Re: [Trisquel-users] Freedom Fridays (development updates) 4
Trisquel 8 is using MATE? Thank you.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The future of Libre Computing: Crowd Funding Campaign Starts Now
Rather than being a donation-based thing its better to work toward a self-sustaining business model around each 'thing' that is to be done. I don't think we are there yet, but it's hopefully coming.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Test message, please ignore
I cannot ignore comments made by a community member of your status; Hahaha. Oh, BTW, you passed the test. Now, is there anything else with which I can help you today?
[Trisquel-users] Laptop freeze on plug/unplug
Hello, I've installed Trisquel few weeks ago on my Acer Aspire ES1 and everything works fine until now. But this week I'm not at home and I've forget my laptop charger so I use an universal laptop charger which is quite loose so my laptop easily unplug. Because of this, I notice that my laptop freeze when I plug or unplug the charger. I cannot switch to a another terminal or use the Magic SysRq key, that's why I think it's a kernel panic. I search some answers and I try to use acpi=off in my /etc/default/grub and it seems to work. Unfortunately, with acpi=off, I lose the battery applet in Gnome which is quite useful ! Anybody knows a solution for both : plug/unplug my laptop without kernel panic and using battery applet on Gnome ? Thank you for your help !
Re: [Trisquel-users] Freedom Fridays (development updates) 4
I tried all the servers (mirrors and the main server) with no updates.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Test message, please ignore
> If you're parodying text messaging it sort of shows you don't do it much. why would they add z to the end of words? nobody does this!!! No and no, but I am speciuall ..
Re: [Trisquel-users] Freedom Fridays (development updates) 4
Mybe try changing the server your repo fetches the packages from?
Re: [Trisquel-users] The future of Libre Computing: Crowd Funding Campaign Starts Now
the breakout board is there for people to experiment with this kind of concept, but please be under no illusion about the comprehensive nature of the task that you're taking on. firstly: you are likely to need to do some reverse-engineering of the battery. this is potentially dangerous as a short-circuit could cause a lithium fire. also if you disregard the safety protocols built-in to the battery: again, lithium fire. secondly: related to the above, you will need to create a battery charging circuit. this will take perhaps around 3-4 months if you are an experienced electronics engineer. you cannot just "drop in any old off-the-shelf circuit" because they're customised to the specific battery. you *might* get lucky with a search and find that someone else has done this, but if you get it wrong: again, lithium fire. thirdly: the screen requires extremely specific voltages for the backlight and for its input signals. this is something that you are likely to require a custom circuit for. you will be extremely unlikely to obtain an off-the-shelf circuit for it. cost in time: around 2-3 months of electronics engineering expertise. fourthly: the keyboard will require reverse-engineering. you will likely have to purchase another keyboard in order to dismantle it and trace its circuits. once you have done so, you will then need to create your own keyboard matrix controller circuit, followed by writing the firmware. cost in time: around 2-3 months of electronics engineering expertise *and* software engineering expertise. fifthly: you will need to reverse-engineer the touchpad. this may be easy (if it's USB-based), if it's I2C it will be harder to do, and will require firmware to be written. sixthly: you will need an audio circuit, suited to the impedance of the speakers. this may be easy to achieve using an off-the-shelf USB-based audio amplifier. at the end of all of this you have something that cost a fortune in terms of effort, to make *ONE* device for *ONE* person... yourself! are you getting the message yet? you're looking at around a *YEAR* of effort here! just to do what... take an *older* design of laptop and "save the environment"?? naah, that's totally naive: the cost alone to the environment of the *food* that you'll be eating over the next year will be far in excess of the value of the laptop. basically, please don't do it. yes it's fun do consider doing, but in terms of usefulness for effort expended, you would be much better off helping to create an alternate-sized EOMA68 laptop housing. plase: take the older laptop, find some way that you can continue to put it to good use. if you personally can't use it, give it to someone who can.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Test message, please ignore
Hmm. I don't know what I expected. :) Just to clarify, I was testing for this https://trisquel.info/en/issues/20837 and this https://trisquel.info/en/issues/20793
Re: [Trisquel-users] Is EDuke32 fully free/libre
But if the engine is proprietary, how can a game made with that engine be GPL?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Is EDuke32 fully free/libre
It's because while the Duke Nukem 3-D source code is under the GPL, the BUILD Engine is under a proprietary license. It's the same sort of situation as a game under the GPL that uses Unity3d.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Is EDuke32 fully free/libre
Kek, you can only distribute through the internet (so vague, FTP? WWW? Torrents?)!
[Trisquel-users] Is EDuke32 fully free/libre
Eduke32 is released under the GPLv2 and the BUILD license, but the two seem to conflict with one another, since the later prohibits commercial distribution. So I'm a little confused as to whether it's fully free or not. http://svn.eduke32.com/eduke32/polymer/eduke32/build/buildlic.txt https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl2.txt
Re: [Trisquel-users] The future of Libre Computing: Crowd Funding Campaign Starts Now
>cable kit Is it for sale? There are no compatibility obstacles about a notebook's display, keyboard, touchpad, speakers, battery and powersupply? Can I buy a pc card port and get it to work if I solder wires to the pc card port?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Freedom Fridays (development updates) 4
I still can't update Abrowser. I have Abrowser 47.0.
