychological problems
Yes.
[Trisquel-users] Why I can't install lspci dmesg acpitool lspnp lsusb in Trisquel mini ?
sudo apt-get install lspci dmesg acpitool lspnp lsusb Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package lspci E: Unable to locate package dmesg E: Unable to locate package lspnp E: Unable to locate package lsusb
[Trisquel-users] HTPC Controlled By Gamepad - Home/Launcher Button
I'm trying to create a game console-like environment with a PC and free software. On a side note, I wonder how many other people are interested in this sort of thing, especially considering the beautiful small HTPC models available at ThinkPenguin. I've managed to get my computer paired with a bluetooth game controller at boot, and the controller works perfectly with games like rRootage, SuperTuxKart, and FreeDink; as well as XBMC, which is essential. Everything is ready to go except one thing: I need a way to launch XBMC from the controller. I don't want it to start without the controller (I use my PC for regular stuff when I'm not gaming on it). I've decided I want to launch a process from .xsessionrc that watches for BTN_MODE to be sent from the controller indicating I've pressed the guide button, which will then launch XBMC or do whatever else I want. However I don't know how to do this. I think I need to watch /dev/input/event or uinput. This guide does something similar, watching for events from LIRC http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=129256 . How can I look for events from the controller? xboxdrv says events are sent to event10 or js0.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Why I can't install lspci dmesg acpitool lspnp lsusb in Trisquel mini ?
I think that packages are moved in another packages like lspnp moved to pnputils
Re: [Trisquel-users] Why I can't install lspci dmesg acpitool lspnp lsusb in Trisquel mini ?
lspci is in pciutils dmesg is in util-linux lsubs is in usbutils
Re: [Trisquel-users] Why I can't install lspci dmesg acpitool lspnp lsusb in Trisquel mini ?
I need these because I want to see if my laptop can by hacked to support Coreboot like in these informations: http://www.coreboot.org/Laptop#Laptops_with_coreboot_Support thanks lembas
Re: [Trisquel-users] HTPC Controlled By Gamepad - Home/Launcher Button
Does xev see the keypresses from the controller? If yes, those can be used with xbindkeys.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Why I can't install lspci dmesg acpitool lspnp lsusb in Trisquel mini ?
You're welcome. Fingers crossed!
[Trisquel-users] What are these numbers from lscpi output ?
I run this command: lspci -nnvvv lscpi.log Now I see these numbers. What are these? These are blobs? 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller [8086:0104] (rev 09) Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c0b6] Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast TAbort-
Re: [Trisquel-users] Buying a Trisquel laptop in France
The problem is not so much the ability to ship, but the perceived insurance «in case anything happens». It's easier to send the laptop in the same country and even monitor the traject. If they are nearby I can even go to the shop myself. This is why I would like some dealer in France. But I won't rely solely on DuckDuckGo to find me a salesperson.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Why block Tor even for browsing?
Never crossed my mind such an issue would be already reported. Glad to meet another Tor user!
Re: [Trisquel-users] Buying a Trisquel laptop in France
Thank you GNUser for your input. Only there's no such problem in my case. Debian 6 is out of the question, the kernel is too old. But Debian 7 does work, till it freezes. Tails, which is Debian 6 with a recent kernel had some issues, now it goes without a problem. Ubuntu I don't touch because of their Microsoftish policies. I know they are free. I also know that I am not skilled enough to take everything harmful out. I didn't like Fedora either because of their «latest software», huge quantity of updates and rpm. I don't know. In the past I have bricked a few computers with rpm updates. I never tricked deb distributions into that. But Fedora is smooth. And Fedora has security updates. And it can handle everything I throw at it it seems. Including upgrading full disk encrypted systems. Trisquel can't run on my hardware because it needs too many proprietary code, including for backlighting. I used to build up my own PC. Since I switched to laptop only I'm handicapped and depend on others to do it for me. Heck! I don't need a webcam or optical driver either. Free BIOS would be nice. Long battery life and the ability to go over to their shop if there's an issue I can't fix trumps that. Or, as you point out: going with a Trisquel CD.
Re: [Trisquel-users] What are these numbers from lscpi output ?
Not blobs. As the lspci manual page states, the - switch will Show hexadecimal dump of the extended (4096-byte) PCI configuration space available on PCI-X 2.0 and PCI Express buses. So they are some registers. If somebody on the other hand presented you with a source code that looked like that, then that'd be a blob.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Buying a Trisquel laptop in France
Yea, but who is going to pay the exchange tax, the VAT, the eco tax and any other tax the EU is going to put on that laptop? Than who is going to pay for the price of sending back the laptop if anything happens? And who is going to pay for a replacement during that time. Y'know, transatlantic postal packs don't go in a couple of hours.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Why block Tor even for browsing?
