Re: Online banking support for Linux?

Greg Knittl wrote: > My credit union, Meridian, only supports Microsoft Windows and Max OS X for > online banking. > https://www.meridiancu.ca/About-Meridian/Privacy-and-Security.aspx under > browser requirements. I suppose, that what they _support_ is orthogonal to what you can use. I can

Re: Libre alternative to google forms

Roberto Beltran wrote: > There's a need to have something like google forms to quickly build feedback > and user testing surveys without coding. If anyone has any recommendations, > it would help set a good precedent for using libre. https://framaforms.org, if you do not mind translating it to

Re: Buying cryptocurrency for fiat while avoiding nonfree software (was: VPS providers with libre or no JS)

Roberto Beltran wrote: >>> Just gotta figure out how to get enough crypto without being able to meet >>> up with anyone >> >> Should not it be the other way round? >> >> I mean, does not buying BTC by meeting anyone in person become an option >> only up from some amount (e. g., in St.

Re: VPS providers with libre or no JS

"Fischers Fritz" wrote: > On Wed, May 6, 2020, at 23:31, Dmitry Alexandrov wrote: >>>> [sdf.org] had no freedom-friendly payment option (unless you are able to >>>> pay in cash) — only paypal.com. >> >>> I pay by check. >> >&g

Re: VPS providers with libre or no JS

Roberto Beltran wrote: > https://capsul.org/ > they even support Guix system now. Nice news! Practically speaking, though, it would be much more useful if they supported installing _user-provided_ system via ISO-9660 or iPXE. > Just gotta figure out how to get enough crypto without being

Re: VPS providers with libre or no JS

"Fischers Fritz" wrote: >> Yet, IIRC, the last time I had checked, they had no freedom-friendly >> payment option (unless you are able to pay in cash) — only paypal.com. > > SDF accepts several methods of payment. Well, they advertise only two ways: paypal.com and paper money by snail mail.

Re: VPS providers with libre or no JS

Roberto Beltran wrote: > Does anyone know any VPS providers that don't require using proprietary > JavaScript? There are three types of providers that fall here: 1. Those, who for some unknown reason happen to provide a user interface, that is (at least, partially) usable without running

Re: VPS providers with libre or no JS

Roberto Beltran wrote: >> sdf[.org] > > It's impressive how much stuff and history they have. Yet, IIRC, the last time I had checked, they had no freedom-friendly payment option (unless you are able to pay in cash) — only paypal.com. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: “Get rid of digests”

Adam Van Ymeren wrote: > On Thu., Oct. 31, 2019, 10:01 a.m. Dmitry Alexandrov, <321...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> "J.B. Nicholson" wrote: >> > Any plans to also get rid of digests (either all subscribers converted >> to undigested subsc

Re: Fyi: this list, libreplanet-dev, just had it's subject [tag] and footer removed

Ian Kelling wrote: > Dmitry Alexandrov <321...@gmail.com> writes: >> It’ve just got the following message where ‘From’ is rewritten: > > This happens very rarely and its due to misconfigured email servers which > send us bad dkim signatures, including bad in th

Re: Fyi: this list, libreplanet-dev, just had it's subject [tag] and footer removed

Ian Kelling wrote: > removing the footer would allow us to keep the original from address. I believed, in gnu-misc-dissc...@gnu.org rewriting addresses was disabled along with footer, was not it? It’ve just got the following message where ‘From’ is rewritten: --- Begin Message --- It seems

Re: The old list address

Ian Kelling wrote: > Dmitry Alexandrov <321...@gmail.com> writes: > >> By the way, this list was moved from >> libreplanet-disc...@lists.libreplanet.org few months ago. > > I think you are mistaken, maybe you are thinking of something else. Yes, perhaps I

The old list address

By the way, this list was moved from libreplanet-disc...@lists.libreplanet.org few months ago. Thatʼs nice, perhaps, however, what is not nice is that the old address was not retained as an alias, so anyone who tries to reply to an old thread, gets a delivery failure. signature.asc

Re: “Get rid of digests” (was: I support removing the footer & keep the poster's email address in the From: header)

"J.B. Nicholson" wrote: > Any plans to also get rid of digests (either all subscribers converted to > undigested subscriptions or new subscribers can't turn digests on)? Is there something wrong with them per se? Except, that most of the people have no clue how to use them properly, I mean.

