Re: [Trisquel-users] Wanna start contributing code? Ask your question here
clearly though, if the main problem is the lack of maintainers and tech support then forking is not a solution - the redundant parallel effort and smaller user-base would be counter-productive let me tell you what has spurred me the most into raising this issue as i see it, the target audience of trisquel is casual non-technical desktop users who are interested in using a libre OS (e.g. former ubuntu and mint users) and i see trisquel as the main entry point for curious folks who are new to the wider free software community - for that reason, trisquel should be extremely well supported and welcoming for that user-base - i am referring much less to the software itself but more importantly to having experienced people on the IRC and on this forum saying "hello" and answering noob questions - this is extremely important for newcomers to feel that they are welcomed and can rely on the community if they need help - i invite you as an experiment to go into #trisquel on freenode and type "i tried installing trisquel but my screen is all black - please help me!!" and see if anyone can help you - i think you will find that most newcomers into the IRC channel go completely un-noticed - so IMHO trisquel's main problem is not the maintenance of the software but a general lack of community participation - perhpas they are related but to say that simply having more maintainers is not the entire solution - and certainly forking is worse lately i have been seeing inexperienced users asking the most basic support questions in the parabola IRC channel - this is not as much a fault with trisquel as the many people saying that parabola is more up-to-date and perpetuating the myth that newer => better - this has been the case so often that i decided last week to write an article for the parabola wiki hoping to convince people that an LTS distro like trisquel is a better choice for most computer users - feel free to use it if you like - the topic comes up often https://wiki.parabola.nu/Rolling_vs._LTS in fact, i have seen over the past year, the relative number of users in #trisquel and #parabola on freenode go from roughly twice as many in #trisquel to now half as many - this really should not be happening - trisquel really should be quite more popular than parabola - i see this as a sign that something is wrong an arch system is clearly less than ideal for these folks but i fully understand why they are switching - the fact is that parabola is much better supported than trisquel mainly because parabola users are generally quite tech-savy and the parabola maintainers actually spend time in the IRC channel themselves honestly, i do feel as if i was disingenuous in recommending trisquel in that wiki article because, in reality, if a non-technical computer user asks me which GNU/linux distro to use i would, without hesitation, recommend debian and show them how to join the #debian IRC channel for help - i could not in good concience make such a confident suggestion of trisquel - and this makes me sad
Re: [Trisquel-users] Privacy US law now allows collecting data without consent
What adblock is the best one to have? Privacy Badger? ublock origin???
[Trisquel-users] Privacy US law now allows collecting data without consent
How do I keep companies from spying on me? As far as I know is to use a free gnu/linux like trisquel and an encrypted no logging vpn service. What is are some good free as in freedom vpns that are secure? What are the best privacy search engines? How do I keep my browser and other apps from being too unique in its fingerprint? The more unique it is the more likely they can log you better for advertisements. I suppose also using an adblock would work too. Is there an app that has a list of tracking sites to be blocked from my computer?
Re: [Trisquel-users] How would I go about launching Icecat from firetools through a tar?
Still doesn't work sadly...
Re: [Trisquel-users] Arrested for filming : CEO of ThinkPenguin, Inc arrested for filming police : faces up to year in prison
Thank you for your help- I'll try contacting the individuals you mentioned. My point of curiosity was in regard to whether or not it /is/ free hardware currently. At least knowing that it's not is a good start. As I've said above, though, I don't wish to take sides (beyond what's objectively established). Like you pointed out, this *could* serve as a base for free hardware development- the more important thing is that we've now got a standard for combining computers with peripheral shells. With that, the cost of liberation should drop (because you don't have to replace the whole thing).
[Trisquel-users] Is this as good as it seems? FWGS/xash3d that is a cross-platform libre engine for Half Life 1
https://github.com/FWGS/xash3d/ The building manual says: If you want to enable VGUI support, you need Half-Life 1 SDK to build vgui_support library. The SDK is proprietary software but I can build it without it, I guess. I can make without the vgui. What I don't clearly understand is, if it requires only proprietary data (artwork) or also scripts are included, as is the case with frogatto (there is a lot of stuff in the game folder and I know the game is quite heavily scripted). I'm ok with non-free data, I'm not ok with non-free software and I really don't want to slip again, I promised it on the icon of Ignucius I keep on my wall. I'm quite ignorant on the matter. I'd like some help, maybe someone knowledgeable can clear it out for me. This is my favorite game and I'd really really really like to play it in freedom :)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Arrested for filming : CEO of ThinkPenguin, Inc arrested for filming police : faces up to year in prison
cojones de loco indeed :'D
Re: [Trisquel-users] Is there a good free alternative to Mendeley?
hi, just wanted to say that we should avoid using the word "alternative" when we look for a libre replacement to a nonfree program https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.en.html#Alternative
Re: [Trisquel-users] Arrested for filming : CEO of ThinkPenguin, Inc arrested for filming police : faces up to year in prison
SuperTramp83 Why would I want to base-jump out a bridge or a mountain? Well. the answer is found on your age!..Either you mature and every bone starts hurting, at late age. Me I have to admitted my record stands at 60 jumps. Yes, I got my jump wings "airborne" at age 21.. Will I do it again? HELL yes!. It help paid for my bills all the time. plus it was fun to do, except, when some one try to shoot at you, while you are coming down fast, from a 500 feet combat jump. lucky no one got killed, except the jerk who was firing. but TO run blindfolded on the superhighway that takes cojones de locos.LOL
Re: [Trisquel-users] Arrested for filming : CEO of ThinkPenguin, Inc arrested for filming police : faces up to year in prison
I don't have exact references, because a lot of time has passed since the discussion happened. Note that I do remember seeing discussions between those involved in Libre Tea Computer Card (not EOMA68, but the only computer that is seeking RYF certification and that is compliant with EOMA68) and those against it due to not being free/libre hardware. However, as I said earlier, *some* of these against Libre Tea Computer Card due to "not being free/libre hardware" are missing a priority issue. Despite being right in that it's *not* free/libre hardware yet, we mustn't completely undermine the effort to provide a product that is seeking RYF certification and *could* serve to foster development of free/libre hardware. For more information on the issue: you can contact the people responsible for the Libre Tea Computer Card (as shown in their Crowd Supply page), and if you want to take up the other side, you can contact tct (which is in this forum/mailing list, if I'm not mistaken).
Re: [Trisquel-users] Wanna start contributing code? Ask your question here
I agree with you entirely here, but it's important to note that having only one developer in a project is not opposed to the ideas of free software. Of course, a thriving community is in all likelihood better for a project (and its freedom), but an inability to contribute to a project doesn't necessarily mean the users are powerless- they always have the right to fork should they feel it necessary, even if that's not the ideal.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Arrested for filming : CEO of ThinkPenguin, Inc arrested for filming police : faces up to year in prison
Could somebody please point me to what's been released, or where I would find it. I don't wish to take sides here- frankly, hardware liberty has little to do with my support of the campaign- but it obviously would be good to at least have an objective basis from which to draw conclusions. Sorry if this shows my ignorance or laziness- not being particularly knowledgeable about hardware, I've simply not been much involved in the EOMA68(-A20) discussion (either passively or actively).