Thank you andrew. That's the best way to handle it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Forum moderation
I'm a newcomer and I have no idea what threads are you talking about. But if the Trisqel community can't hold its viewpoint at home, on its own territory without bullying and censorship (you can call that moderation) than what chance does it stand outside with paid tech editors, advertising budgets and government bribery (they call it lobby)? I never ever had anything as big as fedora forum and nothing even close to linux questions. But I have noticed that letting people free can help on the long term. Sure, bot spam doesn't help anybody. Probably it would even help you drop to the tenth page in search engines. But otherwise let people express themselves. An Ignore function is a far better choice than a moderator that can delete posts and ban users. I have read through the comments so far. And from what I have noticed unpopular views (I wouldn't go that far to call them all trolling) multiply like Hydra's heads with so called moderation. Guidelines? They are nice to have for nice people that do bother to read them. Enforcing guidelines is a very unfair process. And I know for sure that thread hijacking is never enforced as with quite a lot of abuse. I'm from Europe, most forums I visit are mostly american. Maybe it has something to do with the cultural differences. Because a sincere «fuck off» would most certainly bring a delete, maybe even a temporary ban, while a 10k post member hunting around a new user and calling that person all sort of names like «troll» or just pointing out obvious things that scream «idiot» without writing the word «idiot», now that guy can even make points with the community. Of course, I'm just a newcomer and I don't delude myself I can have a contribution to the final outcome. But I can add my contribution and troll you with my opinions.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Forum moderation
How about personal filters for users? If somebody feel buthurt, then somebody else criticize RMS/FLOSS/Mother_Teresa, in that case her/she needs to add the person in personal ignore list. IMHO, this is excellent alternative for forum moderation.
Re: [Trisquel-users] A laptop earns FSF Respects Your Freedom certificate
It's funny, I checked your account... You barely do anything other than posting in your own threads, not taking the time to actually answer any questions of other users (I thought this forum was here to help people with doubts and questions), yet you come here and say I am bored as if it was a rational argument and just say I want this guy banned simply because I told you to fuck off, which means, don't bore me to death with your self imposed need to rule over other people's views/forums/etc. So, yeah, I have basically told you everything that you needed to read, I will only clarify one more thing: I was the first person mentioning the raising prices yes but I was also the first to say they were in their own right to do so. You basically felt the need to defend them from a non.existent attack. And you probably did so with the intent of starting a fight with me (trying to get me into trouble, you are not the first one to try). Any person with a little brain inside their skulls will see that I was not attacking glug, or their work, merely stating a fact and my personal opinion about that fact. What happened after that was caused by you, because you apparently need the feeling of power over others. Well, not over me sir, don't even think about it. I state my views whenever I feel I should, and you ain't gonna shut me down. So, again, fuck off. And I am done with you, get a life and don't bother me again, I am here for the honest people who need help or merely a little debate, not for people like you who only look for themselves. Bye.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Why block Tor even for browsing?
Nice to meet you too. I am happy to see other people here using Tor as their main browser. It's a very important thing to protect ourselves (I know that from personal experience :S). If you don't mind me asking, which OS do you run, and what other privacy/security tools do you use? I am running Debian right now, and enjoying it very much, I usually pay some attention to firewall rules, and have been looking into rootkits lately. As for the blocking thing, we will have to wait. Andrew already did what was necessary. Given the fact that Tor is free software, and protects people online, there is no reason for us to be blocked. :)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Buying a Trisquel laptop in France
No problem. I think you might have misunderstood me, what I meant was that for some reason, my laptop appears to only accept the Debian based distros. In your case, every Debian based seems to give you trouble. So, maybe you should go to another family, maybe Fedora-family,since it works well for you. However, I agree that from what one reads online, Fedora versions are hit or miss. Some of them are very crashy. Since you are on the look for a NEW laptop, I would suggest actually trying one that supports Debian family. You have two FSF endorsed distros (if that is important for you) Triquel and GNewSense, you have Debian itself which is also free software only, you also get other kind of distros like Tails (since you like Tor, you probably have heard of Tails by now) and Puppy (for some specific ocasions it can be good). As for the hardware... one thing you must realise is that no manufacturer out there thinks I will build a laptop with free software friendly hardware only. Yes, ThinkPenguim and Glug actually make some changes on laptops that are themselves very friendly, but you don't need to buy there if it is a problem to you (because of the reasons you mentioned below). You can just look at the specs and look for one that uses the same hardware brands and such. There are some good rules of thumb: no CPU with vPro or Txt, no ATI graphics card (you won't have ANY luck playing games with that, trust me), etc. Basically by taking a Trisquel live cd you can be assured that at least Trisquel will run on it, that is already good. If eventually you want to change, the Debian family has a lot of distros that will also run great with free software only, since you already do so with trisquel. If you want a free bios, look for one that is supported by Coreboot, and decide if you want to make the work yourself (or if you prefer contacting glug and have them doing that for you on your laptop, maybe they can provide that service too). Well, sorry for the long reply, but I hope it was any help for you. Let us know how it turns out ;)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Proprietary software as result of psychological problems
