Re: [Trisquel-users] How to soundcloud?
Soundcloud has never played songs for me previously but now it does. Weird. I'm using updated Trisquel 6.0 with abrowser 23.0, haven't tried any other browsers yet. I only have generic plugins installed, like Tree Style Tab. On https://soundcloud.com/wearecc the tracks are playing fine. Screenshot shows the top track playing. http://i.imgur.com/NoBZgRN.png Can you post your console output of ' dpkg -l|grep abrowser ' Current browser: abrowser 23.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1+6.0trisquel5
Re: [Trisquel-users] How to soundcloud?
FYI. I have Adblock Plus 2.3.2 installed and it is enabled for soundcloud.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Space trading games
Spacezero is a 2D space builder. GPL3. Net gaming to 8 players. http://spacezero.sourceforge.net/
Re: [Trisquel-users] Where can I download free wallpaper ?
http://www.clearbits.net/ Searching for 'wallpaper' has a few collections. and CC images from flickr http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/flickrCC/index.php?terms=wallpaper&page=1 Also, searching for generic terms like 'nature' , 'beach' or 'desktop' will show a few suitable ones. extra: I keep these on an online bookmark site for easy personal reference, at http://perthfreeculture.org/
Re: [Trisquel-users] Free software alternatives to popular Wingdows software
When I print sticker-labels I use LibreOffice Writer and find a template for the size of labels used, such as these: http://www.worldlabel.com/Pages/openoffice-template.htm If you need pictures on your labels, take a look at: http://openclipart.org/ -//-- For the visual-thinking and mind-map proprietary software called Inspiration, an alternative would be: http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page (Trisquel package: freemind) (If this is one you have already tried and didn't fit your needs, try to describe the specific features that you require.) Or check the top of this page for some free alternatives: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_concept-_and_mind-mapping_software and the top of this page: http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Alternatives_to_FreeMind
Re: [Trisquel-users] Free Software that is not GPL'd
There are GPL options. emacs-2048 https://github.com/sprang/emacs-2048 and tk2048 https://pypi.python.org/pypi/tk2048/1.0.2b They are not web frontends, but could be used as a base to create one.
Re: [Trisquel-users] OpenSSL security issues
An updated openssl is now available for Trisquel. At least in the es.archive.trisquel.info repos, it is.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Setting up a Trisquel box at a public library
I have set up GNU boxes for public use before (not for a library). For public use I would recommend booting off an image rather than installing to HD. Could be a cdrom internal to the box, a USB key inside that the users cannot access or a thin client booting from the network. This allows you to have a known base start point with each boot and any rootkits/backdoors/etc are scrubbed on each reboot. If persistent data is needed, place it on a separate local or network drive away from the OS. One of the security points to lockdown is the ctrl-alt-F combinations that allow access to a login prompt. Remove these if you can. Regarding the use of the box that you are setting up, does it really need flash installed? If it is for research, wouldn't flash detract from this. With enough sites pre-bookmarked or visible on the homepage of the browser, you can direct users to quality information resources that do not require flash (wiki etc). Perhaps a physical sign next to it explaining that it is "For research use only and some entertainment websites will not work" will cover you when flash sites are not rendering. I'd recommend making it known to the library staff that these sites will not be available to users, and that they can advise users to use a home PC or netcafe to look at entertainment based sites.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Setting up a Trisquel box at a public library
I see your point. Better to state the facts and declare that it is not installed/disabled.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Setting up a Trisquel box at a public library
Yes, a .iso Live Image can be customised with the install/removal of programs and changes to settings. https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/customizing-trisquel-iso ( some steps are optional ) and then that custom .iso image can be burnt to CD to make a liveCD or copied to USB to make a liveUSB. https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/how-create-liveusb ( * Data safety tip: double check the output-file if using dd to copy the iso , to make sure it is the correct USB media ) -/- A simpler approach to the above is to install/customise as regular to HD, then backup the HD for use as a vanilla master image used to restore the box periodically. Clonezilla Live is one imaging tool that can backup/restore the image of the HD. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clonezilla#Clonezilla_Live
Re: [Trisquel-users] Stability
Two years of Taranis and a year of Brigantia and no KPs or crashes, suspend and hibernate work fine. For me, instability in GNU/Linux usually points to hardware failures. You can check your RAM with the ' memtest86+ ' package from memtest.org . ' fsck ' and ' badblocks ' will check the HD. Cheap USB ports on laptops have caused errors for me before. As root, you can do a rudimentary check with ' tail -f /var/log/syslog ' and then jiggling the USB cables. Trisquel is a solid build , thanks to all who put their effort towards making this great free distro.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Can Anybody ?
Also the GNU Image-Finding Tool ( GIFT ) may be of use for duplicate photos of different file type. href="http://www.gnu.org/software/gift/
Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel install hanging
My Trisquel 5.5 install hung recently. Installing on a Lenovo G475 laptop with the standard 700mb Gnome CD, the live-cd would boot fine. When double clicking on the desktop icon to install Trisquel, the laptop would hang completely. No response to anything but holding the power button. The workaround for this was to download the NetInstall 25mb iso and install from that in text mode. This laptop freeze sounds like a different issue to your hang, but may be of use to the devs or others trying to install on similar hardware.
