Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing R from source
Solved!! Thank you for the help! I already saw this link but I wrote badly the instruction to make the soft link. The correct one is: # ln -s /home/asn/R/lib/R/lib/libR.so /usr/local/lib/R/lib/libR.so Now it works. Thank you! Cheers
Re: [Trisquel-users] What other forums so you use and recommend?
M$ has obviously understood that free software is a force to contend with. "First they ignore you, then they fight you, then you win." (--attributed to Gandhi) And they've picked up their weapon of choice, FUD, like so often before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt#Microsoft So they indeed do get much better along with "Linux" and "open source" than GNU/Linux and free software and spread disinformation to keep the more potent stuff hidden away from the masses. This is why it is so important that we who know use the proper language and try to educate others.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing R from source
I think it's that home prefix that means the file is elsewhere. How to fix that smoothly I don't know. Maybe you can specify somewhere in rstudio that you used such a home prefix for R. Or a dirty and dangerous solution could be copying the file over. Note that this could lead to problems because now this file would never get updated for one thing... Does this help? https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/200661703-R-shared-library-usr-local-lib-R-lib-libR-so-not-found-UBUNTU-11-
[Trisquel-users] Re : Not booting properly (messages not displaying correctly)
Do you now if you get stuck at GRUB or after it (when the Linux kernel boots)? In the latter case, reinstalling GRUB is useless. Once "stuck", can you log into a text session after typing Ctrl+Alt+F2 (what would indicate a sole graphical issue)? If you cannot, have you tested your RAM with "memtest86+"?
[Trisquel-users] Re : External HDD preparation best practices
We are not talking about a disk that will contain a operating system, right? To organize the files there is something called directories (aka folders), which do not bring any partitioning issue. File searches can be restricted to a directory. One directory can be for the backups, e.g., with Trisquel's "Backups" tool in the "System Settings". However the backups may end up occupying the whole disk. "Backups" does that (and automatically removes the older versions of the files when there is a shortage of space). That said, since it backups in an incremental way, it may take quite some time to fill up the whole disk. Well, it depends on how much data you back up and how often those files are modified... Anyway, backups may end up filling the whole partition (it is "normal"), it makes sense to have a separate (and large enough) partition for files you want to carry, besides the partition (the rest of the disk) for the backups. And I am talking of backing up files from another disk (and the external can be backup on the other disk: "cross backups"). Indeed, although you can backup on the same disk, it is not particularly safe: the disk (the hardware) can fail, suffer from an accident (it falls), it can be stolen, etc. In such eventualities, the data on all partitions are lost at once. Modern filesystems do not suffer from fragmentation problems until they are almost full. You can choose any filesystem and they will be readable from any operating system with a kernel that supports the type of the filesystems. XFS is often said to more efficiently deal with large files (megabytes already is considered large). However XFS cannot be shrunk. That would be a problem is you choose to have several partitions but oversize a partition with an XFS filesystem and need more space for another partition. Btrfs is efficient but it still is rather new: the probability to lose data, although very small, is higher than with a more mature filesystem type such as ext4. That said, it is users people do not adopt Btrfs that it keeps on suffering from this novelty issue (it actually is not that new anymore). So, if I were you, I think I would go with two partitions: one for files to carry (I do not know how much you want to carry but you had better over-dimension than under-dimension that partition) and the other partition (the rest of the disk) dedicated to the backups. Both can be formated in ext4 but you may prefer NTFS for the first partition (so that you can share files with Windows users).
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel netbook (mini) version
I wonder if this might help you? Read carefully though before implementing. https://askubuntu.com/questions/185755/synaptic-package-manager-doesnt-launch-from-the-application-menu
Re: [Trisquel-users] Not booting properly (messages not displaying correctly)
Oh I see, you have a modern laptop, not old desktops like I have. Have you considered just reformatting and doing a fresh install again? That also has "fixed" weird issues for me when an install stopped working properly. I wonder if using the mini desktop environment would be better for you, if for some reason the graphic subsystem doesn't like the GNOME 3 derivative the "standard" version uses?
[Trisquel-users] Installing R from source
Hi all, Has anyone tried to install R (https://cran.r-project.org/) from source? I've followed the following: # tar -xzvf R-3.3.2.tar.gz # ./configure --prefix=/home/asn/R --enable-R-shlib=yes --with-readline=no --with-x=no # make # make install Everything ok. However, when I install and run rstudio (https://www.rstudio.com), it says that: "R shared library (/usr/local/lib/R/lib/libR.so) not found. If this is a custom build of R, was it built with the --enable-R-shlib option?" I've tried to make some soft link to the path from above with a path with the libR.so file and it does not work. Has anyone experienced anything similar? thank you!! Albert
Re: [Trisquel-users] How about we send a mail to the fsf, Trisquel could use some help.
Sent from 2 of my emails!
[Trisquel-users] Trisquel netbook (mini) version
I discovered this version is very suitable for my Asus eeepc netbook. It is running smoothly without hick-ups. There is one issue that I want to have solved however and I am not sure how to do it. I noticed that applications like for instance the update manager and synaptic are not granted SU rights and there is also not a password box popping up to ask for a password. As a result these apps start and die silently. How can I make sure a login popup is shown when started? (the same behavior as synaptic and the update manager in Ubuntu) Thank you
Re: [Trisquel-users] How about we send a mail to the fsf, Trisquel could use some help.