Re: emailselfdefense.fsf.org indirectly recommends a proprietary service through the new Enigmail defaults

Jean Louis wrote: > * Dmitry Alexandrov <321...@gmail.com> [2019-10-28 17:53]: >> the SKS keyserver network — the de-facto standard for years — is not >> [proprietary], it is a decentralized replicated network — like Usenet; while >> keys.openpgp.org, to carry on th

Re: emailselfdefense.fsf.org indirectly recommends a proprietary service through the new Enigmail defaults

Jean Louis wrote: > * Dmitry Alexandrov <321...@gmail.com> [2019-10-28 15:21]: >> Even if FSF, like Werner Koch , believes that there is >> nothing wrong ethically with steering users to an isolated proprietary >> service, the guide is simply incorrect factually.

Re: emailselfdefense.fsf.org indirectly recommends a proprietary service through the new Enigmail defaults

] https://keys.openpgp.org --- Begin Message --- On 10.07.2019 05:55, Dmitry Alexandrov wrote: > Patrick Brunschwig wrote: >> I am happy to announce Enigmail v2.0.12 for Thunderbird 60.* > >> This release sets the default keyserver to keys.openpgp.org in order to >> mi

Re: Fyi: this list, libreplanet-dev, just had it's subject [tag] and footer removed

sysad...@gnu.org wrote: > The Free Software Foundation has changed the GNU Mailman settings on this > list. The short version is that any subject prefix or message footer has been > removed, allowing us to turn off DMARC from munging. Thank you. Iʼve got this notification for many lists — some

Re: “should have had a warning / apology”

Aaron Wolf wrote: > On 2019-10-12 10:13 a.m., Dmitry Alexandrov wrote: >> Aaron Wolf wrote: >>> On 2019-10-12 3:20 a.m., Dmitry Alexandrov wrote: >>>> Aaron Wolf wrote: >>>>> MBR posted a Facebook link (which should have had a warning/apology >&

Re: “should have had a warning / apology”

Aaron Wolf wrote: > On 2019-10-12 3:20 a.m., Dmitry Alexandrov wrote: >> Aaron Wolf wrote: >>> MBR posted a Facebook link (which should have had a warning/apology perhaps) >> >> I beg my pardon? Warning of / apology for what? > > Just like "sorry

Re: “should have had a warning / apology” (was: “I've known Stallman since the 1970s...”)

Aaron Wolf wrote: > MBR posted a Facebook link (which should have had a warning/apology perhaps) I beg my pardon? Warning of / apology for what? signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ libreplanet-discuss mailing list

Do not substitute youtube.com links (was: watchkin.com)

Jean Louis wrote: > * Dmitry Alexandrov <321...@gmail.com> [2019-10-12 16:01]: >> Jean Louis wrote: >> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UbQ1kc1vQU or >> > https://watchkin.com/y/7UbQ1kc1vQU >> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGF17TbbBcE >&

watchkin.com (was: Proposal to remove the off-topic, not free software related thoughtcrime accusations from the Guix project pages on GNU.ORG websitew)

Jean Louis wrote: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UbQ1kc1vQU or > https://watchkin.com/y/7UbQ1kc1vQU > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGF17TbbBcE I’m curious, what this watchkin.com link is for? I expected, that this is some SaaS like invidio.us — a substitute for mpv+youtube-dl / weboob

Re: ‘censorship’

Jean Louis wrote: > * Dmitry Alexandrov <321...@gmail.com> [2019-10-12 11:36]: >> David wrote: >> > On Fri, 11 Oct 2019 21:11:51 +0300 Dmitry >> > Alexandrov <321...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> You replied privately, offlist. W

