Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel, Text mode install (selected no packages to install)
That solution did not work. However i found plenty of others here. I commented out the sleep calls in /etc/init/failsafe.conf, and rebooted. Boot time was about 17 seconds (normal).
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes
glxinfo | grep OpenGL OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc. OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x300) OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20 OpenGL extensions:
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes
The videos are local. The computer freezes sometimes when I use Totem and SMplayer. I haven't tested other players though.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes
The software that I've installed recently, as far as I can remember, are i2p and VirtualBox. I don't think they have anything to do with this problem. I read /var/log/dpkg.log. I found this: 2013-12-01 13:47:41 status installed linux-generic 3.2.0.56.66+6.0trisquel2 I didn't find anything related to 'xserver' or 'linux-image'.
Re: [Trisquel-users] LightDM installer script
What would be the benefit of installing LightDM anyway? I'm running KDE on my machines and using kdm.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Free Clarendon!
Clarendon looks like a very good font, it's really pleasent to read. If someone owns the patent for Clarendon and sells it for $120 per license (right here) I can hardly imagine, that he will free it for $30K. Armworm, can you be completely sure the guy won't just take the money and keep the font? Or just give you a proprietary license to use the font once and laugh his ass of.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How can I disable the 'Recent Documents' menu?
via ADD/REMOVE applications: search for Privacy
Re: [Trisquel-users] sound not working with headphones
Try this in a terminal: amixer -c0 set Headphone unmute #Careful, headphone volume will be at 100% after this command amixer -c0 set Headphone 100%+ You could also try the command 'alsamixer' (without quotes). (which is a graphical interface to amixer) If you see 'MM' below any of the colored vertical lines, it means that this channel is muted. To unmute it, type m. You control the volume with the up and down arrow keys.
Re: [Trisquel-users] 6.0.1 Ready For Testing
If you want it based on Debian, Use Gnewsense or standard debian.
[Trisquel-users] Antwort: Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes
You are currently running the Mesa Software Renderer for 3D which makes playing games with 3D (like Tux Racer, Open Arena, etc) very slow. I can not comment on your desktop experience but for 3D you will most likely not be able to play any 3D games on Trisquel. Pure software based renderer and video playback on the other hand rely on good acceleration extensions of your x-Server. If you are running pure Vesa things turn out to be slow. You can check your Xorg.0.log to find out which Xserver you are running. Running a desktop on pure Vesa really sucks. I had the same experience with the Atom-based PC I build for my daughter which had the cumbersome PowerVR-based GPU integrated. Even very small resolution videos could not play back without visual corruption :(
Re: [Trisquel-users] Antwort: Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes
В 12:45 +0100 на 30.12.2013 (пн), holger.be...@gmail.com написа: You are currently running the Mesa Software Renderer for 3D Also the vendor string (VMWare Inc.) suggests that this is a virtual machine, which means that your video card is emulated in software. Running in a virtual machine will explain why you are having problems. Probably there are not enough resources (RAM, CPU) to emulate the virtual machine and playback the video at the same time. VMWare is not free software. The free software vitalization programs VirtualBox and Qemu are really good and you can use them instead. VirtualBox has the ability to provide 3d acceleration to the guest OS, but I've never used it. I think you can even run VMWare images inside VirtualBox and Qemu. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [Trisquel-users] Antwort: Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes
You are currently running the Mesa Software Renderer for 3D Also the vendor string (VMWare Inc.) suggests that this is a virtual machine, which means that your video card is emulated in software. VMWare also employs developers of the software rasterizer, http://mesa3d.sourceforge.net/developers.html. Running LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=t glxinfo | grep OpenGL should output the same vendor string on real hardware. pgp6_UsmKEMqj.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [Trisquel-users] Antwort: Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes
В 13:16 +0100 на 30.12.2013 (пн), Michał Masłowski написа: Running LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=t glxinfo | grep OpenGL should output the same vendor string on real hardware. Good to know. Thanks! signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
[Trisquel-users] Antwort: Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes
The vendor string itself does not indicate that he is running a VM and his video card is emulated but that lvmpipe (= the software OpenGL implementation of Mesa) is running. See here: http://www.mesa3d.org/llvmpipe.html I do not remember the exact details but AFAIK VMWare provided some code to the Mesa project as part of the guest 3D extension for Linux VMs.