Also, I don't know in what country you live in, but EUROPE AND USA ARE IN A FINANCIAL CRISIS THESE DAYS! You don't just hand a job application and get the job. You got a point there. I don't like this whole argument of just quit your job, find another one! go into the coal-mines or the steel-factory or just get a job at mcdonalds; your family doesn't need much money. Those people don't know what they're talking about. A job at mcdonalds is nothing everyone can built a happy life on. And honestly: developing proprietary software is not good and I think they should try to somehow get something else; but it's not that someone dies everytime they sell a program. Hey GNUser, I know it's hard, but maybe you can manage to calm down a bit? I mean they'll bann you otherwise and then you achieved nothing. Believe me, your words will only have a chance to be heard if you speak them in a calm manner. Lol, maybe I'll get banned for saying this. Who knows.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Forum moderation
Lots of open source supporters think of free software as being religious and RMS as being like a messiah or something, but what's really funny is that they say this, then they go around and just agree with whatever Torvalds says. Meanwhile, in the free software movement, we have a lot of people that disagree with RMS' political views, such as anarchist capitalists, and he has a lot of views that are easy to disagree with. I, personally, am annoyed any time I hear RMS talking about global heating, which is a term that distorts the reality of the science of climate change, and I completely disagree with his insistence on restricting derivative works of his statements of opinion. I also think he gets angry way too easily sometimes, though that's probably just be a result of stress from going from place to place so much (he's only human, after all). We agree with RMS about certain things, and disagree with him about other things. No one views him as a saint or messiah. Saint IGNUcious and the Church of Emacs is a joke. If anyone is religious, it's the Torvalds fans who assert such ridiculous things as GNU being irrelevant.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Proprietary software as result of psychological problems
Lol, they will ban you alright... for trying to make me calm down (that way they don't get to ban me) :P And yes, I have seen the storm coming... things are about to change here, with members wanting to become moderators (for our protection of course -.- ) and some people who don't even participate that much here wanting to say who gets to stay and who gets to go (see the FSF endorsed thread)... Yes, people like me will probably get banned. Who loses? The forum, and the few good honest people who stay, too afraid to speak up their own mind. Still I thank you for the advice. I actually enjoyed our debates even if there was a moment we could have cut each others throat :P In the end I achieved something, you realized why illegal sharing is bad ;) No pirates here, just illegal sharing :) Remember what I once told you about the hammer staying a hammer no matter what use you give it? Well, that's the problem here. People can come here and say whatever they want as long as they remain civil, but when someone says fuck you, I have to give food to my son everyone gets offended. Apparently for some guys here good manners are above everything else... even reason. I am happy to see that someone understand that getting a job is not that much easy these days and that proprietary software is not killing people. I dislike proprietary software, but I don't attack those who create it. For me, Canonical is a lot worse, because they produced free software that spies on their users. Free software should mean freedom, not you are free to look at the way we spy on you and control you, here is the source code of our spying tool. :P Well, see you around (until one of us gets banned :P)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Buying a Trisquel laptop in France
The only part of the system that has to do with hardware compatibility is the kernel, Linux. So unless all Debian-based systems are using a different kernel version than all those other systems, maybe your computer has a Secure Boot feature that doesn't have keys these other systems are signed with, or perhaps these other systems aren't signed at all.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Proprietary software as result of psychological problems
I'm not aware of any cases like this. Moderation here is very hands-off. You're confusing the desire of some of the users for how they think it should be with how it actually is.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Forum moderation
global heating, which is a term that distorts the reality of the science of climate change The IPCC disagrees with you, see e.g. http://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WGI_AR5_SPM_brochure.pdf (9 MB)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Forum moderation
One of my big issues with this forum is the attack on permissive licenses even though they are free software. Most of the people here want everything to be GPL and will support it blindly even though it doesn't fit the scope of many projects and is considered too restrictive by modern developers. The fears. The worries. The finger pointing. It makes you wonder if anyone is working on getting the next version of Trisquel out at this point. This site is turning into a glorified message board spreading evangelism and arguments with those who question it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Proprietary software as result of psychological problems
I recognize that there are *many* users who want to change the moderationfor the bad. As far as I could see those are many long-established members, some of them even participate in the development in trisquel (correct me if I'm wrong). So I think it's more like the base of the community wants to protect themselves from new influences; but I hope you're right and it's not the majority. Time will show.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Why block Tor even for browsing?
I don't think it should be blocked even if it was nonfree software. It would just be like trisquel.info blocking Internet Explorer because it's proprietary.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Is ethic really good argument for FLOSS?