"All this to say maybe we need to donate more, they are not dumb, if they feel that people are donating from the Trisquel project oubviously they'll give more time to it in direct proportionality!" It's not the money. People sending the letter are not demanding any money from FSF. Trisquel has its own bank account, and it accumulates about 20,000$ in donations. Trisquel can pay a developer... but that developer has got to be Rubén, and he has no time for Trisquel. That is that needs to change.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Not booting properly (messages not displaying correctly)
The machine is a Dell Inspiron 14-3452. I bought it September 2015. I would be very surprised if the problem consisted of something hardware, but I will try it. Thanks Fenderbassist!
Re: [Trisquel-users] How about we send a mail to the fsf, Trisquel could use some help.
Donated again, I wonder if someone should start some kind of crowd funding page?
Re: [Trisquel-users] How about we send a mail to the fsf, Trisquel could use some help.
Donated again, I wonder if someone should start some kind of crowd funding page?
Re: [Trisquel-users] How about we send a mail to the fsf, Trisquel could use some help.
Sent one minute ago my own message. I had to entirely rewrite the text because it keeps speaking for many, which is something I cannot do - I can only speak for myself. Also, less adjectives and adverbs (hooray!). Dear Free Software Foundation, I, as a member of the Trisquel community, am very worried with the current state of my favourite libre GNU/Linux distribution. There are no new releases and all ISO images date from 2014, resulting in an outdated distribution which lacks security fixes and up-to-date hardware support. Many important programs, i.e. Icecat, are outdated and missing security fixes, which generates distrust. In the last months I read about people shifting to Parabola, Debian or other distributions, for reasons related with the climate of uncertainty and the continued absence of the main developer, Rubén Rodríguez, whose job is system administrator at the Free Software Foundation. What worries me the most is the increasing uncertainty surrounding the next stable version of Trisquel. I think that you could and should help the community of Trisquel to strengthen and speed up the state of Trisquels development. I am convinced that such an user-friendly Ubuntu-based libre distribution like Trisquel is an important project, one that the FSF should prioritize. If we are objective and honest we note that unfortunately we can count with our fingers the distributions of GNU that are completely free, and the situation seems to be slowing down. Trisquel is needed to stand tall and keep delivering to new users an easy way to do their computing in freedom, while making sure at the same time that the relationship between OS and community, both developers and users, is solid, up-to-date, and the software is updated and secure. I hope you understand and share my concerns. Trisquel needs help. This is a request shared by members of Trisquels community, a collective instance from a community that loves free software and wants to make sure its future is as bright as we can make it. Ignacio Agulló from the community of Trisquel
Re: [Trisquel-users] Not booting properly (messages not displaying correctly)
My apologies in advance, I'm just a hobbyist and not a professional. I tinker with systems. I wonder if any of these things might help you: In the past, when I've gotten similar strange issues I opened up the computer, removed the RAM / data cables / power connectors, used a leaf blower to blow out all the dust, replaced the processor-heat sink thermal paste. If there aren't any leaking capacitors http://www.capacitorlab.com/visible-failures/ I then re-inserted the RAM, reconnected the cables / connectors, changed the CMOS battery if old (just for its own sake), and rebooted to see if there were still any disk controller or graphic subsystem issues. If so, I deal with them accordingly. How old is your system? Is it possible your HDD has issues / requires replacement? On one system (that I call Frankenstein) that my brother-in-law gave me, the hard / floppy / dual optical drives were all bad. I wasn't sure about the controller, and I didn't feel like looking for compatible replacements...so after doing all the above, I just put the OS on 1 USB flash drive and loaded 7 other flash drives with media. I use it as a stand-alone media player, given that I have 5 other machines that are networked. Good luck and keep us posted on your progress!
Re: [Trisquel-users] Tehnoetic X200 Tablet and T500 now available
I forgot to mention that the stylus and touchscreen of the Tehnoetic X200 Tablet with libreboot work out of the box in Trisquel (including pressure). It's a great laptop/tablet for designers, teachers, and team members. I've replaced my X200 with a X200 Tablet myself. :-) And today we've also uploaded a first batch of pictures for our laptops, including for the newly added X200 Tablet and T500 ;-) https://tehnoetic.com/laptops https://tehnoetic.com/laptops/tet-x200t https://tehnoetic.com/laptops/tet-t500 Happy hacking everyone!
Re: [Trisquel-users] How about we send a mail to the fsf, Trisquel could use some help.
I sent mine as well, now. Keep it up!
Re: [Trisquel-users] We are looking for SBC with following requirement.
We don't need following components: mobile network (2G/3G/LTE) rear camera external SD card connector
Re: [Trisquel-users] We are looking for SBC with following requirement.
And We are looking after electronics company in China that could help us to develop specific CUSTOMIZED Android tablet. It should be tablet with following specifications: • Custom casing (plastic housing adapted for our Fitness Product) • WiFi • Bluetooth 4.0 (4.1 or 5.0 which is coming soon) • Front camera • NFC (ISO 14443 protocol), the same protocol used in mobile phones and tablets • USB interface – one host and device USB port. Android OS should support USB Host functionality and HID device functionality • ROM memory – 1GB or above • Internal storage – 4GB or above • Screen size and resolution – preferably IPS 7'' and optionally 10'' with at least 1024x768 (higher resolutions preferred) • OS – 5.0 or newer
Re: [Trisquel-users] How about we send a mail to the fsf, Trisquel could use some help.
Send! To: info (at) fsf.org :D
