Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel 6

2013-02-10 Thread ahj
So... no RC? :(

Re: [Trisquel-users] Richard Stallman

2013-02-10 Thread Aniyan Rajan
Church Of Emacs? There is no such church. Even if there is one, it cannot solve any kind of health or mental problems through grace, which is something that the human beings want.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Richard Stallman

2013-02-10 Thread em9002
I hear those features are planned for Emacs 25.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Unable to login

2013-02-10 Thread ali
Check to see if your disk partitions are full. Log in terminal: ctrl-alt-f1 And check your partitions: df -h Make some room by deleting unnecessary files: rm -rf ~/.thumbnails The browser cache also takes a lot of space. Hope this helps.

[Trisquel-users] Evolution Email and Yahoo Mail UK settings?

2013-02-10 Thread sdilliano
Hallo, I have recently switched to Evolution - with my switch from Mint to Trisquel. Unortunately, with the Email Program that comes along - Evolution - I haven't been able to send any emails using my yahoo.co.uk email account. Can anyone tell me what the proper settings are? thanks

Re: [Trisquel-users] Evolution Email and Yahoo Mail UK settings?

2013-02-10 Thread Quiliro Ordóñez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 El 10/02/13 10:06, sdilli...@yahoo.co.uk escribió: Hallo, I have recently switched to Evolution - with my switch from Mint to Trisquel. Unortunately, with the Email Program that comes along - Evolution - I haven't been able to send any emails using

Re: [Trisquel-users] Evolution Email and Yahoo Mail UK settings?

2013-02-10 Thread onpon4
Hm... I'm not sure. All I can find on Yahoo's website is about mobile access. You're supposed to need one of their paid accounts to use an E-mail client (on a desktop computer anyway), so maybe you need to be logged into one to access the information? I don't know where it would be, but I

Re: [Trisquel-users] Evolution Email and Yahoo Mail UK settings?

2013-02-10 Thread sdilliano
Thanks for trying to help. I just downloaded Thunderbird, which I had succesfully used before, and checked wether it really is the same as in evolution and no, it's not the same at all. With thunderbird it takes less than one minute to set this up and it works perfectly. There is a lot less

Re: [Trisquel-users] Evolution Email and Yahoo Mail UK settings?

2013-02-10 Thread sdilliano
Thanks for the link as well. I would be amazed if you managed to set this up according to their manual with a UK Yahoo address using evolution. I've tried that help section for hours, otherwise I wouldn't have come to the forum

Re: [Trisquel-users] Evolution Email and Yahoo Mail UK settings?

2013-02-10 Thread onpon4
Yeah, Thunderbird is pretty awesome. Evolution's setup is actually more normal for E-mail clients, but Thunderbird does just about everything automatically. You do have to pay to use E-mail clients with Yahoo, at least officially. You're not supposed to be able to do it with gratis

Re: [Trisquel-users] Evolution Email and Yahoo Mail UK settings?

2013-02-10 Thread sdilliano
How come it works perfectly fine on Thunderbird then?

Re: [Trisquel-users] TrueCrypt

2013-02-10 Thread ejectmail
I've installed Cryptkeeper from the package manager and it does exactly what I need.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Evolution Email and Yahoo Mail UK settings?

2013-02-10 Thread onpon4
It's probably using the settings mobile clients would use, or something. Whatever it's doing, just hope Yahoo doesn't ban you for it. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Evolution Email and Yahoo Mail UK settings?

2013-02-10 Thread viniciussm
I use yahoo with evolution. Only IMAP is paid, you can still use POP3 for free which is what I do. It fetches the message to my computer and the big advantage of evolution over thunderbird is its backup feature. I only have to copy the gzipped and import it in evolution after. Did you

Re: [Trisquel-users] Evolution Email and Yahoo Mail UK settings?

2013-02-10 Thread ali
Some (most) ISPs block port 25 so if you are having problems only with sending out emails then make sure you change your SMTP settings to a port that is not blocked (eg. SSL)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Richard Stallman

2013-02-10 Thread pamelatorent
:)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Did Microsoft invest in Dell to curb GNU/Linux adoption?

2013-02-10 Thread tegskywalker
I know what you mean. Microsoft still has a crapload of cash and they are still going to try to convince companies to support Microsoft no matter what. Their Windows 8 OS is pretty much a failure on the desktop and on their tablets and the Windows phones are under 3% marketshare and losing

[Trisquel-users] What if we win?

2013-02-10 Thread ejectmail
The Free Software Foundation has stated, Our goal is a world where all programs are free, so that all their users are free. But thinking about a world where all software is free has called some serious questions into mind. Essentially, if all software was free, how would anyone be able to

Re: [Trisquel-users] What if we win?

2013-02-10 Thread Michał Masłowski
Essentially, if all software was free, how would anyone be able to profit from selling software? Would anyone be able to profit from selling software? It's not important and not needed. There are businesses getting money for support or customization of software. I hope profit won't be the

Re: [Trisquel-users] What if we win?