Quakers are a strict sect of Christians. Most Christians are not Quakers. What is fatalism?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Is ethic really good argument for FLOSS?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatalism incorrect belief that we have no input in our lives, fate determines everything
Re: [Trisquel-users] Forum moderation
my suggestion: rename, or specifically describe, the (en) users-forum as technical support only! create a new OFFTOPIC forum for all discussion topics, not directly related to technical support issues.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Is ethic really good argument for FLOSS?
I think we'd like to think that purely 'we' makes the choises. But you have to consider that we are not singular entities, each of us are made up of several parts that cooperate to make the choise. Our emotions tells us one thing, and our logic the other. Do we decide what emotions to have at a particular time? Maybe it is possible through technology, but currently i do not consciously decide what emotions to have. So i don't know whether it is correct to say that we have freedom, as in the moment we were born(of which we did not choose to do), we were 'given the combined functionalities of our parents(of which we did not pick).
[Trisquel-users] A uqestion about a WIFI pasword
Greetings ladies and gentlemen. If my WIFI password has only numbers in it, it makes my network less secure for crackers? I don't know much about WIFI. Thank you
Re: [Trisquel-users] A uqestion about a WIFI pasword
bad news - no matter what you do, your wifi can be cracked. wep is broken at an ecryption level however, so wpa/wpa2 is a better suggestion. using a long password makes breaking it much more difficult (well, time consuming really). however, the only real solution is to change your password more often/faster then the cracker can brute force it (not something most people do, changing their wifi passwords often i mean). best of luck.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Proprietary software as result of psychological problems
(...) there was a moment we could have cut each others throat :P Forget about that! We just had a bad start ;) In the end I achieved something Yeah, but I think I had reached the conclusion faster if you had put it in a less offending way... You know, people have the tendency to not listening anymore once they feel attacked. After all, they're only humans. People can come here and say whatever they want as long as they remain civil AND as long as they don't criticize the fsf, you forgot that ;) but when someone says fuck you, I have to give food to my son everyone gets offended. Apparently for some guys here good manners are above everything else... even reason. That's true, but really a lot of people think so. I always admired RMS for his ability to stay calm no matter how he gets offended. I think you'll reach more people that way and your words will have a bigger impact. Just my point of view!
Re: [Trisquel-users] A laptop earns FSF Respects Your Freedom certificate
Article on Gluglug laptop http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/Gluglug-Laptops-Get-FSF-Respect-Your-Freedom-Certification
Re: [Trisquel-users] Proprietary software as result of psychological problems
One example proves nothing. It's like we don't have a financial crisis, THIS guy has a job. RMS has outstanding programming skills and a bachelor degree at MIT. I think he was pretty much in the situation to try out things without fears for his financiel position. And after all he decided against family and children; he is free to do so, but again, a bad example for how you can make a living without coding prop. software.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Forum moderation
Probably would be better to actually start a Trisquel OS technical support forum; and allow this way-out-there-in-la-la-land bashing party to be moved into a back room, hidden from public view. :-) Too many of the discussions are becoming laughable, and business people have begun to drop by to be entertained by the kids here. Unfortunately, that was an actual discussion at a recent meetings in the computer lab. Lack of management and supervision leads to chaos... but at least it is entertaining!
Re: [Trisquel-users] I bought a Replicant/Cyanogenmod-incompatible Android phone.
Replicant's minimum criteria for a new port are: * The device must be supported by CyanogenMod * Its network type must be GSM and not CDMA (true of this device) * There must be a way to flash images to the device using a free program (Samsung devices have a dedicated program, Heimdall, for this purpose) More accurately, installing images on the device must not require running any non-free software on the host computer. We can run anything necessary on the device, since it will be erased during installation. For example, one of our upcoming targets, the LG Optimus L9, must be upgraded to Android 4.2 Jellybean before you can install Replicant on it. * The kernel must not be signed; the bootloader must not check the kernel's signature. If this is the case, the device won't boot anything but a signed kernel from the manufacturer. Samsung devices are generally safe for this. * The kernel source code must have been released. It does not look like this device has a release yet, but Samsung is legally obligated to provide a copy if we ask, because the kernel is under GPLv2. * The device's processor must not be Qualcomm (these devices have bad hardware design where the modem can access many hardware features and spy on the user, and they also require a high number of blobs) or Nvidia Tegra 2 (found to have unusably slow graphics under Replicant). Your device's processor is an ARM Cortex.
Re: [Trisquel-users] HTPC Controlled By Gamepad - Home/Launcher Button
I don't know why I didn't think of that. I use xbindkeys for other things. In any case, it doesn't work; seems to only get keyboard and mouse events, and the manpage doesn't seem to indicate I could connect it to other events. That's exactly like what I would be looking for, though, so I'm now hunting around for something similar to xev/xbindkeys that can watch /dev/input/event* and uinput.