[Trisquel-users] Antwort: Intel processor microcode security update for Trisquel
In contrast to try to get all information by for example spying on submarine cables, the TAO group, as far as I know,is designed to infiltrate special targets of interest. I don't think it is feasable to manipulate all electronics. But nonetheless I will try to avoid shipment from US and the Faraday cage give additional protection.
[Trisquel-users] Antwort: Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes
@spyfall: It might be useful if you post your system specs in order to nail the your source of problem. For lacking 3D support the issue is simple: All ATI/AMD based cards rely on non-free ucode / BIOS files to enable 3D via radeon driver. This is not supported by Trisquel.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How can I disable the 'Recent Documents' menu?
Those using Gnome and/or any of the Ubuntu-based distros should learn about zeitgeist, apport, scopes, lens, geoglue, whoopsie, and the uses of Gnome Activity Journal. Surely, Trisquel has removed these? :-) As Spinoza said, installing the missing “Privacy” app is a good first step: http://ubuntugenius.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/ubuntu-12-04-upgrade-fix-missing-privacy-app-in-system-settings/ What is Whoopsie? http://askubuntu.com/questions/135540/what-is-the-whoopsie-process-and-how-can-i-remove-it Purpose of Zeitgeist and Gnome Activity Journal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgeist_%28framework%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Activity_Journal Apport and crash report info sent to Canonical: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Apport ** Canonical may change this legal notice from time to time, and at Canonical's sole discretion. Please check this page from time to time for any changes to this legal notice as we will not be able to notify you directly. ** Your computer and all the data belongs to you, so stay safe and share whatever info you choose to share. BTW, do you use social networks? http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-awareness/oversharing-marc-quibell/ Do good things!
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes
That's a new kernel and could be related. You could try the new Linux-libre kernels from e.g. http://jxself.org/linux-libre/ uname -r will show you what kernel you're running now. Holding shift at boot should show you the grub menu where you can select which kernel you want to boot. I believe the latest is the default. (or perhaps whichever latest installed) ps. virtualbox is going away in Trisquel 7 so you might want to look at the alternatives.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes
I am not running Trisquel on a virtual machine.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes
uname -r 3.2.0-57-generic
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes
lshw -short H/W path Device Class Description = system Satellite L645 (PSK0NL-00H001) /0 busBase Board Product Name /0/0 memory 1MiB BIOS /0/19 memory 4GiB System Memory /0/19/0memory 2GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1067 /0/19/1memory DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1067 MHz (0. /0/19/2memory 2GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1067 /0/19/3memory DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1067 MHz (0. /0/2b processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 3 /0/2b/2c memory 3MiB L3 cache /0/2b/2e memory 256KiB L2 cache /0/2b/2f memory 32KiB L1 cache /0/2d memory 32KiB L1 cache /0/100 bridge Core Processor DRAM Controller /0/100/1 bridge Core Processor PCI Express x16 Roo /0/100/1/0 displayRV710/M92 [Mobility Radeon HD 4530 /0/100/1/0.1 multimedia RV710/730 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 40 /0/100/16 communication 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI /0/100/1a bus5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 /0/100/1b multimedia 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High /0/100/1c bridge 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI E /0/100/1c.4bridge 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI E /0/100/1c.4/0 networkBCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network /0/100/1c.5bridge 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI E /0/100/1c.5/0 eth0networkAR8152 v1.1 Fast Ethernet /0/100/1d bus5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 /0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge /0/100/1f bridge Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interf /0/100/1f.2scsi0 storage5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 por /0/100/1f.2/0 /dev/sdadisk 500GB Hitachi HTS54505 /0/100/1f.2/0/1/dev/sda1 volume 109GiB Extended partition /0/100/1f.2/0/1/5 /dev/sda5 volume 4767MiB Linux swap / Solaris parti /0/100/1f.2/0/1/6 /dev/sda6 volume 55GiB Linux filesystem partition /0/100/1f.2/0/1/7 /dev/sda7 volume 49GiB Linux filesystem partition /0/100/1f.2/0/3/dev/sda3 volume 355GiB HPFS/NTFS partition /0/100/1f.2/1 /dev/cdrom disk DVD-RAM UJ890AS /0/100/1f.3bus5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus /0/101 bridge Core Processor QuickPath Architect /0/102 bridge Core Processor QuickPath Architect /0/103 bridge Core Processor QPI Link 0 /0/104 bridge Core Processor QPI Physical 0 /0/105 bridge Core Processor Reserved /0/106 bridge Core Processor Reserved /1 power OEM_Define5 /2 power CRB Battery 0
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes
В 17:01 +0100 на 30.12.2013 (пн), [nospam] написа: I am not running Trisquel on a virtual machine. Sorry, my mistake. The VMWare vendor string fooled me. As others have pointed out, that string does not (necessary) mean an emulated card as I expected. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [Trisquel-users] Run from the CD
Seems to me that trisquel didn't correctly detect your graphics card or screen resolution. If you see the trisquel boot menu, maybe you can try different resolutions. I don't know if this bypasses X11 autodetection, but it might be worth a shot. If anyone knows a way to prevent x11 autodetect or x11 autostart from CD, I'd be delighted to hear.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes
Your comment is blank again.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Anybody ever heard of Yacoin?