Re: [Trisquel-users] What main problems, if any, have you found in transition to Trisquel?
My main problem is, that it is hard to join in conversations about how annoying the latest non-free OS is. I just have to smile and try to remember wasting my time all those years ago.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Debian derivative
There is also release schedule to consider. Ubuntu has a 6 month release schedule and a 2 year LTS release schedule. This certainty of release times translates directly to Trisquel releases. Debian's stable release schedule is " when it's ready " ( which is necessary to make sure a complete release is made ) . Tracking Debian Stable would mean much more erratic stable release times and tracking Debian Testing would mean chances of app failure/crash creeping into the Trisquel experience. I think the Trisquel devs have made a fine choice to use Ubuntu as the current base. This means the benefits of both Debian and Ubuntu's Free Software packages are available to Trisquel users.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Free driver for the receipt printer Epson TM U 210PB
I set up a similar Epson receipt printer 2 years ago under GNU/Linux. In that setup, the printer had no driver. The POS software only had a setting to indicate which COM port the printer was on. When I was trying to work out whether the printer was functioning, I used a command similar to this: echo "test test test" > /dev/ttyS1 and the receipt printer printed: test test test It seemed that it just took raw ASCII input and printed anything that came down the cable. This setup did not install the printer as a CUPS printer and there was no driver installed. You may be able to hack a CUPS dummy driver that pipes the ASCII input straight to the printer ( perhaps with a little help from CUPS forums and IRC )
Re: [Trisquel-users] Unable to login
If your disks do turn out to be full, and once you are able to log back into a Trisquel GUI. The gdmap package can help to show what is using the most disk space in a graphical format.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Cannot install any software
You can find the most recently installed packages with this command in a terminal: grep install /var/log/dpkg.log
Re: [Trisquel-users] Source access
It depends how you interpret "but hasn't made the source code available" . Usually source code is available live-on-the-web or ftp and this is preferred, so people can download and examine it with no waiting. It is not a requirement of the GPL that source code be live, only obtainable. This means 'available on request'. If the author refuses a request to send a copy of the complete source code that is under the free licence or they are uncontactable, the program is no longer considered to be Free Software. This paragraph is from the wikipedia GPL page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_GPL#Copyleft Many distributors of GPL'ed programs bundle the source code with the executables. An alternative method of satisfying the copyleft is to provide a written offer to provide the source code on a physical medium (such as a CD) upon request. In practice, many GPL'ed programs are distributed over the Internet, and the source code is made available over FTP or HTTP. For Internet distribution, this complies with the license.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Why Ubuntu as the base for Trisquel?
Also discussed here: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/debian-derivative
Re: [Trisquel-users] Reduce Title bar height
Someone solved the same question here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/change-the-size-of-the-titlebar-878066/ I'm not sure what the default theme is under Toutatis. Maybe Clearlooks or ClearlooksClassic from memory of Brigantia.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Where is "System Settings > Network" ?
Try opening System Settings and then scrolling down. All the 'System' settings are further down, underneath the 'Personal' settings. 'Network Connections' is there, which sounds like what you are after.
Re: [Trisquel-users] How do you get your movies?
I get many quality movies from these free sources: vodo.net( Creative Commons independent films, animations, documentaries ) clearbits.net/movies ( Creative Commons films and series ) clearbits.net/animations archive.org/details/opensource_movies ( Community Video archive, all CC or PD ) and some from wiki.creativecommons.org/Films ( CC films, overlaps some of the above ) There may by some low production qualities mixed in, but most films you can read the blurb or download the first 5 minutes and choose whether it is right for you. If anyone has other sources for free-culture films, shorts or animations, let me know ! Consider supporting some or all of these sites if you find them beneficial. Stand outs: http://archive.org/details/Kinetic_Art_Demo_Video http://archive.org/details/BigBuckBunny http://vodo.net/yfiase01 http://vodo.net/theyesmen http://vodo.net/talktome http://vodo.net/crazygolf http://www.clearbits.net/torrents/386-sita-sings-the-blues http://www.clearbits.net/torrents/1227-pioneer-one-s01e01 http://www.clearbits.net/torrents/790-nasty-old-people-xvid http://www.clearbits.net/torrents/39-nobody-needs-to-know
Re: [Trisquel-users] RTL8723AE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
Is this installed on a laptop? If so, two options to keep you system 100% free are: 1) Replace the physical RTL Module in your laptop. 2) Use a free wireless USB dongle to connect to wireless. Some details about 1) are here (ctrl-f for RTL): http://blogs.fsfe.org/the_unconventional/2013/06/12/avoiding-the-microsoft-tax/ and some details about 2) are in these previous posts: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/recommend-me-usb-wifi-dongle-please https://trisquel.info/en/forum/d-link-dwa-125-wireless-dongle
Re: [Trisquel-users] GIMP crashes while saving
You could try running: % gimp -c --verbose at the console and see if any errors are reported at crash time.
