[Trisquel-users] Re : OpenVPN configuration problems (with NordVPN)
Diego96 Gnome System Log will give you realtime information as to why and how your VPN connection is failing. Personnaly i have never had any issues with OpenVPN Network Manager on all editions of Trisquel 7, it simply works out of the box and ask's for your root password the first time you "import a saved OpenVPN configuration" wich is : ca.crt, ta.key, user.cert, user.key and the config file(OpenVPN Client Configuration) I found this https://nordvpn.com/tutorials/linux/openvpn/
[Trisquel-users] Guide: How to add Firefox to Trisquel
Hello everybody If you don't like the default abrowser and wish to install Firefox. You can do it by adding the Ubuntuzilla PPA. sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com C1289A29 echo -e "\ndeb http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ubuntuzilla/mozilla/apt all main" \ | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list > /dev/null sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install firefox-mozilla-build Optional: sudo apt-get remove abrowser Firefox is free software how ever be aware that it may recommend installing non-free software. Source: UbuntuUpdates https://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/ubuntuzilla
[Trisquel-users] Re : Guide: How to add Firefox to Trisquel
I see no reason in installing Firefox in Trisquel and that for several reasons Abrowser is a Trisquelized (by Trisquel's main developper) version of Firefox, + Trisquel does not recommend non-free addons. Trisquel respects users freedom, please read this thread Questions about determining what is free software https://trisquel.info/fr/forum/questions-about-determining-what-free-software + You can add IceCat (Another hardened Libre version of Firefox).
Re: [Trisquel-users] deb packages (software sources) for old versions of Trisquel?
"how can I filter it by version of trisquel they were initially meant for?" Use that aptmirror program I was talking of. Or, if you really do insist on doing everything the hard and manual way look into http://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/dists/ and pick a thing like dagda-update or dagda-security or whatever. Go into that directory, then into Main, then into binary-amd64 (or binary-i386 depending on what system you're using) and the click on Packages. In there you'll find package names, dependencies, file names (like Filename: pool/main/a/apache2/apache2-doc_2.2.17-1ubuntu1.2_all.deb) and so from this you can known to go back to the pool directory and find that file.) If you want the source packages you'll instead need to go into the source directory instead of binary-amd64 (or binary-i386). Those are compressed (sources.gz and source.bz2) do you won't be able to view them in your browser. Instead, download the sources file and decompress it. An example: If you download sources.gz do gunzip Sources.gz and you'll have a file called Sources. Open it with your favorite text editor and you can review it similar to the stuff for binary packages although it's a little different in that it only refers to a directory within the pool directory and lists files separately like a .dsc, .orig.tar.gz, .diff, etc. You'd need all of these to compile the package. This is the all of same stuff that your package manager would read and do, so doing through the package manager will be much faster so as to automate all of these things. "now my question is: what apt string should I use in Software Sources utility to use http://mirrors.ukfast.co.uk/sites/trisquel.info as my source of packages in synaptic and other package managers?" Use that very URL. You can use your existing /etc/apt/sources.list as an example. The things that come after it like belenos or belenos-updates or belenos-security or whatever correspond to the directories that you see here http://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/dists/ Then, things like "main" (or any other components) are named after the Release file after opening the belenos or belenos-updates or belenos-security or whatever directory.
[Trisquel-users] Hash Sum mismatch
Dear Senior, I am newbie. I have a problem like in this attachment. Can you help me to solve it? Thank you before.
[Trisquel-users] Installer trisquel
Salve a tutti nonostante manchi da parecchio noto con dispiacere che Tirsquel8 non è ancora uscito. Ho testato in questi giorni la Devuan (ormai stabile) e mi è piaciuto molto il suo installer molto versatile. Sarebbe fantastico se si riuscisse ad inserirne uno simile sulla Trisquel. Mi ha fatto installare Devuan senza problemi con root criptata e /boot su su pendrive usb in maniera molto semplice e senza impazzire.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Installer trisquel
Scusate se ho postato sul forum in inglese è un mio errore.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Hash Sum mismatch
When was the last time you successfully upgraded? Did you installed anything since then? Did you try apt-get instead of aptitude?? Did you do something to /var/lib/apt/lists?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Monitoring desktop temperature with Trisquel
Necroing a bit, as I want to monitor my CPU temp and fan speeds, and control all that: * I have 2 case fans, 2 CPU fans, and a GPU connected directly on the motherboard (+adapters on CPU fans for lower RPM/noise) * I installed lm-sensors * I configured it (defaults, and accepted the config to be written on file, then rebooted) * I also installed xsensors (though I'll delete it later), and I have: + one tab named nouveau, called PCI/GPU in sensors on the CLI: around 66 RPM, 1 temp (there's 2 fans, though it's most likely 1 plug). + one tab named called isa adapter in sensors on the CLI (a bunch of alphanumeric chars in xsensors) wchich has 3 temps at -48°C, and 0 RPM. Questions: 1. Which is which? I can identify the GPU, but I get only 3 fans for 2 case fans and 2 CPU fans. 2. the RPM numbers seem wrong (0 as all of them are running, and 66 seems huge). So the first goal is to just get proper temp/rpm monitoring monitoring. Once I have visibility, I want to install fancontrol, if I have to.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Uruk GNU/Linux 2.0 (Alpha)