Eem. I don't quite know, mate. For those people who are in the field and heard of cryptocurrencies, those coins seems like either a threat or hope. Either way, it's part of the revolution which will not be televized. cryptocoins are here to stay, because it's an invention that can't be un-invented. Not the protocol, not the way a protocol is being used to transfer tokens of value or wealth.. but in the end, it doesn't matter which one of these coins will be the last one standing, it's the outcome that matters for me - which to me is to give power to us the users. The same core value as free software movement advocates. I guess what I'm trying to say is that people already use the protocol as transferring wealth quickly. I've also heard of BitMessage, which uses the protocol for message transferring. Dan Kaminsky said as a sidenote-suggestion in a defcon speech, that a BitcoinFS is totally possible, but have we explored such things or other wild uses of bockchain?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes
You can find the comment in the mailing list archives, i.e. http://listas.trisquel.info/pipermail/trisquel-users/2013-December/031451.html
Re: [Trisquel-users] Anybody ever heard of Yacoin?
What I would like more people to realize is that the bitcoin network and, by extension, almost all cryptocurrencies can be easily compromised. Either through blockchain spam, 51% attacks, or selfish miner exploits. (Details about these can be found on peercoin's new website and forums) Proof-of-stake mechanisms patch most of these vulnerabilities, but they do not solve the centralization problem that ASIC's and other technologies pose. Yacoin is the first (and only, to my knowledge) problem to more fully ensure equal opportunity, low-startup-cost mining. It does this by utilizing a mining algorithm that changes its own memory requirements on a schedule. I think those of us who are able to understand these issues should take it upon ourselves to share our knowledge with the ignorant majority of users. Now is a great chance to reach out to cryptocurrency enthusiasts and help them see the bigger picture of the ideals of crypto-anarchy. Thanks again.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel lags when playing videos and video games, sometimes freezes
I find vlc player most suitable for video playback.
Re: [Trisquel-users] LightDM installer script
Heres the .tar.gz archive
Re: [Trisquel-users] Secret 3G Intel Chip Gives Snoops Backdoor PC Access
I forgot to tell you I had the same experience, the only difference was that my Toshiba laptop started to levitate in mid air!, like a flying persian carpet then my clone desktop PC, decided to dance La Macarena, then my LG Smartphone was just laughing AT ALL THIS MESS! I forgot to tell you guys, I was just dreaming during my sleep!
[Trisquel-users] Re : new to netinstall
Just complementing the previous answers: 'sudo halt' can be used to shutdown the computer (however, if it is a server, you probably do not want to shutdown!); Ctrl+C aborts the running command (see the manual of 'kill' to abort another process, e.g., that runs in the background). A command is stopped (so that you are back to the prompt) with Ctrl+Z. You can run it back in the foreground with the 'fg' command (followed by the number output by Ctrl+Z; use 'jobs' to have the ids of every task that was stopped or runs in the background), in the background with 'bg'; By default, six text sessions are available. You can switch between them with Ctrl+Alt+F1, Ctrl+Alt+F2, Ctrl+Alt+F3, etc. You may like to read this free documentation for useful commands: http://en.flossmanuals.net/command-line/
Re: [Trisquel-users] new to netinstall
@MagicBanana, actually, it's just ALT+Fx or ALT+(LorR)ArrowKey. CTRL is only required when in Xorg.