Re: [Trisquel-users] HTPC Controlled By Gamepad - Home/Launcher Button
Here's something promising: evtest /dev/input/event10 detects and outputs joystick button events.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Why block Tor even for browsing?
Why is there a need for whitelisting user agent strings anyway? The user agent string is easily changed, and malicious clients will just spoof a legitimate one anyway.
Re: [Trisquel-users] A uqestion about a WIFI pasword
Thank you
Re: [Trisquel-users] HTPC Controlled By Gamepad - Home/Launcher Button
Packages I'd look at amora-cli evtest inputlirc rinputd anyremote bluez bluez-tools
Re: [Trisquel-users] A laptop earns FSF Respects Your Freedom certificate
I agree; These laptops are probabaly in short supply, and people must decide whether they are prepared to pay extra for a free BIOS. A lot of that laptop are being sold on ebay for about £120. Clearly that extra money is to pay for the effort he put into developing it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Why block Tor even for browsing?
I'd bet the reason is fighting spammers.
[Trisquel-users] Replicant: About the Fairphone
I thought this theoretical marriage might interest quite a few people here. Spoiler: it's unlikely as of yet. http://replicant.us/2013/11/fairphone/
Re: [Trisquel-users] Why block Tor even for browsing?
Usually Tor users face some prejudice on the internet... Some evil doers use Tor, so Tor get's blocked at a lot of places. Problem is, the real evil doers will use other ways to do so, while the good honest people using Tor for their protection will lose access to content because of that. When I get a block because of being a Tor user in some website, I usually either try using startpage proxy, or just give up on the website altogether. Some websites made the conscious decision to block Tor and if that's so, I just think they are not worth my time reading/writing/participating/cooperating/etc on their work. Since apparently trisquel will allow the new user agent soon, I think it deserves at least that (for a little amount of time) I keep using the old one to have access to the website. If they persist, maybe I will stop participating.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Buying a Trisquel laptop in France
What you say makes sense... but I never heard of any special signature in Debian, or even my laptop (which is 5 years old already) having restricted boot. I don't really care, because I prefer Debian, but I would like to be able to run other stuff from times to times.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Forum moderation
(I really hate to be the one saying this...) Wow, man... calm down. I understand how you feel (you know damn well I do) but you must consider the move you are making, it might not be the best one. you see, the FORUM has a lot of problems, yes, and I am talking about political/social problems, not technical ones. The distribution on the other hand, has some technical problems (I have mentioned a few already in other threads) but it has pretty much the correct political/social priorities. So, while you are correct on not bringing people here, you can still point the distribution (maybe offering advice for them to stay away from the forums and offering your own help for solving problems). I only say this because, even if I prefer Debian right now over Trisquel (and even the social contract, which I believe is pro-freedom), it's true they are kept out of FSF list because of some petty political arguments. Not because of the distro itself. So, I think we should be careful to not fall into the same mistake. Of course, I know it sounds silly for me to try to make you calm down and stay here, but, if you really want to make a difference, you have to stay. And maybe you will consider that if I am the one encouraging you to do so... maybe there is a reason for that :P But of course, it's up to you :) I will try to fight back against several people who try to turn this forum into a dictatorship. I guess I could take some help from a person like you ;)
Re: [Trisquel-users] A uqestion about a WIFI pasword
Well, it's true that wpa/wpa2 is better than wep. But as far as the password goes, you should take some things into account. First, you should have a password with: CAPITAL LETTERS regular letters numbers (12345...) Symbols .,-?º+* Second, make it at least 12 characters long. Why all of this? Because if the router is susceptible of an attack using rainbow tables, it will make it almost impossible. Third, you should NOT change it very often. When we try to think of a password that is strong, we usually can come up with one that is both strong and easy to remember. However, the more we change it, the more simplified our passwords will become. Because we tend to do so, in order to remember it. So we make it weaker by changing it. In the end, you must check if your router has a pin activated. Read here http://lifehacker.com/5873407/how-to-crack-a-wi+fi-networks-wpa-password-with-reaver Basically what it says (and it works!) is that now matter how strong you password is, if someone can get the pin mentioned in the article, they will get in. So, yeah... keep an eye out for this too. Also, you should change the name of the wireless network. Some routers have names that somehow reveal information about the router itself making it EASY for a total NEWBIE to crack your password (thomson routers for example). That's all the advice I can give you =) hope it helps.
Re: [Trisquel-users] SteamOS based on Debian a good thing for Ubuntu/Trisquel?