It has Guix installed by default, for one thing, and all sorts of handy dandy tools for newbies who have never used Gnu/Linux before but are intelligent enough to learn with a bit of hand holding and learn more on their own once they get a peek at what all they fuss was about and why their mommies are so stubborn about joining the 21st century and refusing to buy a smartphone like everybody else's mommy has. My live DVD is already in a box on it's way to my child, so this is just what I remember and why the first thing I wanted to do was post my review from it before even trying it any of my other hardware. It just wasn't at all what I expected. It was perfect for my target audience of a well educated intelligent person who has taken a lot of crap IT classes and thinks she knows more than she actually does. I know one of the Uruk developers from way back and he speaks my kid's language better than I do. They're roughly the same age so that's hardly surprising, in spite of their cultural differences. I expected the target audience to be a native Arabic speaker who didn't have much bandwidth and was getting a bit annoyed with the entire concept of the English language. I couldn't have been more wrong. Uruk is still in Alpha, but I feel that Uruk's target user might be slightly different than Trisquel's target user, but language and politics have nothing to do with those differences at all. I've been wrong before, lol, but this fork benefits us all, imnsho. I don't have a spare hard drive atm; I'll come back when I do and be able to go into more depth then. I'd love to see my (preteen) minor child take this one for a test drive and see what happens, but I, being poor, have only my dreams as William Butler Yeats would say. Just a not exactly unbiased review. Short version is: I like it. Keep up the good work, Uruk peeps!
Re: [Trisquel-users] GNU R IDE
I would also go for using it with GNU Emacs. I recently installed GNU Emacs, Org mode, GNU Emacs ESS mode, and GNU R, all through the GNU Guix package manager, and I'm really liking it. :) Works amazingly well. :) -- - [[https://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:Adfeno]] - Palestrante e consultor sobre /software/ livre (não confundir com gratis). - "WhatsApp"? Ele não é livre, por isso não uso. Iguais a ele prefiro GNU Ring, ou Tox. Quer outras formas de contato? Adicione o vCard que está no endereço acima aos teus contatos. - Pretende me enviar arquivos .doc, .ppt, .cdr, ou .mp3? OK, eu aceito, mas não repasso. Entrego apenas em formatos favoráveis ao /software/ livre. Favor entrar em contato em caso de dúvida.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Guide: How to add Firefox to Trisquel
Very good my friend. I might add it also respects user's privacy. As Firefox tracks the user by default. So sad seeing this kind of posts here. Perhaps OP might want to learn more about Free Software its meaning and what it stands for.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Guide: How to add Firefox to Trisquel
As Firefox tracks the user by default. Spot on, albertoerg ;-) One can add that IceCat is maintained by Ruben Rodriguez (Trisquel's main developper)
[Trisquel-users] GNU Ring on Trisquel
Dear Trisquel users, GNU Ring [1] launched. It's possible to download and install for Debian 9 [2], but not for Trisquel 7. Any comments, please. [1] https://ring.cx/en [2] https://ring.cx/en/download/gnu-linux
Re: [Trisquel-users] My older X200 was unusable due to cigarette odor; no response on inquiry about the odor
On the cigar odor removal: Let it under warm day with fresh air. There are some cleaners that can clear the odor, but they do more harm than good.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Hash Sum mismatch
I think the easiest way to fix this would be to use the GUI to switch to another mirror (and then back if you so wish).
Re: [Trisquel-users] Guide: How to add Firefox to Trisquel
Each time I read 'PPA' my heart breaks and I get so sad I can not do anything, I just want to go to sleep. OP, you made me very sad :(
[Trisquel-users] The End of Flash
It's only one small leap for computer freedom, but it's a long-awaited one- the end of Adobe Flash: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/17/07/25/1615220/adobe-announces-that-in-2020-flash-player-will-reach-its-end-of-life-in-light-of-newer-technologies. To quote Adobe (in corporatese): "Today, most browser vendors are integrating capabilities once provided by plugins directly into browsers and deprecating plugins. Given this progress, and in collaboration with several of our technology partners -- including Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla -- Adobe is planning to end-of-life Flash. Specifically, we will stop updating and distributing the Flash Player at the end of 2020 and encourage content creators to migrate any existing Flash content to these new open formats."
Re: [Trisquel-users] OpenVPN configuration problems (with NordVPN)
Thanks for the info, I'll look at the system log and report back. I did follow the NordVPN tutorial, as well as a few others I scraped up from Googling around. Something "ain't quite right" because I had it running on stock Ubuntu (albeit on a different machine). I'll post back with what I find. Who knows, maybe the troubleshooting info will help someone else.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Guide: How to add Firefox to Trisquel
Firefox contains a proprietary DRM-playing component that is enabled by default. What is wrong with Abrowser? It's on the same version as Firefox.
Re: [Trisquel-users] GNU Ring on Trisquel
It has been around for a while, I even managed to install it on Trisquel when it still supported Ubuntu 14.04. Unfortunately they removed that.
