Re: [Trisquel-users] new laptop

2013-05-15 Thread gp
GNOME == GNU Network Object Model Environment :P :P

Re: [Trisquel-users] free software phone

2013-05-15 Thread Andresmp
have any of you investigated firefox os phone? i had heard that it uses open source mire than a default android. the possible hardware provider is geeksphone.

Re: [Trisquel-users] new laptop

2013-05-15 Thread snot . herry
I dont know if you read everything or simply saw linux, then posted this. I use Linux as general term for a Linux-based System, since GNU-System is normally nothing more than GNU-Tools running on Linux. The non-technical People on this world normally talks about Linux, when it comes to System

Re: [Trisquel-users] IceCat V Weasel

2013-05-15 Thread nospamhere
Icecat is GNU's fork of Firefox, while Iceweasel is Debian's fork of the same. (The folks in the Debian user forums will tell you Iceweasel IS firefox, except for the name.) Iceweasel will allow you to install non-free addons, whereas GNU's Icecat, has a separate page of addons, all of whic

Re: [Trisquel-users] W3C bullied to push DRM into HTML5. FSF campaign failed.

2013-05-15 Thread jibaro
Bookmarked for consummation. Thanks for the useful link lembas. Best Regards

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone able to stream this video without flash?

2013-05-15 Thread alonivtsan
THe video can be played back inside Abrowser using a media plugin such as Totem, but it cannot be played as an HTML5 video (if it is infact provided as such). WebKit browsers such as Midori do supports H.264 in HTML5 video.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone able to stream this video without flash?

2013-05-15 Thread alonivtsan
Other WebKit browsers also support H.264 (Midori, Epiphany etc).

Re: [Trisquel-users] Change the Default Internet Browser for Iron Browser

2013-05-15 Thread gp
Last year I took it upon myself to clean up th licensing problems with Chromium, but the source is so messed up with multitude of files in multiple directories, with different, unclear licenses, and many of them without any licensing information at all. Many files are there which have comment

Re: [Trisquel-users] Proper Way to Upgrade Mesa?mesa

2013-05-15 Thread nospamhere
The only reason I ask is because mp4s look more like slide shows than video clips on the netbook. Strangely enough, they play perfectly on the desktop. The desktop runs nouveau and the netbook runs intel. So I think the mesa version (any mesa pre-9.0 I think) is at the bottom of it. It's a

Re: [Trisquel-users] Proper Way to Upgrade Mesa?mesa

2013-05-15 Thread ahj
This reminds me... didn't Mr. Rodríguez say Trisquel 6.0 would be updated with the iterative point releases - i.e. there would be a Trisquel 6.0.x - I know Ubuntu 12.04 already has a couple of point releases with an updated kernel and mesa...

Re: [Trisquel-users] new laptop

2013-05-15 Thread ahj
>Linux Linux is a kernel developed by Mr. Torvalds in 1991; a kernel is of little practical use for computing, so an associated userland such as GNU is used in combination with the kernel. The system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Change the Default Internet Browser for Iron Browser

2013-05-15 Thread ahj
>Iron is issued by SRWare under an "all rights reserved" license, indicating that it is made from a combination of proprietary and free software, although in download page SRWare claims "Iron is free and OpenSource." Hahahaha. No.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Change the Default Internet Browser for Iron Browser

2013-05-15 Thread em9002
Freeing Chromium has been discussed before. Trouble is, it's never gotten past the discussion phase. What sort of privacy problems does Chromium have, by the way?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Change the Default Internet Browser for Iron Browser

2013-05-15 Thread aaz893
Chromium browser only real alternatve for Abrowser/Icecat browsers, IMHO. 1.Chromium have a lot of extensions. 2.Chromium have Vrome and others Vimperator-like extensions. 3.Chromium can play some patented formats, like mp3. But on the other hand, Chromium have disadvantages: 1.It is semi-Ope

Re: [Trisquel-users] Change the Default Internet Browser for Iron Browser

2013-05-15 Thread aaz893
Just open my link above. SRWare Iron not even OpenSource.