[Trisquel-users] Re : what are some alternatives to LibreOffice Impress?
For scientific-like presentations (i.e., clear ans structured rather than fancy), Beamer LaTeX rules. If you already know LaTeX there is little more to know. You can see a recent presentation I made and its source to understand the syntax: http://dcc.ufmg.br/~lcerf/tutorial.pdf http://dcc.ufmg.br/~lcerf/tutorial.tar.bz2 If you want, you can use Impressive for transitions and other fancy effects (to highlight part of the slide) during the actual presentation (Impressive is a PDF reader): http://impressive.sourceforge.net For marketing-like presentations (i.e., fancy rather than clear ans structured), take a look at Sozi (plugin for Inkscape, the best free vectorial image editor): http://sozi.baierouge.fr/pages/10-about.html All those applications are readily available in Trisquel's repositories.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Secret 3G Intel Chip Gives Snoops Backdoor PC Access
Enlightening talk. Not a dream. http://youtu.be/b0w36GAyZIA
Re: [Trisquel-users] Are fonts software?
Fonts ARE software. I think the question is. Are fonts programs?
[Trisquel-users] Antwort: Secret 3G Intel Chip Gives Snoops Backdoor PC Access
Thanks for the link. Jacob Appelbaum is great and his passion for freedom and true knowledge is really inspiring for me. Do you know which kind of computer he is using?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Need advice about wireless
How would i fined out if my wireless chipset is compatable before I install trisquel 6.0?
[Trisquel-users] Making the switch from Ubuntu
I am presently running ubuntu 13.10 on my toshiba laptop, which I use mostly as a desktop. I installed Trisquel on an older laptop just to get a look at it and see how it ran. And it was an easy change and it's working great. I know no one likes to associate Trisquel with ubuntu but after seeing it run it feels very similar, to me. What are the big differences? And why is mentioning Ubuntu so taboo? I do know about the DASH, amazon in search results thing, which I switched off. What else am missing??
Re: [Trisquel-users] Need advice about wireless
If you have access to the machine, try in the LiveCD first.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Migration from Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy) to Trisquel 6.0 (Toutatis)
Yes, Freedom DOES Matter. No disrepect to Richard but if he had consulted someone about the name (GNU) we might have avoided this conversation altogether. (Shrug)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Making the switch from Ubuntu
Most of the big differences are philisophical. There are technical differences but most of them relate to the philosophy or free software. Ubuntu is not as strict about non-free software as Trisquel is. Ubuntu provides a non-free (multiverse) repository and has no policy as far as I'm aware on if software recomends other non-free software or add-ons. Trisquel follows the guidelines for free distros meaning all software included in Trisquel must be free and must not recommend to the users to install non-free software. So for example lets say you have a browser on ubuntu. If you go to a website that uses flash video it may encourage the user to install the non-free adobe flash software. For that program to be included in Trisquel it would require modification so it either did not recommened non-free software at all or recommended a free alternative like gnash.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Need advice about wireless
OK, that's great. So anything that's NOT compatible will show up when I run it on the live CD?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Making the switch from Ubuntu
Oh, OK. Yes that makes sense. Thanks for the response.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Need advice about wireless
The USB thingie gives you the best control money can buy. It's as good as Ethernet. Because you know what? When you want it off, it's off. No more trouble if the soft keys are recognised by the system. No more trouble what if the hardware button actually works. Do you want to save power? Pull if off. Trouble with the standby? Pull it off, than plug it in.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Buying a Trisquel laptop in France
I know it is a long shot in the dark, but any chance this is caused by a graphics card mode settings by the kernel? Could you test a Trisquel Live CD with more verbose output and nomodeset enabled? It's a good shot in the dark. One side of the issue is the graphics card which needed newer drivers. Today it is supported by most distros. Nearly two years ago only Fedora was able to reach the GUI, from all major distributions. Maybe Ubuntu too, but I don't touch Ubuntu since they have become the Microsoft of GNU/Linux. The other side was the need for an acer kernel module to manage some/all of the laptop features. I have no idea of the licence status of that module. Start the LiveCD, choose the language, Now I realise that would have been nice both for me and the whole community. Two years ago it wasn't that obvious. Now that you have brought that up, it's obvious. But too late. I have made a poisonous gift to somebody and wait for my Gluglug X60 to review it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Buying a Trisquel laptop in France
