Re: [Trisquel-users] Newbie trying to load Trisquel on Acer Computer.
I haven't seen scientific research which finds that humans produce electromagnetic radiation. I was under the impression that the only interaction the human body had with electromagnetic radiation was the eyes' detection of visible light, and the use of ultroviolet light to synthesize Vitamin D. Is there any chance you could send me a link to this research? It must be quite interesting. I would also be very interested in seeing the scientific research you mention which shows that non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation affects human health; I was under the impression that non-ionizing radiation, such as radio waves and microwaves, was only capable of heating molecules up (which wouldn't be a concern given the tiny amount of such non-ionizing radiation produced by wireless technology). I'm curious to see what harmful effects the researchers found. Of course, if non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation is harmful to human health, then we have a huge problem, because everyone is bombarded with radio waves from radio and television broadcasting 24/7.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Newbie trying to load Trisquel on Acer Computer.
Thanks again all. Learning a lot as I go :-) If the WiFi doesn't work after full install I'll buy a dongle from Think Penguin or Technoetic as recommended. I realise its a part of life for most but I'd never use WiFi at home because of the deleterious EMF effects. I'd suggest anyone using it at home at least switches it off at night. Even the most dense will notice the difference to their sleep patterns after a week or two. Remember, everyone has their own EMF field, the integrity of which is essential to health. Especially important for younger children. I work in alt health, so this is not an uninformed opinion. I won't engage in a discussion, but people need to think about the intro of 5G (old military tech first tested in WW2) & look at all the non-industry aligned research. Especially important for those living in towns/cities who'll be surrounded by it 24/7.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Does PlayOnLinux work with Trisquel 8?
Ah okay. Point taken by both messages.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Getting Trisquel 8 Working on Macs
I thought one of my friends had a Mac from 2015 but it's actually from 2012 like the one I already tested, so I still don't have a way to replicate the problem you two (loldier and strypey) are having. Have either of you tried the ISO that was uploaded today? http://jenkins.trisquel.info/makeiso/iso/ signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 codename "Flidas" Release Candidate is ready for testing
Loldier wrote: "[Fedora Media Writer] writes any ISO." My apologies, you are of course correct. I skim read the first of the links you shared, and got the impression that the instructions given there was the limit of what the program could do. Now that I look again, the images make it clear that impression was, as you say, quite incorrect: https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2016/04/26/fedora-media-writer-the-fastest-way-to-create-live-usb-boot-media/ It would be interesting to see what libraries and other dependencies FMW is using under the hood, and how they compare to those used by Etcher. I will suggest to The Assassin that we have at least a cursory glance at the FMW code (as well as the UNetbootin code) as part of creating our fork of Etcher. Perhaps forking an app other than Etcher might be easier or better, or perhaps we can hybridize the best elements of multiple programs.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trouble with add-ons on ABrowser
Going off on a bit of a tangent here, but just found this link that suggests NoScript's author has ads linking to known malware from the NoScrit website, and messes with people's ad-blockers to make sure they see the ads: https://liltinkerer.surge.sh/noscript.html The person who gave me this link also claims NoScript is not "open source". Is this just FUD, or is NoScript going the way of AdBlock+ (which I replaced with uBlock Origin some time ago and I couldn't be happier with it).
Re: [Trisquel-users] ebook reader advice
I only open office documents when I know exactly where they've come from, and I trust the full chain of upstream sources to have reasonably secure practices. In other words, I don't open many office documents, and like Stallman, I tend to insist on being given OpenDocument formats, not Microsoft anti-formats. I don't open office documents from untrusted random internet sites at all (I'm much less suspicious of .PDF files. Is that unwise?). So following your advice, I should not install this unmaintained package and open the .CHM file at all.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing Belanos & Flidas on a USB-connected hard drive - revisiting old problems
FYI Etcher is free code software, and it does seem effective and easy to use, but there are some user respect issues with Etcher. See this thread for more details: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/user-respect-issues-etcher
Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing Belanos & Flidas on a USB-connected hard drive - revisiting old problems
Like MagicBanana, I'm a bit confused about what you are trying to do. Are you trying to use bootable USB stick to install Trisquel on an external USB hard drive? If so, why? If not, where am I misunderstanding your goal?