I think Valve and SteamOS is what convinced Nvidia to start helping out with Nouveau
Re: [Trisquel-users] HTPC Controlled By Gamepad - Home/Launcher Button
lembas: thanks. It seems like you think I should find an extra device to send commands to start the program? Progress: I've been unable to find anything like xbindkeys or irxevent that can watch an arbitray device in /dev/input. I thought briefly of browsing and modifying the source code of either program, but instead I think I SHOULD be able to do something this simple with a shell script. evtest offers something interesting: the --query option queries the current state of a certain button and returns 0 if it is not pressed, non-zero if it is. I can set up a watch command like this watch evtest --query /dev/input/event10 EV_KEY BTN_MODEevtest
Re: [Trisquel-users] Proprietary software as result of psychological problems
În 2013-12-21 19:36, shiret...@web.de a scris: a bad example for how you can make a living without coding prop. software. You don't follow the Trisquel Community Guidelines: Non-free software is never a solution so please do not rationalize, justify, or minimize the consequences of proposing non-free software as a solution. https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/trisquel-community-guidelines -- Tiberiu C. Turbureanu Președinte, Fundația Ceata Telefon: +40-761-810-100 GPG: 8B51 53CB 354E 3049 FAE9 3260 F033 8452 4154 1967 Susții libertatea artelor și tehnologiilor? Înscrie-te ca membru! (http://ceata.org/%C3%AEnscrieri)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Has development on Trisquel 7 started?
Is he Spanish? It said that Trisquel was started in Spain on Distrowatch. Does he use the forums? What is his username?
Re: [Trisquel-users] A laptop earns FSF Respects Your Freedom certificate
În 2013-12-21 15:21, gnu...@lavabit.com a scris: It's funny, I checked your account... You barely do anything other than posting in your own threads, not taking the time to actually answer any questions of other users My activity on this forum is of no relevance to the topic. Violation of rule #3 of the Code of Conduct: Personal attacks: We don't tolerate personal attacks here. Rest assured I help promoting Trisquel and offer assistance to Trisquel users with my foundation. My focus is on Romanian-speaking users. I was the first person mentioning the raising prices yes but I was also the first to say they were in their own right to do so. You basically felt the need to defend them from a non.existent attack. You attacked Gluglug by saying that the company is not driven (motivated) by ethics, but only by profit. And you probably did so with the intent of starting a fight with me (trying to get me into trouble, you are not the first one to try). You are a victim. I state my views whenever I feel I should, and you ain't gonna shut me down. This is not your backyard to do whatever you feel like. You should be banned and you should serve as an example for other new and old trolls. So, again, fuck off. Violation of rule #2 of the Code of Conduct: Language: Express yourself without hard language (i.e. cursing). -- Tiberiu C. Turbureanu Președinte, Fundația Ceata Telefon: +40-761-810-100 GPG: 8B51 53CB 354E 3049 FAE9 3260 F033 8452 4154 1967 Susții libertatea artelor și tehnologiilor? Înscrie-te ca membru! (http://ceata.org/%C3%AEnscrieri)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Forum moderation
It's not that I'm planning to leave, maybe I expressed it wrong! There are some intelligent people in here and though there are problems I like (some of) the discussions and I hope things will somehow develop in the right direction (away from cencorship and evangelism). But I imagine how a friend of mine (he just started with free software and gnu systems) would come here and start a thread like Hey everyone, I like opensource and I even bought a raspberry pi to have a free dropbox alternative I can control myself; my father is a software developer and I often argue with him and then he would get answers like: don't use this term, don't use that term; you bought the wrong device. Tell your immoral father to quit his job; this really frightens me. So I don't think I can recommend the trisquel community anymore to him. But it's true that there is no reason to mix up the distro and the community. And if you're telling me that I'm overreacting maybe I should think about it :D
Re: [Trisquel-users] Proprietary software as result of psychological problems
First, I think you should better provide arguments which show that I'm wrong instead of pointing towards the rule not to talk about certain things. Second, your definitly wrong. I didn't rationalize, justify or minimize the consequences of *proposing non-free software as a solution*. I was talking about *developing* proprietary software and make a living from it. You might think that it's all the same, but it's not. You don't put yourself under any risk if you choose not to endorse proprietary software. In contrast, the developer of proprietary software does since he has to quit his job and find another one.
Re: [Trisquel-users] A uqestion about a WIFI pasword
You should consider leaving your WiFi without a password so other people can use it. Almost everyone's WiFi routers stay idle most of the time. Even when the WiFi owner uses the Internet connection, it isn't usually utilized fully. Why not share the connection then? That's what I do and it doesn't make my connection bad. Sometimes when I'm out with my laptop, I'm able to connect to the Internet through someone's opened WiFi router. I can then do some web browsing and some brief communication through my computer. If find this very useful. If most WiFi routers were opened like this, cell phones will be a lot less useful. Try leaving your WiFi without a password to see, if it's any hindrance at all.
Re: [Trisquel-users] A uqestion about a WIFI pasword
You should consider leaving your WiFi without a password so other people can use it. Please mention also the legal problems which can arise. He should do a lot of research about the law in his country before he opens his wlan. Things can turn out pretty bad otherwise.
