I'm going to repeat myself.
Calling it GNU/Linux has nothing to do with the software. It has to do with
the freedom. If your even considering the components your missing the point
of calling it GNU/Linux in the first place.
“Linux” follows a different ideology than GNU. GNU follows the free
Be careful what you say. Read and re-read the FSF site.
None of us are perfect. RMS isn't either. We should all ask questions, think,
and evaluate the answers for ourselves.
RMS and the FSF have many bright people who have thought long and hard about
these issues. More so than anybody else.
Trisquel is not basing Ubuntu off a “non-free” distribution. Trisquel is
based off a distribution which has included non-free software without the
non-free components.
To add to this Ubuntu, LinuxMint, and other distributions are made almost of
entirely free software. Trisquel is not promot
I have in the past considered calling GNU/Linux "GNU/X/Linux", to reflect
what people like about the OS better while still keeping it recognizable,
mostly because you have people saying "most people don't care about the
low-level stuff that is GNU". Of course, my retort to that would be that
No one is forced to use Windows 8, they just think that they are because
they're ignorant.
There is a small chance I'd go. Mention it to me when it gets closer. I'd be
flying in from the other side of the country. I'd need time to get tickets.
Bring it up 3-4 weeks before the conference.
I don't think that will work. It's for a CD and the distribution then
downloads from the net. It can be installed to a pendrive like any other
version though.
Burn it to a CD first and then run the installation. Select the USB device as
the device you would like to install to. Also install
I wish this site would go away. It's old. Using the word open is undesirable.
The project was a good effort with good intent. Desire might start something.
However money tends to keep things going. This project was not good at public
relations and had insufficient publicity. I also didn't lik
Rubén mainly selects certain Ubuntu packages and customizes them (configures
them) to work with free software systems. Don't mistake this for being a
worthless effort though. It's an extremely time consuming effort. However it
is nothing compared to reverse engineering hardware in order to pr
gnome doesn't want to install because ekiga won't install and ekiga won't
install because libopal won't install and libopal won't install because
libcapi won't install. Any ideas on that one?
The command used to be called "gnome-about-me" in GNOME 2... but it
disappeared with GNOME 3.
There is another one, which is *the* GNU/Linux distribution for very old
computers: ConnochaetOS. Although the FSF does not list it among the free
distros (yet?), one can read on the main page of the website:
The Free Software Foundation examined every package very closely and said,
that we m
I do not think it is vague. It is, however, defined negatively: "with no
external constraint/control". Many people wrongly think that "freedom" means
"doing whatever you want" though...
Well the icon changer is here: gnome-control-center > Users Account > (Click
on the Picture). Nothing more to do here :s... maybe you lack some important
packages.
Try to do this.
sudo apt-get install gnome gnome-shell
just to see if anything is missing. Hope this helped :D
Does anyone know what application is supposed to launch when you select the
User Account Picture? Also, when you select "Network Settings" from the
network icon nothing happens. Is it possible that there is a permissions
problem somewhere?
I think they understand it as free of taxes (Livre de impostos) or free to
share (liberdade de compartilhar) and assume the latter is free of charge
aswell. Just my guess. I think you could ask them.
Freedom (or liberdade) is a very vague word by itself though.
This is actually something that I don't understand to be honest... When I
talk in Portuguese about Free Software saying "Free Software", people
understand it as free in free beer. So to avoid this situation I say
"Software Livre" or "Sistema Operativo Livre" instead of "Free Operating
Syste
I prefer say only "Trisquel. One free operating system with GNU and Linux". I
rarely say GNU/Linux, the most of times I use "free operating system". In
Portuguese is more easy say this because "free operating system" ("sistema
operacional livre" in portuguese) is only for freedom, but unfortu
Old packages and releases: http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/
Oh right ! I didn't remember about that one ! (Mainly because I couldn't get
it to install using a USB Pen... need to give it a try again). Sorry about
that :S..
Every Gnu/Linux Only Free Distributions are based on others Distributions
that support and propose non-free software [...]
No, no! There is Dragora, which is not based in any other GNU/Linux
distribution – which puts its main (and sole) developer, Matías, in a hard
situation.
I'm really excited to see how Wayland turns out and when Ubuntu makes the
switch. I also see it is under a MIT license like X.Org.