Re: [Trisquel-users] libre (uncensored) DNS Providers ?
MartinH wrote: "But if I use jxself's method, I doubt very much that the root servers will ever change their ip address !" If they do, it will be trumpeted to the heavens with a major public announcement, as every single DNS provider (commercial or gratis, public or private), will have to change the IP address that their DNS servers uses to query the root servers. "I also agree with the fact that I don't want to be subject to other people deciding what is right or wrong for me to visit on the web, as Jodiendo pointed out." None of the solutions listed here will solve that problem (AFAIK), because DNS is a centralized system with a single-point-of-failure, both technically (the root servers) and, more importantly, organizationally (ICANN). Many people have proposed replacing DNS with a decentralized system for mapping human-readable domain names to IP addresses. But even in a technically decentralized naming system run by a single authority like ICANN, would-be censors can pressure that authority to block or confiscate names. There's another system called GNS (GNU Name System), which is part of the GNUNet project. I don't know much about how either of these work yet, so I don't know if it resolves the organisational single-point-of-failure. https://gnunet.org/gns It's certainly a fascinating problem.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Minifree's Libreboot X200/T400 laptops now severely reduced in price. With Trisquel pre-installed
Oh, one more thing I forgot to mention in the original post. Minifree now provides *2* batteries, per laptop, by default.
[Trisquel-users] Minifree's Libreboot X200/T400 laptops now severely reduced in price. With Trisquel pre-installed
Hi everyone :) The Libreboot X200/T400 laptops come with Trisquel pre-installed, by default. They also come with Libreboot installed, which is a completely free/libre BIOS replacement. These systems are endorsed by the Free Software Foundation. All of the hardware is fully supported by free drivers, making this a completely freedom-respecting system. The version of Trisquel preinstalled is Trisquel 7. Upon request, the pre-release version of Trisquel 8 on trisquel.info can also be preinstalled. Mention it in the textbox on the checkout page, if you want this. As soon as Trisquel 8 is officially released, Minifree will provide version 8 by default. Minifree is currently running a discount sales push on both the Libreboot X200 and Libreboot T400, in order to make them more accessible to the public. This discount will apply for as long as it is feasible, per increased sales volumes that are expected as a result of this discount. You may remember that Minifree ran such a discount on its products before. Hopefully, this time it will be permanent. Minifree currently has a large surplus of stock. Additionally, I now have 4 third parties flashing laptops on my behalf, selling systems to Minifree. This means that Minifree can now handle higher order volumes, which has enabled the discount. Previously, this arrangement was not possible, so the prices were higher to compensate for over-demand. The main intention: to help more people be able to purchase a system with Libreboot preinstalled, by making these systems more affordable. The primary purpose of Minifree, since its inception, has been to bring libre systems to the masses. The X200 base price has been reduced to 228 EUR (previously 298 EUR). The T400 is now 278 EUR (previously 398 EUR). The 8G RAM upgrade on both systems was previously 110 EUR, now it's 100 EUR. The SSD price has risen from 110 EUR to 150 EUR, with capacity increased from 240GB to 480GB. Additionally, the Libreboot Installation Service has been reduced from 248 EUR to 150 EUR. The extra batteries have been reduced from 50 EUR to 25 EUR. The docking station (sold separately) has been reduced from 50 EUR to 30 EUR. The systems are available here: https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-x200/ https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-t400/ Side note: Depending on how sales pick up, Minifree may also need additional third parties to assist with flashing. Minifree pays equivalent to 10 GBP per hour, where you charge a certain amount of markup per system, when selling pre-flashed systems to Minifree. If such is needed in the future, it will be mentioned on the website. Minifree currently has 2 suppliers in the US, and 2 in the UK.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel-Mini Desktop Environment
> I can't speak for > Parabola I expect the experience with Enlightenment in Parabola to be the same as that in Arch, which was not very good. At the time Arch/Parabola had E21, so maybe E22 is better, but I found it to be much more buggy and crashy than E17 in Trisquel. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Having trouble rotating console screen
Thanks again for responding to my post.
I don't know why I did not look at this file before posting, duh !
I know what is going wrong now. I posted awhile ago about how I was
trying out Salix because I did not want systemd and that I was sad to go.