[Trisquel-users] RMS, in 2001, talked about a 1999 NSA backdoor in MS server software
http://audio-video.gnu.org/video/richard_stallman_speech_2001-01-07.ogg It's one sentence at around 10:42. Can anyone find an article on what he talked about?
Re: [Trisquel-users] RMS, in 2001, talked about a 1999 NSA backdoor in MS server software
21:45 and especially 22:10 onward ... it's sad almost in a storybook kind of way.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Has development on Trisquel 7 started?
Rubén's nick in this forum is quidam [1] but he usually does not use the forum. And yes, he's from Spain. [1] https://trisquel.info/en/users/quidam
Re: [Trisquel-users] A laptop earns FSF Respects Your Freedom certificate
One thing I have learned (though it took me some time to do so): Don't feed the trolls. Reading this comment of yours, I realized you are a troll. It's amazing I hadn't realized it before, but finally this comment of yours was so full of your self importance that I was able to see it. So, this is the last reply you will get from me. And I am only doing this last one to let you know that... you know, since you are gonna act like a troll on the internet, you should be more careful, and not post your personal information in your signature. It could prove to be... unhealthy. Especially when you don't know when to fuck off, even when told by me three times... See you never (we both hope) P.S.: Fuck off
[Trisquel-users] Antwort: A laptop earns FSF Respects Your Freedom certificate
It's a pity that you both argue so much about this issue. I have sympathy for both of your opinions. Here is enough space for all opinions, isn't it. Maybe we should simply ask gluglug about the reason for raising the price over 100%. Maybe he like to expand and need money to develop an alternative Notebook running with free software.
Re: [Trisquel-users] A uqestion about a WIFI pasword
Agreed. As much as I appreciate the ideals behind Open Wireless Movement, there are still many legal issues to be taken into account. Of course, if he can make sure he has no problem with being a part of it, he is welcome to do so. BUT, right now, I don't think things are in such a good legal status as to do so blindly. Also, a_slacker_here, maybe you could consider helping your community other way... by providing a Tor relay. You can read about the Tor project in www.torproject.org and think about it, if you want to help others with your internet connection. As for the security of the router, I hope you read my comment above.
Re: [Trisquel-users] A uqestion about a WIFI pasword
You are making it sound like this is something very dangerous and it's not. The router has an option for no password, so people can use it. If your country's police is known for severely punishing people without WiFi password, you should probably be aware of this. I know where I live there are many public spaces where they have WiFi without password, so I don't feel I need to do a lot of research about the law to figure how things are. I have better things to do. In any case, you are free to do your law research because I wont. But first consider what is good for people. If everyone worries so much about breaking the law rather than doing good, I think everyone will be pretty miserable.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Forum moderation
And if you're telling me that I'm overreacting maybe I should think about it :D Takes one to know the other :P In the hope we can make this forum a better place, I have decided to change the way I interact here a little bit... no more arguing. I state my views, opinions, information, links, suggestions, whatever I have to state, ONCE. I won't get into arguments with other users who clearly are not making reasonable questions, just trying to pick up a fight. I might add some important info that I left out initially when asked for, but other than that, I will try to stick with one comment per thread, maybe it will bring us better results. I will hardly change the way I express myself however, because I don't tolerate censorship. If I need to say something is good the correct word is good. If I need to say something is broken the correct word is broken. If I need to say someone screwed the entire fucking world in a single decision the correct expression is screwed up the entire fucking nation.
[Trisquel-users] Free software compatible All-in-One
Hi guys, I would like to buy a All-In-One printer like this: http://welcome.brother.com/in-en/products-services/multi-function-centres/dcp-70301.tab5.html But i dont know if it is free software friendly... there is a driver under GPL but im unable to know if is entirely free software. Can any one help me with this odyssey? XD Thanks in advance!
Re: [Trisquel-users] Front end for qrencode
I can't seem to get the output from the zenity dialog box into the read [variable here] command.
Re: [Trisquel-users] RMS, in 2001, talked about a 1999 NSA backdoor in MS server software
It sounds familiar to me, but I don't have a link.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Has development on Trisquel 7 started?
Hmm, but Ruben is Armenian name. Is he an Armenian?
Re: [Trisquel-users] RMS, in 2001, talked about a 1999 NSA backdoor in MS server software
Interesting speech, thanks for the link. It sounds like he is talking about things that are happening now! There is a citation to Stallman's story on page 5 of this pdf. https://irwinlaw.com/sites/default/files/attached/KP21%2001%20Stallman.pdf Here is the link http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9909/03/windows.nsa/ This article from 1999 and is often cited in many similar-type stories. http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/5/5263/1.html
Re: [Trisquel-users] Forum moderation
Re: Debian and petty political arguments, please note the video mentioned in this thread: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/rms-2001-talked-about-1999-nsa-backdoor-ms-server-software It shows how Stallman feels about Linux vs. GNU and why he feels that way. Maybe watching that video will provide background that illustrates why freedom is so important an issue and how the slightest deviation from it affects Stallman so strongly.