Re: [Trisquel-users] IceCat V Weasel

2013-05-15 Thread Andrew Roffey
On 16/05/13 06:57, navigator762...@gmail.com wrote: Can anyone tell me the difference between IceCat and IceWeasel, perhaps give a few comments? thanks. Iceweasel (without a capital W) is a rebranded copy of Firefox used in Debian. The version used in stable has backported security fixes made

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone able to stream this video without flash?

2013-05-15 Thread tegskywalker
Abrowser and Firefox do not at this time, but the Chromium browser with the "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra" package will: https://launchpad.net/~cmiller/+archive/chromium-browser-stable-daily

Re: [Trisquel-users] IceCat V Weasel

2013-05-15 Thread navigator762000
Are they the same progect?

[Trisquel-users] IceCat V Weasel

2013-05-15 Thread navigator762000
Can anyone tell me the difference between IceCat and IceWeasel, perhaps give a few comments? thanks.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone able to stream this video without flash?

2013-05-15 Thread shiretoko
And Abrowser can't do this? Is it neccessary to install proprietary software in order to run a html5 h.264 video?

Re: [Trisquel-users] BIOS modification to eliminate mini PCIe whitelist

2013-05-15 Thread mikko . viinamaki
You might want to first try the new card without flashing to see if you could avoid it. It could brick the box in the worst case scenario.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Change the Default Internet Browser for Iron Browser

2013-05-15 Thread mikko . viinamaki
>Iron is not complete free software becouse of somenthing of a license of BSD. ?? They don't publish the source code, that's why it's certainly not free and will not be considered. Chromium itself has some dodgy bits and isn't included either.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone able to stream this video without flash?

2013-05-15 Thread shiretoko
Thanks to all your great advices, I have found the (for me) best solution at the moment: 1. Lightspark installed 2. Linterna Magica installed (unfortunately, with linterna magica, there appears this bug from time to time: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/en-fin-dadresse-url# so I have to turn

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is "SRWare Iron" free browser?

2013-05-15 Thread crixandersag
I has send a email to Iron Browser "Hello good Day I'm a User from Iron Browser, i used in linux and Windows becouse a like to protect my privacy and i'm not a fan from Google Chrome who's eating to Chromium, wherever. My reason to been writing this message is becouse exist a Linux distribut

Re: [Trisquel-users] Change the Default Internet Browser for Iron Browser

2013-05-15 Thread alonivtsan
What's so special about Chromium based browsers compared to other WebKit browsers such as Midori, Epiphany and Arora?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Change the Default Internet Browser for Iron Browser

2013-05-15 Thread crixandersag
I has Sen a email to the moderator of Iron. "ello good Day I'm a User from Iron Browser, i used in linux and Windows becouse a like to protect my privacy and i'm not a fan from Google Chrome who's eating to Chromium, wherever. My reason to been writing this message is becouse exist a Linux d

Re: [Trisquel-users] Please, help me get rid of Skype.

2013-05-15 Thread shiretoko
You're right, but I think those people are just victims of proprietary software. There are several different types of victims: 1. The ones who can't avoid prop. software because they _really_ need some unavailable features, for example because of their job; I regret them very much. The free

Re: [Trisquel-users] BIOS modification to eliminate mini PCIe whitelist

2013-05-15 Thread em9002
I guess you have to do what you have to do. The lesson here is not to buy hardware from manufacturers who force you to do these things.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone able to stream this video without flash?

2013-05-15 Thread ejectmail
I use Firefox and can't watch videos on any site but YouTube (by the way, there's a handy Firefox add-on allowing you to see any YouTube video in HTML5 called YouTube Flash to HTML5). Can this addon be used in Firefox?

Re: [Trisquel-users] BIOS modification to eliminate mini PCIe whitelist

2013-05-15 Thread Quiliro Ordóñez
El 15/05/13 13:06, Fabian Rodriguez escribió: > On 2013-05-15 13:37, Quiliro Ordóñez wrote: > [...] >> The problem with it is that it is a win32/64 program. I downloaded >> FreeDOS but it will not recognize my USB memory where I saved the BIOS >> mod. I had the same problem with an installation of

Re: [Trisquel-users] BIOS modification to eliminate mini PCIe whitelist

2013-05-15 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
On 2013-05-15 13:37, Quiliro Ordóñez wrote: [...] > The problem with it is that it is a win32/64 program. I downloaded > FreeDOS but it will not recognize my USB memory where I saved the BIOS > mod. I had the same problem with an installation of Windows on Virtualbox. > > I have no option but to i

Re: [Trisquel-users] Antwort: Please, help me get rid of Skype.