Re: ‘censorship’

David wrote: > On Fri, 11 Oct 2019 21:11:51 +0300 Dmitry > Alexandrov <321...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> You replied privately, offlist. Was it intentional? If yes, why: I see >> nothing secret there? > > Absolutely yes, and I did so as your

Re: ‘censorship’

You replied privately, offlist. Was it intentional? If yes, why: I see nothing secret there? If no, may I resent it back to the list? David wrote: >> On Thu, 10 Oct 2019 23:47:42 +0300 >> Dmitry Alexandrov <321...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > David wrote: >> >

Re: ‘Cc: rmssupp...@protonmail.com’?

Seamus Tuohy wrote: > On Tue, Oct 8, 2019, 11:26 AM Dmitry Alexandrov <321...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Sergey Matveev wrote: >> > Cc: rmssupp...@protonmail.com >> >> Sorry, what this address is about? I believe, Protonmail does not host >> mailing lists,

‘Cc: rmssupp...@protonmail.com’? (was: FSF/GNU future without RMS, my opinion)

Sergey Matveev wrote: > Cc: rmssupp...@protonmail.com Sorry, what this address is about? I believe, Protonmail does not host mailing lists, so this is someone’s personal mail. Whose, if it’s no secret? signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___

Re: GNU Mailman settings for this list

Dmitry Alexandrov <321...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ian Kelling wrote: >> Should Mailman convert text/html parts to plain text? Currently this is set >> to "yes". > > Of course, no. > >> There's good and bad things about this setting. > > The

Re: unsubscribe

Jack Dodds wrote: > unsubscribe It is often possible to unsubscribe from a list by sending a mail with ‘unsubscribe’ subject to a list address _with ‘-request’ appended_ before ‘@’, e. g. , never to a list itself. However, the proper way would be to follow one of links in the

Re: Nominate RMS for FSF award...

Arthur Torrey wrote: > - the call has just gone out for members to nominatea potential recipients of > the FSF awards given out at Libre-planet > I know that I have a hard time coming up with the name of an individual who > has done more to advance the cause of Free Software That’s a great

Re: GNU Mailman settings for this list

Ian Kelling wrote: > Dmitry Alexandrov <321...@gmail.com> writes: >> >> In short, I propose to refrain from _any_ mangling of messages. > > I brought up some points, but I don't feel too strongly one way or the other. > I think John S is fond of the footer. If th

Re: I removed the [libreplanet-discuss] tag from this list

Ian Kelling wrote: > Partly because we've had someone sending messages to people with the tag, but > they aren't actually list messages. So if ‘someone’ adds the footer, you would remove it too? I would like to ask him a favour of doing that then. :-) Besides general reasons [0], why

Re: GNU Mailman settings for this list

Ian Kelling wrote: > Dmitry Alexandrov <321...@gmail.com> writes: >> Well. At least, I hope his list would not be as broken technically as this >> is used to be: before the last downtime it chucked out HTML parts, so >> signatures became invalid. When the issue was

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] “I don't answer questions from women”

"A. Mani" wrote: > On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 3:05 AM Dmitry Alexandrov <321...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 5:36 AM Aaron Wolf wrote: >>> "A. Mani" wrote: >>>> On 2019-09-23 4:39 p.m., A. Mani wrote: >>>>> I

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] “I don't answer questions from women”

"A. Mani" wrote: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 5:36 AM Aaron Wolf wrote: >> On 2019-09-23 4:39 p.m., A. Mani wrote: >>> In one keynote, RMS's response to a question was "Oh wait you're a woman! I >>> don't answer questions from women." Furthermore there are ill-informed >>> statements on feminism

[libreplanet-discuss] Introductory documetation for free software (was: Easy to understand way of getting a new computer already setup out of the box as close as can be to rms' principles.)