Out of curiosity, where can one acquire a 1005PC as they seem out of production.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Buying a Trisquel laptop in France
Do you know for a fact that ldlc laptop can run Trisquel out of the box? How about coreboot?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Buying a Trisquel laptop in France
ISTR an FSFE newsletter lauding a French user enforcing their right to buy a laptop without Microsoft Windows. So, please, whatever you do buy - don't pay 'Windows Tax.' I'm puzzled by the French so far. They have such forward initiatives, and yet others are so backward. Two years ago I have discovered the Windows tax. I don't know a big chain that would deal with Linux laptops. For them Linux means Android. End of story. I wanted to demand my money. I discovered the procedure is a pain in the ass. And that it takes time and sometimes money to go forward. Worse, my purchase wasn't that compatible with the distos of the time. Today with Win8 imposed almost everywhere I had no option than to search elsewhere. The options are far apart and so far I had only one answer from a french company and that answer was to wait for the Linux guy. It's a good thing the French have a long history with postal delivery of goods, the postal service works perfectly and the law is pretty clear about some things. Because the keyboard on the netbook I bought secondhand earlier in the year gives me wrist pains in extended use I bought a Gluglug X60s in late October. I'm still absolutely delighted with it. I'm waiting for my own. I have the camera ready. So I phoned Francis Rowe at Gluglug to find out what he does for overseas warranty support. He said he tests extensively before shipping so out of the over one hundred he's shipped so far only two have later developed problems. With both it was RAM. The users in question replaced the RAM themselves with his remote support. He also said major things like the LCD display would be RTB. He told me the same thing over email last week. I have no idea why, but I am confident the guy knows what he does. From my own past I know IBM branded machines are _designed_ with maintenance, often by the end user, in mind. So the hardware maintenance manual is still available on line[1] and things like the keyboard, hdd, and RAM are what IBM calls CRUs (Customer Replaceable Units). Changing them is a doddle compared to most other laptops. I had one such laptop for almost two years. The tech rep at the authorised service told me a few hours after I brought in the toy that the fan is broken and changing it would cost more than a new one. So I bought the idea and broke that one into pieces one evening just to check it out. If only I have gotten in contact with someone like Francis Rowe. The next one was an eeePC. They were new and they were good. But nothing compared with the ThinkPad. Tiny led light for the keyboard, three button mouse, the small red thingie which is easier to use than a touchpad, easy to change hard drives and RAM, sturdy plastics, extra configurable blue button, a complete set of LED indicators on the inside and a few on the outside too for complete feedback. Acer/Asus completely lack style. If French PC shops are like UK ones then it would seem you'll only have to ship to Gluglug when you would be waiting for your local dealership workshop to get parts anyway. Unless you're lucky enough to live somewhere close to the French equivalent of Novatech, and you wouldn't be asking if you were. For the moment is going to be GluGlug. The French seem to have a terrible problem with anything other than French language. On the forums they were particularly assholes about my Google Translate. My mistake. I just wanted to get more answers. So I don't think your warranty support argument is as strong as you seem to think it is. And definitely once out of warranty having a PDF of that manual will put you in a better position than with many cheap laptops. I agree the manual makes miracles. And it's a wonderful thing to have. Most companies hide that. Some even make it illegal to own one unless you sign some papers with them. But I can't make a thing beyond screwing\unscrewing. The Gluglug X60 is the only RYF laptop in existence, so, as I have told my friends, it is therefore the best laptop in the world. Further even when they don't agree with my principles on software freedom, they do agree the X60 is proof that second hand quality is better than new of the same price. Nothing even at twice the money is made to the build quality of the X60 these days. The only x86 AFAIK. But some apps, Tor for example won't run on MIPS. Not in the next few years. Software freedom will come to naught if we're not prepared to 'put our money where our mouth is' and buy RYF first, explicitly compatible second, even if we have to save up extra money. Hardware manufacturers will continue to be reluctant to cooperate with or be helpful to the free software community until we can demonstrate a monetary incentive for them to do so. That starts with our individual purchases today. Which rather takes me back to the top of this post - whatever you do, don't make our problem worse