2013-05-15 Thread Quiliro Ordóñez
El 15/05/13 07:06, cyberh...@lavabit.com escribió: > Yes, that is perfectly true. However it can be very hard to convince > people to use a different program. I've had that issue myself. Things > like "come on, no one will switch to your > Pidgin/Gimp/insert-a-program, everyone is using > [insert-p

[Trisquel-users] Re : unable to login after installing linux-libre 3.9.2

2013-05-15 Thread bruno . letat
Silemmo, I thought it could be a conflict between the old and the new configuration files. It was exactly my problem. That's why I saved all my configuration files before deleting them. you have to do these steps when you want, i guess the configuration files are not completly erased during

[Trisquel-users] BIOS modification to eliminate mini PCIe whitelist

2013-05-15 Thread Quiliro Ordóñez
I have been searching for a mini PCIe wireless card for my partner's laptop that works with free drivers and firmware but also works with the hardware. It is an HP Pavilion dv4-1275mx. Chris from ThinkPenguin kindly suggested a USB device. But the laptop has only 2 USB ports and she is always low o

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone able to stream this video without flash?

2013-05-15 Thread aaz893
Bravo. But how about HTML5? Why the site have word "HTML5Video" in source code of page?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone able to stream this video without flash?

2013-05-15 Thread alonivtsan
This video can also be streamed in HTML5 if the browser supports H.264.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone able to stream this video without flash?

2013-05-15 Thread alonivtsan
The video can be downloaded using this URL (and then viewed with e.g. SMPlayer): http://video.golem.de/files/1/1/10750/metrolastlight-sd.mp4 P.S. in order to find this URL I used Lightspark (version 0.7.2 which I compiled myself on Parabola GNU/Linux) and Wireshark and searched in Wireshark

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is "SRWare Iron" free browser?

2013-05-15 Thread gustavo_cm
-- Of course the Firefox logo involves a fox f**king the earth. -- Perhaps you see it as a female fox sees it. Wonderful.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Please, help me get rid of Skype.

2013-05-15 Thread aaz893
"What about messaging" Not working. Instead, I'm using text chat of "Агент Mail.ru"(russian analog of ICQ). It is proprietary protocol with open specification. Now my computer have only FLOSS. There are other proprietary soft(Electronical Encyclopedia, Wine by Etersoft, game the Keepsake, et

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone able to stream this video without flash?

2013-05-15 Thread gustavo_cm
How about newer Lightspark versions from https://launchpad.net/~sparkers ? $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sparkers/ppa $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get upgrade (or, instead of "upgrade", "install lightspark" if it is not installed yet) Also, have you tried other Firefox extensions to downloa

Re: [Trisquel-users] Proper Way to Upgrade Mesa?mesa

2013-05-15 Thread gustavo_cm
That gives me the following errors, to which I didn't give much time to interpret (so, I don't know what to suggest; perhaps a proper 'trisquel-lts-belenos' package depending on everything, so the stack enablement would run smoothly... but I don't know what will be that promised "point rele

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is "SRWare Iron" free browser?

2013-05-15 Thread Sven Schmidt
Hmm, both work at my side. The second link has 2 http:// in it, you need to copy the full link with both http: in it 2013/5/15 > Broken link. >

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is "SRWare Iron" free browser?

2013-05-15 Thread ejectmail
Broken link.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is "SRWare Iron" free browser?

2013-05-15 Thread Sven Schmidt
First i was able to find most information here: http://www.insanitybit.com/2012/06/23/srware-iron-browser-a-real-private-alternative-to-chrome-21/and http://web.archive.org/web/20100614055220/http://chromium.hybridsource.org/the-iron-scamhere On 15 May 2013 15:30, wrote: > >Too bad that the Page

Re: [Trisquel-users] advanced metering reader software (electricity)

2013-05-15 Thread mikko . viinamaki
Aircrack isn't but Aircrack-ng is.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is "SRWare Iron" free browser?

2013-05-15 Thread mikko . viinamaki
>Too bad that the Page where a Chromium Dev made a deep look into Irons sources is down Did you check if these guys have a copy? http://archive.org/web/web.php

Re: [Trisquel-users] Please, help me get rid of Skype.