2013-02-10 Thread chris
Most software is custom written so little is likely to be lost. Companies like ThinkPenguin would still have a vested interest in paying developers to write code. *We want to sell something still*. Without software our computers are of little to no value for the majority of consumers out

Re: [Trisquel-users] What if we win?

2013-02-10 Thread andrew . roffey
There would be absolutely no market for software, because it would all be...free. I can imagine a lot of people would pay for software if it came with support as well. Same for businesses (nearly all of Red Hat's OS is free, yet they are a $1 billion business). Then there's the risk

Re: [Trisquel-users] What if we win?

2013-02-10 Thread icarolongo
The most of proprietary software is free... as in beer(freeware). Ten companies around the world create software or some softwares, sell like monopoly and grows to the point of becoming billionaires only sell one software for ten years or more. And about the others medium or small

Re: [Trisquel-users] What if we win?

2013-02-10 Thread onpon4
Even if there was no profit to be made from software development, it would still be done. People develop software because it's fun, because the software would be useful, etc. But that isn't likely. There will always be people who need new software on demand (i.e. custom software), and they

Re: [Trisquel-users] Evolution Email and Yahoo Mail UK settings?

2013-02-10 Thread sdilliano
I have done everything that is suggested in the yahoo help section and checked the ports etc.. I am not the only one to have this issue with evolution unfortunately. I have a non paid yahoo account it officially gives me the reason to opt in to using pop - so this cannot be the problem

Re: [Trisquel-users] Evolution Email and Yahoo Mail UK settings?

2013-02-10 Thread onpon4
Hm... here's a thought, if you decide you want to try using another E-mail client: see what settings Thunderbird is using and use those settings on the other E-mail client. I had a problem with all E-mail clients sending E-mails from my Gmail account, but Thunderbird is able to do it without

[Trisquel-users] Ubuntu Fonts License

2013-02-10 Thread ejectmail
Is the Ubuntu Fonts License a free software license? (If so, it's a strong copyleft, so it's definitely GPL-incompatible.)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Ubuntu Fonts License

2013-02-10 Thread onpon4
Looks like it to me.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Ubuntu Fonts License

2013-02-10 Thread ejectmail
I'm concerned that it restricts modifications with the clause the original version must retain its name, unmodified.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Ubuntu Fonts License

2013-02-10 Thread mikko . viinamaki
Thus, it is acceptable for the license to require that you change the name of the modified version, remove a logo, or identify your modifications as yours. -- http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

Re: [Trisquel-users] What if we win?

2013-02-10 Thread mikko . viinamaki
I think one important thing to take into account is reputation. The beaches of the world are packed with people selling fake indistinguishable Rolex watches for a fraction of the price of the real thing but yet the rich often choose to pay the full ticket. Of course in the digital world

[Trisquel-users] Adding Trisquel to the [GNU/]Linux distribution chooser

2013-02-10 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
Hi, I recently came across this which I had tried a few years ago: http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/index.php?firsttime=true I think it's a pretty good resource, but Trisquel is missing :) I write a short note about this using this feedback form: http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/feedback.php

Re: [Trisquel-users] Adding Trisquel to the [GNU/]Linux distribution chooser

2013-02-10 Thread chris
It hasn't been updated in over a year.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Adding Trisquel to the [GNU/]Linux distribution chooser

2013-02-10 Thread onpon4
I took a look at this. Thing is, it's just got the most popular distros on it, and I found that two different test results gave multiple 100% recommendations, so it's pretty useless. But since it suggests distros that are unethical, I wouldn't refer anyone to it even if it worked well. I'd

Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel 6

2013-02-10 Thread ahj
success! trisquel_6.0-20130211_amd64.iso is here

Re: [Trisquel-users] Unable to login

2013-02-10 Thread overbackup4
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] What if we win?

2013-02-10 Thread Jason Self
Think about this scenario in the world for which the FSF strives: you find that somebody's created a really nice program, but the developer is charging a large sum for it. You simply search for one of the millions of mirrors that have sprung up to redistribute software, and download the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Ubuntu Fonts License

2013-02-10 Thread tegskywalker
Just like Firefox. It is smart to use this method so users don't get confused about which software is which and what is the official release.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Ubuntu Fonts License

2013-02-10 Thread jason
Lembas, that's not exactly what it's saying. It's not saying you have to rename modified versions. It's saying that the *original version* can't be renamed. The FSF's Free Software Definition is silent on that topic.

Re: [Trisquel-users] What if we win?

2013-02-10 Thread tegskywalker
You can make money by developing a free software package but leave it pretty bare bones and delegate support to user forums. Leave it to a talented coder or webmaster to figure it out. Non technical users are stuck. When that user needs help installing or using it, you offer support under an

Re: [Trisquel-users] Ubuntu Fonts License

2013-02-10 Thread onpon4
Hm... now I need to re-evaluate, because I didn't think about that much when I read the license. Well, it doesn't harm your freedoms necessarily. It can, however, if the name is a trademark. For example, if Firefox was under this license, this would be a problem, because Abrowser would

[Trisquel-users] Antwort: New Trisquel MATE live cd

2013-02-10 Thread gj2943
I am a great MATE-fan and would like to know if this project is still alive? will there ba final release when Trisquel6 comes out?