The reality is that Trisquel relies on the Ubuntu base for the security and
general package updates. It is hard enough for Trisquel to be maintained with
the current setup and if the Trisquel team were to go to Debian and take the
update pack route like with Linux Mint Debian, the workload wo
I know that. I was just saying that if it was a way to help improving the
drivers in order o replace them from the original kernel, then "maybe"
without those having to be removed from the original kernel in order to
create the Linux-Libre Kernel we would have more support, and thanks to that
I really do not understand the link between "extending the support for a
Trisquel version" (the topic of this thread) and "developing/improving the
drivers in Linux-libre" (the topic you are bringing with your last post).
Besides, the various 100% free distributions do not divide the work on
It is the usual case. The principles get forgotten in the corner of the brain
when a new shinny thing appears, and a lot of points are unknown from the
public (even from those interested in the question). I am saying this but I'm
probably the worst since I defend an idea with (for me) still a
Before proceeding, you should read ALL of this:
https://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html
Now lets analyze some of your sayings (which, to those who not realize it,
are actions – mainly psychological ones). (non-native English
almost-speaker here; I'll do my best)
Many distros are not br
Excellent but quite expensive :S... I love the way the informations are given
to the user, I can actually see every important fact about the hardware
before buying it. I'm saying this because there is something that I hate
about those kind of websites (and it is the same about thinkpenguin, s
I totally understand that but I'm pretty sure that this situation won't
change in the short time. We have a small community of people that really
care about free software, this little community is divided over the small
amount of Free Distributions (available on the FSF website for download).
What do you think about open-pc ?
http://open-pc.com
What blocks is the manpower. Clearly, Trisquel cannot maintain a whole
repository by itself (e.g., applying security patches and repackaging the
result).
I totally agree with you in that point. Every Gnu/Linux Only Free
Distributions are based on others Distributions that support and propose
non-free software (in the installation of by activating it on the
repositories).
Comparing a distribution like Trisquel to Linux Mint allows us to under
Even if Ubuntu 11.04 isn't supported anymore that doesn't mean that users
from Triquel 5.0 should make the jump to 5.5 too. I mean, I don't know the
support calendar for Trisquel Distributions, but even if the "base" is not
supported anymore nothing is blocking us (or better, Rúben) to contin
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/10/ubuntu-11-04-support-ends-today
October 28th marked the day that Ubuntu 11.04, the first release to introduce
Unity, will no longer recieve support from Canonical. In return, there will
be no more package updates for it and its deriatives (like Trisquel) fro
Wayland 1.0 has recently been released. In a few years, it will hopefully
replace X.
Doesn't matter as Abrowser (Firefox), Chromium, and Midori are better
browsers with the option to disable JavaScript there. Plus there are the
extensions for the Firefox and Chromium based browsers that let you do what
you want with them.
Epiphany is a wannabe browser.
Yeah, Chris has some valid points for the OP, here's a couple of other things
to consider, however.
Many distros are not branded as GNU/Linux, and although RMS has issues with
that, most of us are okay with it, since it rolls off the tongue easier (Not
to mention Linus Torvalds' take on the
Hello Everyone,
I am trying to use Trisquel 4.0.1 as a Home Server (I wanted to have
something only LTS on that one until Trisquel 6 LTS is out). And to do so I
was trying to create a USB Pen using DD from the terminal (like I always do).
But using this method the Trisquel NetInstall won't
Now I understand the "libre" subdomain ! Thank you for the informations :D
Just one question (sorry for asking all this), is your server on top of
Trisquel or on Top of another Gnu/Linux Distribution ? After this ARM problem
I wanted to buy a cheap server with domain where I could start worki
I intended to buy one...
>>> Lemote YeeLoong with a Loongson 2F CPU which has no nonfree
>>> software more
> modifiable than the EC firmware.
> What's a EC firmware ?
EC is an embedded controller, these are responsible for laptop charging
and suspend. There are more details on the one used in OLPC
http://wiki.laptop.or
Right, bios ... i forgot this ...
Thanks for all this information.
I'm a beginner yet, and problems with bios, cpu microcode, ... nonfree are
stupids problems (as for everyone). For a beginner who's not understand
everything, is a bit complicate.
But i would to know more about specifics nonfre
>Linux
GNU/Linux
On Sun, 2012-10-28 at 21:19 +0100, onpon4 wrote:
> I'm starting to migrate to Lavabit and I'm interested in other suggestions
> for E-mail providers.
You can try out riseup.net.
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