Or dragdrop the .xpi onto a browser window.
I think Rick's suggestion would make alot of sense for power users. For
newbies 12.04 would just be slightly more complex than 6.0.
Why so much hate for Gnome 3?
Mostly because Gnome 3 requires 3D acceleration which is not available on all
hardware with free software. The fallback mode is lacking in features.
I'll download Linux Mint, give it a try
Mint comes with proprietary software, ''caveat emptor''.
Unity is absolutely not acceptable, since it is proprietary. Before they
started using a proprietary, self-developed desktop environment, everything
was simple: stick with the upstream, change the theme, done. If Trisquel
would use Unity it would stop being the 100% free distro that it is.
I think it's because the wallpapers are managed by a program (metacity or
nautilus I think) that can't display animated pictures, so .gifs get
converted to simple snapshots of the very first frame.
If you want to make your CPU cry and see animation on the desktop, you can
make snapshots of
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On 06/26/2012 08:10 AM, igor.zo...@tatz.com.ua wrote:
Unity is absolutely not acceptable, since it is proprietary. Before
they started using a proprietary, self-developed desktop environment,
everything was simple: stick with the upstream, change
Anybody know if the STX will work under Trisquel? I've done a bit of research
and really can't seem to find if it will. I know that'll work under Ubuntu
but that has nonfree software.
Thanks for reading
You can try finding the components on https://h-node.org (look out especially
for wifi and 3d) for anecdotal evidence or if you have access to it, make a
Trisquel livecd or liveusb and try it out.
Unity is absolutely not acceptable, since it is proprietary
I do not believe this to be true, firstly the Wikipedia page for Unity states
that is uses these licenses:
GNU General Public License (GPLv3), GNU Lesser General Public License
(LGPLv3)
Some developers are paid to work on Unity,
It is hard to know what to go with.
nVidia regularly release great working Linux drivers, but they are
proprietary and closed source, I believe. The drivers work well with many 3D
games. nVidia really do not try and support free software as a company, for
some reason, so people say. (Linus
Intel is the only company that supports free graphics. It's got a fully free
driver. Works great with 3D.
AMD (ATI) has released parts of the driver under a free license. The fully
free driver is not good. No 3D and artifacts.
Nvidia hasn't co-operated at all. However, there is a reverse
I would like to help Trisquel in the little time I have. I'm not a coder or
developer. I know only xhtml, CSS and I can edit wiki. I'm also a member
(next year I can give double amount if the job go right) but I don't see the
member's badge :-)
Some developers are paid to work on Unity, which if I remember correctly
Stallman encourages developers getting paid as long as the resulting code is
free software.
Certainly true. Stated e.g. at http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html
I would like to help Trisquel in the little time I have. I'm not a coder or
developer. I know only xhtml, CSS and I can edit wiki. I'm also a member
(next year I can give double amount if the job go right) but I don't see the
member's badge :-)
On 26/06/12 19:04, yee...@gmail.com wrote:
It is hard to know what to go with.
Yeeehi,
Trisquel goes by what complies with the free software definition. So
you can rule out ATI/AMD straight off as their 3D support is proprietary.
Intel integrated graphics are the best supported in terms of
According to launchpad, unity is released under GNU GPL v3 and GNU LGPL v3
licenses, so it's free software.
https://launchpad.net/unity
Curiously, accesing software sources from synaptic -- configuration --
repositories, shows the auth key.
Also, you can list your keys with
$ sudo apt-key list
So I assume that to totally erase the configuration items you listed requires
me to learn how to rebuild or reconfigure the kernal at the least? Looks to
be quite a daunting task for a newbie.
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