Thomas Lord wrote: > "Federico Leva (Nemo)" : >> The way I find the answer is usually this: https://www.fsf.org/resources/ >> (third link) → https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw → >> https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/respects-your-freedom → various >> links including

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Who is making Web usable without nonfree JS and how had FSF tripped them up

Caleb Herbert wrote: > Speaking of money, where do I donate to get people to reverse engineer a > site's JavaScript? Which site? In general: https://weboob.org. By the way, you might found the fact, that its Debian package have been fallen victim to Molly de Blanc’s (an FSF campaign manager

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] non- were you censored too? how to beat it

John Sullivan wrote: > I'm sorry about this, everyone. Daniel seems to have done some scraping and > compiled a list of addresses on his own, from his libreplanet-discuss > archives. This is the list he's encouraging people to BCC. Well. At least, I hope his list would not be as broken

[libreplanet-discuss] Become an FSF member now == support RMS dismissal

Caleb Herbert wrote: > On 09/20/2019 08:11 AM, Dmitry Alexandrov wrote: >> I’m deeply afraid, that joining FSF out of support _now_ will be understood >> the other way round — as a sign of support of Dr. Stallman’s dismissal. > > Stallman told me I can best help by becom

[libreplanet-discuss] To be FSF member to have a voice? Does anyone listen?

Caleb Herbert wrote: > On 09/20/2019 08:21 AM, Adrienne G. Thompson wrote: >> No Leah, the way to go would have been to withdraw your membership - not >> renew it! > > We should become or remain members, so we have a voice. A voice? You were an associate member when the mobbing had been on

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] FSF has begun a search for a new president

"J.B. Nicholson" wrote: > 2. the FSF has begun a search for a new president. (per > https://www.fsf.org/news/richard-m-stallman-resigns), > It would be a shame if the FSF made a compromise where they favored sating a > desire for identity politics… > I hope they'll pick someone who is deeply

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] well motherfucking done internet. I'm not proud of you at all

Leah Rowe via libreplanet-discuss wrote: > Instead of responding in solidarity, you all allowed yourselves to be > manipulated by a *blatant* smear campaign that took *one* post from him out > of context. > The recent bullshit has made me renew my FSF membership, out of support. > Everyone

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] FSF should defend RMS and reject his resignation!

al3xu5 / dotcommon wrote: > Those who here have clear how the statements of RMS have been misunderstood, > distorted and in some cases even manipulated - more or less consciously, > often with superficiality and hypocrisy - should manifest it, asking FSF to > reject the resignation of RMS. > >

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Samsung Galaxy S2 for Replicant

Caleb Herbert wrote: > On 09/18/2019 05:38 AM, Dmitry Alexandrov wrote: >> Not to insult anyone, but that’s growing into tendency: the most extreme >> software freedom advocates I meet on the Net turns out to be those who >> actually does need even a thousandth of it. &

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] FSF individualism in Logic Magazine

Danny Spitzberg wrote: > this article on the > "failure" of free software ran last month (long before the recent scandal) > and offers what could be an important wake up call — especially in light of > the wild hand-wringing about RMS. > As we

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Samsung Galaxy S2 for Replicant

Caleb Herbert wrote: > On 09/17/2019 09:38 AM, Dmitry Alexandrov wrote: >> Caleb Herbert wrote: >>> I consider the ancient Galaxy S2 decent. >> >> A device without GPS and hardware graphic acceleration (unless you are >> willing to run nonfree soft

[libreplanet-discuss] Samsung Galaxy S2 for Replicant (was: “Promote NoPhone” is a path to nowhere)

Caleb Herbert wrote: > On 09/16/2019 03:23 AM, Dmitry Alexandrov wrote: >> Caleb Herbert wrote: >>> Most people cannot access or afford decent Replicant devices. >> >> No people can access or afford _decent_ Replicant devices: they are simply >> nonexistent.

