Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List

2016-03-01 Thread arthur_torrey
a Longtin To: arthur torrey Cc: libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org Sent: Tue, 01 Mar 2016 05:19:49 -0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List On Sat, Feb 06, 2016 at 12:16:22AM +, arthur_tor...@comcast.net wrote: > The thing I've been grumbling about

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List

2016-03-01 Thread Julia Longtin
On Sat, Feb 06, 2016 at 12:16:22AM +, arthur_tor...@comcast.net wrote: > The thing I've been grumbling about almost since I started using Free > Software all to many years ago is the lack of a competent 3-D CAD package > LibreCAD is OK for 2D, and it is being actively maintained and work

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List

2016-02-11 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 11/02/16 12:04, Fabio Pesari wrote: > On 02/11/2016 11:13 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> As suggested in my earlier email, I feel the list should be reserved for >> things that just about everybody needs to use. > > In general, I would agree, but those specific programs which haven't yet > been

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List

2016-02-11 Thread Fabio Pesari
On 02/11/2016 11:13 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: > As suggested in my earlier email, I feel the list should be reserved for > things that just about everybody needs to use. In general, I would agree, but those specific programs which haven't yet been replaced can be an obstacle to GNU/Linux adoption i

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List

2016-02-11 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 11/02/16 11:04, Fabio Pesari wrote: > On 02/10/2016 08:54 PM, al3xu5 / dotcommon wrote: >> >> Also if we had a very good 2D/3D CAD libre software but missing a full DWG >> support, CAD users still would not use it. >> But having a full DWG support is really hard... I think quite impossible: DW

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List

2016-02-11 Thread Fabio Pesari
On 02/10/2016 08:54 PM, al3xu5 / dotcommon wrote: > > Also if we had a very good 2D/3D CAD libre software but missing a full DWG > support, CAD users still would not use it. > But having a full DWG support is really hard... I think quite impossible: DWG > is closed and Autodesk change it often (i.e

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List

2016-02-10 Thread al3xu5 / dotcommon
Il giorno sabato 06/02/2016 00:16:22 CET arthur_tor...@comcast.net ha scritto: > The thing I've been grumbling about almost since I started using Free > Software all to many years ago is the lack of a competent 3-D CAD > package LibreCAD is OK for 2D, and it is being actively maintained and >

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List

2016-02-07 Thread Andres
El 7 de febrero de 2016 12:10:09 GMT+00:00, Fabio Pesari escribió: On 02/07/2016 11:12 AM, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote: http://www.freecadweb.org/ used by one of our makers to do a cnc machine. I believe she uploaded it somewhere. ... I have used solidworks, it is bloated and not one use

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List

2016-02-07 Thread Fabio Pesari
On 02/07/2016 11:12 AM, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote: > > http://www.freecadweb.org/ used by one of our makers to do a cnc machine. I > believe she uploaded it somewhere. > ... > I have used solidworks, it is bloated and not one user uses even 3% of it's > capabilities. Andrés, you seem to know

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List

2016-02-07 Thread Andrés Muñiz Piniella
w.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=FEM_Module That can be exported to FEA tools such as https://www.csc.fi/web/elmer There is an agreed standard (probably not official) file format for FEA forget what it is as it has been many years since I used it. But even proprietary software uses it. &g

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List

2016-02-06 Thread Fabio Pesari
On 02/06/2016 01:16 AM, arthur_tor...@comcast.net wrote: > The thing I've been grumbling about almost since I started using Free > Software all to many years ago is the lack of a competent 3-D CAD package > LibreCAD is OK for 2D, and it is being actively maintained and worked on, > but it i

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List

2016-02-06 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 04/02/16 19:31, John Sullivan wrote: > We have a much-delayed update ready to publish (see > https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-commences-review-of-high-priority-free-software-projects-list-your-input-is-needed). > After that's published, we will revisit our updating process and > announce the next

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List

2016-02-05 Thread arthur_torrey
ke a drawing from anything else ART Original TRIMMED message == Message: 6 Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 09:35:31 +0100 From: Fabio Pesari To: libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org Subject: [libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List Message-ID: <56b30d53.8060...@gnu.org>

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List

2016-02-04 Thread John Sullivan
We have a much-delayed update ready to publish (see https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-commences-review-of-high-priority-free-software-projects-list-your-input-is-needed). After that's published, we will revisit our updating process and announce the next opportunity for feedback or what the revision proc

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List

2016-02-04 Thread Fabio Pesari
On 02/04/2016 02:48 PM, Fabian Rodriguez wrote: > Over the years I've helped and continue helping people migrate to better > and more IT freedom, but now all these devices are imposing themselves > and giving proprietary software a huge comeback I didn't expect. It's > getting harder to argue wi

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List

2016-02-04 Thread Mary-Anne Wolf
I'll second the priority of mobile devices. And I would want people on the projects to think about privacy and control of the data. Mary-Anne

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List

2016-02-04 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
Le 2016-02-04 03:35, Fabio Pesari a écrit : Which free programs need more attention in order to replace their proprietary counterparts? - Health-related (personal health data) and mobile software, but also hardware I recently came across this project: http://ggc.sourceforge.net/ "GNU Gluco C

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List

2016-02-04 Thread Fabio Pesari
On 02/04/2016 10:08 AM, Koz Ross wrote: > Free software drivers for 3D support, especially on SoCs. To be honest > though, all of the free software 3D drivers right now could use more > help to get more working. If someone got the Raspberry Pi family working without any proprietary blobs, it'd be

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List

2016-02-04 Thread Koz Ross
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Free software drivers for 3D support, especially on SoCs. To be honest though, all of the free software 3D drivers right now could use more help to get more working. - -- Koz Ross www.retro-freedom.nz If you aren't using GPG, you should be! https:

[libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List

2016-02-04 Thread Fabio Pesari
https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/priority-projects/ This list is severely outdated. What about we propose new high-priority projects? What proprietary programs (or network services without free servers) do you or the people around you use _daily_ that haven't been replaced by free software? Which fre