Re: [Trisquel-users] Help me get rid of the last proprietary component of my OS, the b43 driver
I'm using a hp Pavilion dv5 and the wifi works (mostly, sometimes it drops the connection...) without non-free software. My wifi is Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02). I think this machine is so old (something like 2005 or 2006) it does not have those restrictions. I'm interested in hearing how it goes if you do get another wifi card.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Help me get rid of the last proprietary component of my OS, the b43 driver
Ok, perhaps I should take this situation as an oportunity and inform you and h-node after I try it. I'm a little scared, fortunately It seems Thinkpenguin lets you return the device if your machine does have digital handcuffs. Thsank you
[Trisquel-users] Question about book Linux Driver Development (3rd edition)?
I have learned the book Advanced Linux Programming. http://www.advancedlinuxprogramming.com/ I don't know whether I am able to learn the book Linux Driver Development (3rd edition). https://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/ Is the book too difficult for me? Do I need to learn some other book first? If so, which book should I learn first? Thanks!
Re: [Trisquel-users] Question about book Linux Driver Development (3rd edition)?
You also might want to check out Greg Kroah-Hartman's book, Linux Kernel in a Nutshell: - http://files.kroah.com/lkn/ It will explain some of the basics required.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Work On Trisquel 7 Has Begun
Now that there is software rendering available, there's no real reason not to use Gnome 3 Shell.
[Trisquel-users] Is it possible to strip down KDE to the kde-standard package?
I've been installing KDE packages, and i'm running out of disk space on my root (/) partition. I've made a pastebin with my currently installed packages here: http://pastebin.com/WTsPF4eR . I don't want to remove all of KDE and install kde-standard but I want to remove all parts of KDE that are not in kde-standard. Is this possible and if it is, how?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Work On Trisquel 7 Has Begun
I don't mind the change, but I might miss the classic taskbar. I really like it after increasing the system text size. Thanks for the news Jason!
Re: [Trisquel-users] Question about book Linux Driver Development (3rd edition)?
You probably know this documentation https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/ Just watch out for blobs!
[Trisquel-users] Re : ascii art the easy way?
'caca-view' opens any image as a colored ascii-art, Just install the package named caca-utils (in Trisquel's repositories). For no colors, take a look at libaa-bin.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Is it possible to strip down KDE to the kde-standard package?
Start by cleaning the packages: $ sudo apt-get clean Then search (e.g., linux- from Synaptic) and remove the older kernels (you only need the latest one. If still more space is to be saved, you can observe what takes space by running the Disk Usage Analyzer (I translate from French; you can alternatively fire baobab in the command prompt). It is part of Trisquel's default install. However, the only long-term solution is to enlarge the root partition. If you chose Trisquel's default install, /home is on a separate XFS partition... and it cannot be shrunk. That complicates the process a great deal: you need to back-up /home, remove it, extend the root partition, recreate the partition for /home and move back there the files you backed-up.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Work On Trisquel 7 Has Begun
Now in http://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/dists/belenos/
Re: [Trisquel-users] Question about book Linux Driver Development (3rd edition)?
I don't think there is anything easier for getting started with device driver programming except maybe Essential Linux Device Drivers published by Prentice Hall, but it isn't free. This book has more-complete examples included, and also has more information about user space device drivers. On the other hand, the LDD3 book is better for learning the basics of writing kernel code. It is easier to start with user space device drivers because you can use ordinary library functions in your code, and because the device driver library probably includes some complete examples already.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Work On Trisquel 7 Has Begun
Great news. I am looking forward to it.
[Trisquel-users] Richard Stallman Interview on RT Television
Richard Stallman interviewed in the Worlds Apart series on RT (Russia Today) television channel: RT.com web page: http://rt.com/shows/worlds-apart-oksana-boyko/human-rights-nsa-scandal-133/ mp4 stream: http://img.rt.com/files/episode/21/b9/50/00/wa0602_480p.mp4