Re: [Trisquel-users] RMS, in 2001, talked about a 1999 NSA backdoor in MS server software
Also, here's the email correspondence between Duncan Campbell and Microsoft from the year 2000 about the NSA key: http://cryptome.org/nsakey-ms-dc.htm Andrew.
Re: [Trisquel-users] A laptop earns FSF Respects Your Freedom certificate
I think it's about time someone puts the proverbial banhammer down on your backside. All I see from the majority of your posts is constant whining and name-calling. You know what they say. It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. And you my friend have removed all doubt in a stunning display of inane shitposting which has lead yet again to the derailment of ewhat should be a useful, constructive thread.
Re: [Trisquel-users] gluglug thinkpad x60 w/ coreboot mini review
It's nice to see that this laptop has received the 'Respects your freedom' certification from the FSF. Also, I received an update from Mr Rowe the other day, it seems that a new revision of the coreboot stack is ready: Hi xx, Benefits of this new release: - Coreboot payload: GRUB2 - GRUB2 payload: SeaBIOS (available in boot menu) - GRUB2 payload: MemTest86+ (available in boot menu) - Non-free microcode updates removed from coreboot - Native graphics support (replaces the nonfree VBIOS / VGA option ROM) - thinkpad_acpi support (needed for the backlight and other things) - Source code 100% free and deblobbed. - Parabola and gNewSense are now usable. 3rd release. 2013 December 14th Compiled version () (pre-compiled coreboot.rom, flashrom/bucts source code. Documentation.): - useful if you just want to flash the new version: - http://gluglug.org.uk/X60/release/2/X60_binary.tar.gz Source code () (coreboot, bucts, flashrom, grub2, memtest86+. Config files. Documentation.): - useful if you want to study and hack the source code: - http://gluglug.org.uk/X60/release/2/X60_source.tar.gz Changes: - Added SeaBIOS payload to GRUB2 (for booting USB drives) - new grub.cfg Updating your firmware always has a risk of bricking the machine. Instructions are included, but be careful. If you are not sure about how to update or would like help during the procedure, I'm more than happy to provide it. Hope this helps Regards, Francis Rowe.
Re: [Trisquel-users] A laptop earns FSF Respects Your Freedom certificate
În 2013-12-22 01:19, gnu...@lavabit.com a scris: One thing I have learned (though it took me some time to do so): Don't feed the trolls. And I am following this path with you, feeding you all the way. But I hope this will end well for this forum, with you banned from it. So, this is the last reply you will get from me. It's the second time you promise that: And I am done with you. [...] Bye you should be more careful, and not post your personal information in your signature. It could prove to be... unhealthy. I will make sure to report this public threat as well. This goes beyond personal attack (rule #3 of the Code of Conduct). I am sure the team didn't even think they should include public threats in the list of forbidden activities on this community forum. Especially when you don't know when to fuck off, even when told by me three times... See you never Yet another violation of #2 rule of the Code of Conduct: Language: Express yourself without hard language (i.e. cursing). This of course goes beyond rule #2, because you are actually trying to banish me from this community. Like a dictator, but you forget you are not in charge here. (we both hope) Double personality or you are acting as part of a troll team, with quantumgravity (shiretoko) as your sidekick (and from what I see, with few more showing their interests in joining you). Everybody else on this forum, I am sorry for this mess on such a wonderful news topic. -- Tiberiu C. Turbureanu Președinte, Fundația Ceata Telefon: +40-761-810-100 GPG: 8B51 53CB 354E 3049 FAE9 3260 F033 8452 4154 1967 Susții libertatea artelor și tehnologiilor? Înscrie-te ca membru! (http://ceata.org/%C3%AEnscrieri)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Antwort: A laptop earns FSF Respects Your Freedom certificate
În 2013-12-22 01:16, simonhan...@web.de a scris: Maybe we should simply ask gluglug about the reason for raising the price over 100%. By all means. If this issue is important to you, take action. This community is not the one selling the laptops. So it's useless to guess and debate guesses about what are Gluglug's reasons for raising the prices and what motivates them to liberate a laptop (although it should be obvious they are ethical *and* for profit). -- Tiberiu C. Turbureanu Președinte, Fundația Ceata Telefon: +40-761-810-100 GPG: 8B51 53CB 354E 3049 FAE9 3260 F033 8452 4154 1967 Susții libertatea artelor și tehnologiilor? Înscrie-te ca membru! (http://ceata.org/%C3%AEnscrieri)