Re: [Trisquel-users] GIMP crashes while saving
From your console output, it may be a plug-in causing problems. Have you added any plug-ins to gimp? You could try the following commands too. This will rename your gimp settings directory so that the next time you run gimp it will recreate the directory with all vanilla settings just like as if it was a new distro install. % cd % mv .gimp-2.6 .gimp-2.6_orig % gimp -c --verbose Then try to save a .png to revert back to your original settings, use this line % cd ; mv .gimp-2.6 .gimp-2.6_vanil ; mv .gimp-2.6_orig .gimp-2.6 Just to confirm, are you running gimp from the Trisquel repository? ( 2.6.12-1ubuntu1.2 ) Can you run % dpkg -l | grep gimp and paste the versions of installed packages.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Information about Trisquel
I use a distro that I would be happy to recommend to other people. My main checklist points for this are usability, .deb packaging and stability. Trisquel can be viewed as just Ubuntu with non-free removed, but it is so much more than that. Default Interface http://i.imgur.com/1uddJH9.png The default Trisquel interface is the cleanest and most concise PC UI that I have used so far(several decades of GNU+Linux/mac/wind). The main points on my UI checklist are a taskbar at the bottom of the screen, a main-button in the bottom left, a clock in the bottom right and a main menu that includes programs, add/remove programs, settings and shutdown/logoff. These are the immediate places I look for these tools/options and where the majority of novices would too. Trisquel tracks stable releases, so a new user will not have bleeding-edge crash issues. Trisquel has a great desktop layout and stability that I would be confident recommending to a novice PC user. Other considerations are the community and a commitment to a fully free distro. Thanks to everyone who contributes to Trisquel.
Re: [Trisquel-users] is there a program that makes pdf docs searchable
The gImageReader and OCRFeeder front-ends are listed as opening pdf filetypes. There may be others too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesseract_%28software%29#User_interfaces OCRFeeder is in the Trisquel repository as package ocrfeeder .
Re: [Trisquel-users] Free software ideology compatible VPS provider
Bytemark Hosting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bytemark_Hosting has their own dedicated data centre (UK) and offers a 50% discount to any customers who publish Free Software using their network. https://www.bytemark.co.uk/company/manifesto/ --//-- Their VPS is called BigV and a 1 month free trial is offered. Steve Kemp, who was previously a DD and writes the site debian-administration.org , was an employee of theirs. ( Disc* I am in no way affiliated with Bytemark Hosting )
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 cannot detect the mic on my Libreboot Thinkpad X60.
Do the mics work if you live boot with a previous version of the liveCD ? Trisquel 6.0.1 LiveCD .iso image (692MB) http://cdimage.trisquel.info/trisquel-images/trisquel_6.0.1_i686.iso Did you install your current system from the 1.5Gb LiveDVD, the Trisquel mini LiveCD or the Trisquel netinstall image ? In alsamixer you can toggle mute/unmute of a channel with the 'm' key , have you tried that ?
[Trisquel-users] Celestia - libre planet textures
Using a vanilla install of Celestia to create an image of Jupiter as seen from Europa, it seems that the only textured planet is Earth. I can't see another package in the repos for Celestia textures. Looking for a Trisquel specific step by step howto guide, for installing some common textures (planets within our solar system, well known spacecraft/asteroids etc) from a libre source. Has anyone done this ? Or a link to a bug report for the reasons they have been pulled from Trisquel main would help out too. Thanks for reading this
Re: [Trisquel-users] Celestia - libre planet textures
Looks nice...? http://i.imgur.com/4FRWnd6.png -//- OK, to everyone else, question still stands. IIRC NASA data is released to the public domain. Can anyone link these libre texture sources or files that could serve as a base to create a texture pack? thanks
Re: [Trisquel-users] Celestia - libre planet textures
Yes! Starting with a direct Stellarium texture import looks like the first step. This list helps a lot. Thanks.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Celestia - libre planet textures
For anyone wanting to see additional planet textures in Celestia, the new texture pack is now available here: https://archive.org/details/AdditionalCelestiaPlanetTextures It uses textures from the stellarium-data package, with no modifications to the image files. Makes the planets look nicer but may not be accurate for astronomical calculations. No .deb package yet and no plans to make one. Install is a one line cp , detail in docs/README in the tar.gz . New textures: amalthea.pngariel.png bianca.png callisto.png charon-lok.png deimos.png dione.png enceladus.png epimetheus.png eros.png europa.png ganymede.png gaspra-lok.png hyperion.png iapetus.png ida.png io.png janus.png jupiter.png mars.png mercury.png mimas.png miranda.png moon.png neptune.png oberon.png phobos.png phoebe.png pluto-lok.png prometheus.png proteus.png rhea.png saturnsurface.png tethys.png titania.png titan.png triton.png umbriel.png uranus.png vesta-lok.png