Re: [Trisquel-users] Buying a Trisquel laptop in France
About two years ago I was thinking the same thing as you do. I discovered that I need a larger bag to carry it. That the large surface of the cover can bend in the middle as much as to see waves on the screen. That the power needed to light up such a surface eats up the extra battery making it 5 hours tops when new. Next to me a friend with a 10 thingie could squeeze 12+ hours with a lighter battery. Sure the config was weighting in, but 12 continuous hours is something. And his Wifi was as stong as my external amplified antenna.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Making the switch from Ubuntu
SirGrant said: So for example lets say you have a browser on ubuntu. If you go to a website that uses flash video it may encourage the user to install the non-free adobe flash software. That's not an example, this is something web pages do, not something Firefox does. Abrowser doesn't try to do anything about it, and I think this is outside the scope of what Abrowser is supposed to do. Abrowser does do something about this, sort of, but it's a bad way of doing things: Gnash is installed by default, which makes many websites wrongly think their Flash code will work on your computer, breaking some websites that have HTML5 fallback. (I think the reason for Gnash being installed by default is something else, but either way, it's a bad design choice.)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Why block Tor even for browsing?
You should upgrade. But you probably already know that. The 3.5 lacks vidalia tho.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Migration from Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy) to Trisquel 6.0 (Toutatis)
Maybe he should have called it Stallmanix. Despite the accusations that Stallman has an ego to feed, they seem to have no problem with Torvalds doing it blatantly as long as they like the way the name sounds. :P In all seriousness, I don't think that would have prevented the incident. It's more the timing that caused Torvalds to get undue credit, than the name.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Buying a Trisquel laptop in France
I bought mine used, got a great deal and a device in good condition, basically like new. There are different revisions of the eeepc laptop, I got the 1005PE.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Buying a Trisquel laptop in France
Nice. I do that for bikes and anything I can fix and change myslef. For high tech I need refurbished. Even if it's only a cleanup and a new battery.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Are fonts software?
If it is not hardware, then it is software... And fonts (for me) are not programs.
Re: [Trisquel-users] [Off Topic] Work Christmas Party Gifts
Great for spreading free software. Another thing is a gift membership to the FSF, or other items from https://www.fsf.org/givingguide (P.S., for GPL compliance purposes hopefully those DVDs came with source code or, at least, an offer of source code valid for three years for those software versions on the DVD.) :)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Migration from Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy) to Trisquel 6.0 (Toutatis)
Neither the name nor the penguin mascot were choices made by Linus. He wanted to call the system Freax by combining free, freak, and the letter X - a polite hat-tip to the system lineage. Just think, you could be begging to be called gnu freaks today. Oh wait, we already are! :-) Ari Lemmke, administrator of the FTP server where everyone was working together on code, disliked the name Freax so he changed the folder name to Linux without bothering to tell Linus. The name stuck, but since people were pronouncing it wrong Linus recorded this audio message and sent it with the code: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Linus-linux.ogg ... RP on the GNU/Linux name controversy ... Someone wrote, 'It isn’t called GNU/Linux'. I call it that. So you’re wrong. Google finds 16 million hits for GNU/Linux. That’s a lot of mentioning. There are 484 million hits for Linux, but that’s OK, 30:1. People love abbreviations, acronyms, parables, etc. It’s the same with that other OS. There are 2 billion hits for windows and 91 million for Microsoft Windows, a ratio of 200:1. source: mrpogson.com Product name helps with market acceptance by the masses. Let's build a computer called Freedom that runs an OS called Freedom, so we can make freedom popular. It's just a thought... Happy New Year. Do good things!
[Trisquel-users] Re : new to netinstall
That is right. Thank you for the correction.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Need advice about wireless
It will simply not work on the Live CD. That said, a newer kernel may make it work. You can tell us the output of 'lspci' (from the Live CD if you wish) and we may inform you whether an update would be useful.
Re: [Trisquel-users] [Off Topic] Work Christmas Party Gifts
jxself, Unfortunately, no. I am still new to the whole thing, but wouldn't that have been part of the Trisquel ISO anyway? GrimLok
