Re: [Trisquel-users] Off-Topic: Smart phones

2013-02-19 Thread andrew . roffey
> I have taken a job where I will likely be essentially required to get a smartphone. I'm required to have a mobile phone, so I just leave the battery out almost all of the time (for privacy reasons). I check for messages every few days while I'm at home. But maybe my "solution" isn't goo

Re: [Trisquel-users] Off-Topic: Smart phones

2013-02-19 Thread andrew . roffey
> I think that it still depends on some non-free components such as the wifi driver. According to this[1] it sounds like it requires non-free firmware. I haven't found anything on drivers yet, but I believe that's where a lot of their work is. Apparently the Galaxy Nexus has a better desi

Re: [Trisquel-users] Off-Topic: Smart phones

2013-02-19 Thread jamathis
There is Replicant which is free software and runs on some phones. I think that it still depends on some non-free components such as the wifi driver. I think it is the only libre phone OS at this time. [url]www.replicant.us[/url]

[Trisquel-users] Off-Topic: Smart phones

2013-02-19 Thread c_paulette
Hi all, Sorry for the off-topic, but I have taken a job where I will likely be essentially required to get a smartphone. I have two concerns about this: 1) Don't know of any good libre OS options 2) Don't know of any good options that respect my privacy I suspect that if I could solve #1,

Re: [Trisquel-users] Exciting news: The new USB N adapters are here! (sort of)

2013-02-19 Thread chris
We will have something. I'd like to have a 5ghz USB adapter with external antennas and AR9271. Unfortunately it is only possible to do external antennas with 2.4ghz at the moment and the AR9271. Technically though this can all be done with AR9271.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Donation

2013-02-19 Thread chris
I was thinking this too. Quite a bit of work to go figure it out though. But more people need to start accepting it if its ever going to be worthwhile. I'd like to support it with ThinkPenguin... but thats a project for another week.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Validator

2013-02-19 Thread chris
Have you been on the web lately? 99% of the web doesn't validate.

Re: [Trisquel-users] [off-topic] donation needed to improve accessibility

2013-02-19 Thread chris
If anybody was holding off on donating to the Sonar Project its down to 30 hours to go! The project has reach near half its funding goal of just $20,000 USD. Consider a donation and make this project a reality.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Ghostery or Do not track on Abrowser

2013-02-19 Thread viniciussm
It is actually really simple. Take for instance this page from ubuntu help: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Privoxy This will give you the default configuration. You can see a complete list of rules with explanation at /etc/privoxy/default.action (do not edit that file), and you add your

Re: [Trisquel-users] Ghostery or Do not track on Abrowser

2013-02-19 Thread wolftune
Neat, but looks complex to set up. Also, without subscribable lists like Adblock Plus has, it won't be anywhere near as effective and accurate. Finally, I'm not convinced that this is a full answer, mostly because I don't really understand it. I've personally now taken to using Adblock and

[Trisquel-users] Desktop Appearance 'Changes Throughout The Day' Option Not Working

2013-02-19 Thread stevekilleen
Hello, I'm running Trisquel 6.0 32bit with Gnome and discovered a minor issue here: Trisquel Start Icon> System Settings> Appearance: The option to have the deskop appearance change throughout the day doesn't seem to work. I've tested it out for a while now and it never changes. I believe t

Re: [Trisquel-users] [SOLVED]System Monitor not visible in default Trisquel 5.5/6.0 Gnome desktop setup

2013-02-19 Thread stevekilleen
[UPDATE] Just updated Trisquel 6.0 yesterday and System Monitor is now visible by default in Gnome :-) Trisquel Start Icon>System Settings>System Monitor Awesome!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Ghostery or Do not track on Abrowser

2013-02-19 Thread viniciussm
Bumping this today to promote Privoxy [ http://www.privoxy.org/ ] (it's in the repos) This will replace most of your addons if you configure it right, and speed up page loading.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Exciting news: The new USB N adapters are here! (sort of)

2013-02-19 Thread dimqua
Will there be a version with antenna? Like this: https://dx.com/p/comfast-cf-wu150n-802-11b-g-n-usb-wireless-receiving-network-adapter-169303.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Validator

2013-02-19 Thread tegskywalker
It is actually very trivial at this point to worry if this older layout doesn't pass the validator when the actual OS we are waiting for (Trisquel 6) keeps getting pushed back. Wait until that comes out first before bugging Ruben.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Donation

2013-02-19 Thread lloyd
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Re: [Trisquel-users] Validator

2013-02-19 Thread mikko . viinamaki
I think this is a very valid concern. Please go ahead and file, the developers don't visit the forums much.