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] “Promote NoPhone” is a path to nowhere

Caleb Herbert wrote: > Most people cannot access or afford decent Replicant devices. No people can access or afford _decent_ Replicant devices: they are simply nonexistent. A device, listed at https://replicant.us (which would _not_ fully work under it anyway), could be obtained very easily

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Free-software groupware strategies lab

Jim Garrett wrote: > First, "groupware" certainly is a buzzword and using it may help and/or > hurt understanding. I'm looking for several key features, at least > initially: > 1. Event management (create invitations, allow people to forward them >to others, people can accept or decline, we

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Issues on GitHub, Issues on GitHub

bill-auger wrote: > On Wed, 27 Mar 2019 01:05:58 -0500 Cal wrote: >> GitHub requires proprietary software (JavaScript). > > most of the github website is functional with librejs, including opening bug > reports and commenting on existing ones Yes, it’s indeed much more freedom-friendly than,

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Missed Connection

Dave Hunt wrote: > I would like to get in touch with Sam Parkman, a Debian developer I met at > the conference, and is blind and lives near me. If you're out there, please > contact privately; I'd like to stay in touch; forgot to exchange email > addresses. Contacts of Debian Developers are

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] ethical edtech edit-a-thon

Aaron Wolf wrote: > There's a bunch of confusion going on here. <…> > > As far as trying to talk about these topics in general, I suggest the use of > FLO (Free/Libre/Open), as discussed at > https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/about/free-libre-open Argh! That’s a perfect idea to get some more

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] ethical edtech edit-a-thon

urce = any open source code collections . Open source = any any open source code collections code collections . <...> . Segmentation fault :-) > On 3/12/19 4:52 PM, Dmitry Alexandrov wrote: >> Nathan Schneider wrote: >>> I would love any suggestions about how to handle t

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] ethical edtech edit-a-thon

Nathan Schneider wrote: > On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 11:08 AM Dmitry Alexandrov <321...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Erin Glass wrote: >>> I'm writing to let you know about the 'Ethical Ed Tech >>> https://ethicaledtech.info/wiki/Meta:Welcome_to_Ethical_EdTech wiki >

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] ethical edtech edit-a-thon

Erin Glass wrote: > I'm writing to let you know about the 'Ethical Ed Tech > ' wiki and > edit-a-thon on April 3 that may be of interest to the free software > community. Looks interesting. And the first thing that strikes in the

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] list setup

bill-auger wrote: > On Sat, 23 Feb 2019 15:11:34 +0300 Dmitry wrote: >> So there are two options: > > i will suggest a third option, as i did on the new trisquel > "General Free Software Talk" web forum which is actually backed by the > 'freedom-misc' mailing list, and apparently serves very much

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] list setup

Bob Proulx wrote: > Dmitry Alexandrov wrote: >> > > > came with bad GPG signatures >> >> | X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.21 >> >> The name itself suggests that this thing is supposed to mangle MIME >> messages by design, so it is not s

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] list setup

Ineiev wrote: > On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 08:24:59PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: >> On 2/14/19 5:20 PM, John Sullivan wrote: >> >Agreed, and let's let this thread drop. Lyberta is now on moderation, >> >and I'll reach out to them further. >> >> Whoa... when did this become such a humorless

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] What is ThinkPenguin?

Adam Bolte wrote: > On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 10:17:23AM +0300, Dmitry Alexandrov wrote: >> I’m pretty curious, how did thinkpenguin.com explain themselves when >> you asked them? > > I didn't ask (although perhaps I should have), I just assumed they > know what they're sel

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] What is ThinkPenguin?

On 27/05/16 02:51, Adam Bolte wrote: I brought the dual-band + bluetooth 4.0 M.2 card from them. The wifi was free software compatible, but the Bluetooth component required blobs to function - which had to be extracted from Windows drivers due to licensing issues. I believe this was the card:

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] What is ThinkPenguin?

[ Posting via GMane seems to be broken; trying to mail directly, ] [ pardon if this message turns out a duplicate. ] On 26/05/16 13:41, Greg Wright wrote: Are "Penguin" branded products Free-Hardware, Free-Firmware, neither? It’s not very easy to define ‘free harware’ (how