Re: [Trisquel-users] OpenVPN configuration problems (with NordVPN)
Got it fixed, kinda. It was my ROUTER. Yes, my home router between me and the internet was blocking the port or something. Not really sure, because I tried both TCP and UDP connections. I had made some changes a bit ago due to address some security issues, and I seem to have screwed something up. Out of pure serendipity, I had to reset the default config just now. After router reset, vpn works again. At any rate, the gnome-network manager still does NOT work but I can start the vpn with "sudo openvpn --config my.vpn.config.ovpn". I'll keep tinkering with the gnome tool. Mangy Dog, when you "import the saved configuration", are you manually parsing out the CA, pasting/saving into a new file, and then pointing the network-manager to that CA file? Or is yours working by just directing it to the config.ovpn file? Thanks!
[Trisquel-users] I noticed that trisquel beta is out.
I wonder if runit can be used instead of systemd. or if removing systemd removes everything, anyone know?
Re: [Trisquel-users] I noticed that trisquel beta is out.
Systemd is gonna be really hard to be avoided. GNOME and KDE are developing for it. Even devuan took months to be released. I don't think the amount of time and effort it requires is worth for a project like Trisquel. With cares about easy of use for home and office. Systemd works great for them.
Re: [Trisquel-users] I noticed that trisquel beta is out.
I didn't understand the last two sentences, but to be honest, I don't use gnome or kde. They both are too much when it comes to how much battery life they drain. Also, I use lightweight desktops. I am not sure what mark shuttleworth plans, but he doesn't seem to like systemd much either.
Re: [Trisquel-users] I noticed that trisquel beta is out.
My understanding is that systemd is so far upstream and gets its claws into so much that posts like this are just going to depress and distract Ruben and really should go in the troll lounge. But what do I know. It is also still extremely controversial and people can get stuck with the debating and things that can be done just don't get done. Belenos uses Upstart. Flidas uses systemd because that is what is upstream. There are other distros that don't use systemd and other developers who care about freedom and are working as hard as they can as fast as they can. Free Slack would be an option as would Parabola as would limping along with less-than-perfect. I don't like it either.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Uruk GNU/Linux 2.0 (Alpha)
I looked at the website but I didn't find much info. I'm sort of getting the vibe that Uruk is a light weight (less resources) version of Trisquel, with a Mate desktop environment and a couple of tools that simplify adding applications, etc for the new user. Is that about right? Also, when you say "political" Heather, what do you mean? Libre politics, or political politics?
[Trisquel-users] Re : OpenVPN configuration problems (with NordVPN)
when you "import the saved configuration", are you manually parsing out the CA, pasting/saving into a new file, and then pointing the network-manager to that CA file? Or is yours working by just directing it to the config.ovpn file? I import a folder containing : ca.crt, ta.key, user.cert, user.key and the config file(OpenVPN Client Configuration) the authentification is by certificates (not by password as NordVPN). Making a test from the https://nordvpn.com/tutorials/linux/openvpn/ ,one has to create the CA.cert file and point Network Manager to it (see screenshot below).
Re: [Trisquel-users] The End of Flash
gpast_pan...@protonmail.com wrote: It's only one small leap for computer freedom, but it's a long-awaited one- the end of Adobe Flash: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/17/07/25/1615220/adobe-announces-that-in-2020-flash-player-will-reach-its-end-of-life-in-light-of-newer-technologies. I wouldn't get your hopes up about this. Years ago Adobe said they had stopped working on their Flash player for GNU/Linux. Years passed and then recently they issued an update for the GNU/Linux Flash player. We don't yet have a cross-platform media player that can do the major functions the Adobe Flash player could do. Some of the functionality we still need include: - handling hoverable/selectable regions in an animation. In Flash one could make an animation such that the hover/click regions are not defined in some frames but exist in other frames. HomestarRunner.com, a cartoon animated entirely in Macromedia/Adobe Flash, used this. - joystick and alternate device input handling. Some people made videogames with Flash. I'm not saying anyone should promote or use Adobe's Flash player at all, regardless of how capable it was. Adobe's Flash player was non-free, only really worked on 2 OSes in its heyday, always highly insecure, and an annoyance for updating. I'm saying one should acknowledge what functions Flash players had, and expect to scale back their expectations when porting a Flash site into a standards-compliant website that depends on HTML5, CSS, WebM, and perhaps Javascript.
Re: [Trisquel-users] I noticed that trisquel beta is out.
I like systemd though :) there are many reasons. 1.- I like that GNU/Linux world is becoming more standardized. When I started using it 2 years ago, there where a lot of init systems. Lots of default desktops. Lots of way to distribute software. Now suddenly everything is becoming systemd/GNOME/Wayland/Flatpak This is so good. The power of the community is going towards making a few things great. Instead of a lot of "good-enough" And I don't use GNOME. I use i3. The other options will swill exist but the defaults are gonna be really good for the majority. Specially the new ones :) 2.- systemd has lots of great options and tools. It is not a init. It is more than that. It might not follow Unix philosophy. But Unix philosophy isn't a law. And it has some flaws. 3.- It is so much faster than when I started with Ubuntu. My parabola boot time is awesome.