2013-05-15 Thread mikko . viinamaki
>Yesterday I read an article about microsoft reading officially everything you write Could've been this http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Skype-with-care-Microsoft-is-reading-everything-you-write-1862870.html

[Trisquel-users] Antwort: new laptop

2013-05-15 Thread snot . herry
Well, the most people I know that don't want to use linux or gone away from Linux said, that they don't like CLI. (Linux is now for generical-linux-distribution here). The most non-Techie people i know think Linux is something where you have to do much over CLI and that nothing works out of

Re: [Trisquel-users] new laptop

2013-05-15 Thread mikko . viinamaki
Now you're spreading nonconstructive FUD yourself. There is no reason to have to use the command line if you're afraid of it. You know what they say about old dogs. Linux is a kernel, the OS is GNU/Linux btw.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone able to stream this video without flash?

2013-05-15 Thread shiretoko
That's strange. I removed the gnash plugin but linterna magica is still working. Yes, it's mess. Every solution is suitable only for some cases, but on the other hand, many things work very well.

[Trisquel-users] Antwort: Please, help me get rid of Skype.

2013-05-15 Thread cyberhawk
Yes, that is perfectly true. However it can be very hard to convince people to use a different program. I've had that issue myself. Things like "come on, no one will switch to your Pidgin/Gimp/insert-a-program, everyone is using [insert-proprietary-solution] and you have to as well" or "Eki

[Trisquel-users] Antwort: Anyone able to stream this video without flash?

2013-05-15 Thread cyberhawk
Glad that I could help you. Linterna Magica not working with lightspark is probably due to LM being written for replacing what Gnash renders on a given page. If you disable Gnash without installing anything else, LM stops working too. If there is no way to play the video on it's original loc

[Trisquel-users] Re : free software phone

2013-05-15 Thread magicbanana
Among the available phones, the Galaxy S2 is the best supported one. The Galaxy Nexus does not have its camera supported. Here is the status of the devices Replicant supports.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Please, help me get rid of Skype.

2013-05-15 Thread shiretoko
What about messaging? Does it work? Beside this, your solution is much better than using skype, but it's not really good, since the one who's called is using skype. Yesterday I read an article about microsoft reading officially everything you write; and surely this concerns your sip-to-skype

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone able to stream this video without flash?

2013-05-15 Thread shiretoko
Thank you so far. Unfortunately, golem.de doesn't work with linterna magica or with unplug (I tried gnash of course myself). BUT the second page I mentioned which didn't work runs with linterna magica. So finally, your advices helped me a lot. Golem.de works with lightspark, but almost nothing

[Trisquel-users] Antwort: Anyone able to stream this video without flash?

2013-05-15 Thread cyberhawk
Well, first there is Gnash and (if Gnash won't work) Linterna Magica. Those are the standard way of doing things. But there is a slightly more obscure way of watching videos than with Gnash (or other Flash-replacing plugins) and Linterna Magica. It's called Unplug. It's a plugin that can be i

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone able to stream this video without flash?

2013-05-15 Thread aaz893
"if (checkDevice()){ var nvb = new HTML5Video("http://video.golem.de/nvplayer/NonverBlaster_02-testing.swf","NVBPlayer10750video","620","349","9","#00";); } else { var nvb = new SWFObject("http://video.golem.de/nvplayer/NonverBlaster_02-testing.swf","NVBPlayer10750video","620","34

Re: [Trisquel-users] Please, help me get rid of Skype.

2013-05-15 Thread aaz893
What works 1.Audio call(worse quality compared to Skype) 2.Skype-to-SIP calls 3.SIP-to-Skype calls My SIP-client: QuteCom

Re: [Trisquel-users] Please, help me get rid of Skype.

2013-05-15 Thread aaz893
I won Skype. http://siptoskype.com/

[Trisquel-users] Anyone able to stream this video without flash?

2013-05-15 Thread shiretoko
Hello everyone, there are very few video websites which I'm not able to watch with trisquel (I think two, exactly). One of those sites is golem.de Could you please try to watch for example http://video.golem.de/games/10750/metro-last-light-test-fazit.html Perhaps you have some kind of Abrowser