I haven't gone. I am tri-booting at the moment but in reality only using
Trisquel.
Something is going wrong during the file generation. The
"fbcon=rotate:1" is ending up without a closing double quote.
This is a bug if it's worth looking into.
For me, the problem is solved. I am going to re-install with just
Trisquel. I have all of my data on another drive so it's easy to do.
Please see line 203 and the lines that came before it.
Have a great day-Patrick
submenu 'Advanced options for Slackware Linux (Slackware 14.2) (on
/dev/sda1)' $menuentry_id_option
'osprober-gnulinux-advanced-e0197120-d089-49cd-9fe9-2f9e42042ca3' {
menuentry 'Salix (on /dev/sda1)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu
--class os $menuentry_id_option
'osprober-gnulinux-/boot/vmlinuz--e0197120-d089-49cd-9fe9-2f9e42042ca3' {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
--hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1
--hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 e0197120-d089-49cd-9fe9-2f9e42042ca3
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
e0197120-d089-49cd-9fe9-2f9e42042ca3
fi
linux /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 ro quiet vt.default_utf8=1
vga = normal append ="fbcon=rotate:1 vt.default_utf8=0
}
}
Re: [Trisquel-users] More Testing Please
I have recently tried updating using "update-manager -d" gui method and it failed. Here are my prompts: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/trisquel-8-codename-flidas-release-candidate-ready-testing#comment-130569
Re: [Trisquel-users] Newbie trying to load Trisquel on Acer Computer.
It's firmware, not drivers. Unfortunately, most wireless cards these days don't work without proprietary firmware, and there isn't much reverse-engineering going on. There haven't been any advancements that I'm aware of between Trisquel 7's release and now.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Newbie trying to load Trisquel on Acer Computer.
John wrote: "Have used open office for years, so Trisquel suits me fine + the interface is simple, clean & pleasant. IMO simplicity is an art." Ae, the free code office suite formerly known as OpenOffice has improved rapidly since most of the developers walked away from Oracle and formed the DocumentFoundation and LibreOffice. Have you tried the web-based version of LibreOffice? https://www.collaboraoffice.com/code/ "I'd like to full install Trisqel & get rid of Gates crapy windows completely. However I'm not sure that the wifi is working properly." Is that in the live session or after install? Very occasionally WiFi problems solve themselves after installing to your internal drive and downloading and installing all the updates. WiFi works fine on my AA1 without any proprietary drivers, but as I said, it is a much older model than yours. It can take a while before newer hardware can be made to work with existing free code drivers, or new free code drivers written to support it. If you can't get the WiFi working after installing and updating, I highly recommend this Wifi dongle from ThinkPenguin: https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-g-usb-adapter I bought one for a desktop computer that had no WiFi, and needed to be able to connect to a WiFi router at the other end of the house, sometimes through two closed, wooden doors. It worked fine, and the customer support from ThinkPenguin is second-to-none. "I need wifi, as that's what this computer was essentially for." Isn't that basically true of every computer smaller than a desktop these days ;)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel-Mini Desktop Environment
I tried LXQt (Fedora spin). It has Qupzilla, which is Falkon now in the latest update (not yet in Fedora 26). Fedora LXDE 26 is the same as Trisquel. Midori and the same age old interface. It looks awfully outdated when compared to LXQt. I'm not sure what to think. LXQt is a KDE lookalike. It has Plasma dekstop and Falkon is a KDE project. I think it must be a lot more resource-hungry.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 codename "Flidas" Release Candidate is ready for testing
I recently attempted an upgrade from my existing laptops install of Trisquel 7 to Trisquel 8 and the upgrade failed. I have many screenshots showing each prompt. Where do I post this?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel-Mini Desktop Environment
"The best is to just install Enlightenment wm in your Parabola, Devuan, or Trisquel systems." As both Mason and I have said in previous comments, installing E17 in Trisquel results in a broken user experience. I can't speak for Parabola or Devuan, but it wouldn't surprise me if the same is true. Moksha, the DE used in Bodhi, which was created to fix the UX fails in E17 and maintain a usable DE going forward, is not available from the Trisquel Belenos repos AFAICT.
