Re: [Trisquel-users] Old packages Trisquel 6

2013-07-16 Thread tegskywalker
The problem is that if you bring up the community backports to an important member of the development community (Ruben, Chris, jxself), the response is always "you want it? you can always create it on your own" meaning they aren't spending any time or effort on it. There has to be some initia

Re: [Trisquel-users] Jamendo & Ogg Vorbis

2013-07-16 Thread Alexander Stephen Thomas Ross
On 16/07/13 13:32, zatr...@riseup.net wrote: Heya fellas! Modify this shell scripts according to your needs and enjoy. Happy hacking, credits go to user showing up under "drtan" nickname from the Parabola project. Note that the current one, does not tag the files for you.. thou works alright. Tes

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few worries about Tor

2013-07-16 Thread tegskywalker
If people are using Tor for activism, bypassing censorship, and getting around monitoring in their country, they are using your IP to do it. If they are saying stuff that is extreme enough to warrant the use of Tor, my IP is held liable for the content posted and they are proteced. Tor is o

[Trisquel-users] Re : A few worries about Tor

2013-07-16 Thread magicbanana
You mean like people streaming heavy BBC videos through the Tor network? Yeah, those jerks really do not get what Tor is for (activism, dissidence, bypassing censorship and state monitoring, etc.) and eventually harm it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Old packages Trisquel 6

2013-07-16 Thread Andrew R .
On 17/07/13 10:54, ja-key wrote: > I have been using Trisquel 6 and love it (who doesn't love FSF > support?), but I noticed that most packages are old. This is probobly > because Trisqueal takes a snapshot of the Ubuntu repo and filters it, > but is there any way to get the newer versions of soft

Re: [Trisquel-users] Old packages Trisquel 6

2013-07-16 Thread elad
https://trisquel.info/en/trisquel-60-lts-toutatis-has-arrived "We will also make it easier for volunteers to provide newer versions of extra packages through an optional community-backports repository." There was a discussion on community supported backports of software a while ago. As far

Re: [Trisquel-users] WiFi on Macbook Air 5-2 (13", 2012) not working

2013-07-16 Thread chris
If you select the UK option for shipping at check out the price is a bit less. VAT is included in the price when shipped from the UK. It's basically a design issue of the site that needs to be corrected. Otherwise it would be 20% higher when shipped from the UK. In any case for the TPE-N150US

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few worries about Tor

2013-07-16 Thread chris
Can you point to a single person who has ever served prison time because they ran an exit node? The government generally needs more than an IP address to convict somebody of downloading illegal pornographic images. They may not need that to raid a persons house however. So the risk is that

[Trisquel-users] Old packages Trisquel 6

2013-07-16 Thread ja-key
I have been using Trisquel 6 and love it (who doesn't love FSF support?), but I noticed that most packages are old. This is probobly because Trisqueal takes a snapshot of the Ubuntu repo and filters it, but is there any way to get the newer versions of software? Maybe the Trisquel team shou

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to recognize non-free javascript

2013-07-16 Thread onpon4
Many free programs are normally used in "minimized" versions. The purpose of this is to reduce load times. On the other hand, some short proprietary scripts aren't "minimized". Unfortunately, there's no simple rule.

[Trisquel-users] Netinstall with KDE fails with login message "Failed to load session 'ubuntu'"

2013-07-16 Thread chuck
Help! After a positive initial experiment with Trisquel + KDE = Triskel, I wanted to make a clean install that corrected a few of my misunderstandings from the first install. In both cases I used the netinstall version so I could select KDE. The new installation appears to succeed and boo

Re: [Trisquel-users] how to install a linux-binary.tar.bz2 in trisquel?

2013-07-16 Thread rova
i searched for it frist but i couldnt find it, let me try again

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few worries about Tor

2013-07-16 Thread gameboyab
"media piracy on BitTorrent." Piracy? I thought that was a smear term to avoid. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Piracy

Re: [Trisquel-users] how to install a linux-binary.tar.bz2 in trisquel?

2013-07-16 Thread em9002
sbcl is already in Trisquel's software repositories. I'm sure installing it from there would be much easier.

[Trisquel-users] how to install a linux-binary.tar.bz2 in trisquel?

2013-07-16 Thread rova
i download sbcl-1.1.9-x86-64-linux-binary.tar.bz2 but... how i install it ?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is there a reasonable cloud storage method?

2013-07-16 Thread chuck
This sounds great, it's what I really want. I looked at NoIP and will try to set this up when my reinstall finishes. Can you tell me the name of that script, or where to look for it?

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few worries about Tor

2013-07-16 Thread shiretoko
That's true, but there are enough countries and organizations in this countries which are much safer than I am. Don't know if we really need private people running an exit node.

Re: [Trisquel-users] brasero " internal error"

2013-07-16 Thread rova
i think is working ? thanks oysterboy

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few worries about Tor

2013-07-16 Thread tegskywalker
Another problem with Tor is that if more and more people move to just being a client instead of a relay or exit node like yourself, then there is no Tor network. It reminds me of BitTorrent where the ratio of leechers to seeders is greater and it becomes harder to get the file.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Jamendo & Ogg Vorbis

2013-07-16 Thread em9002
Just so you are aware, converting from one lossy format (such as MP3) to another lossy format (such as Ogg Vorbis) will result in a loss of quality.

[Trisquel-users] Re : brasero " internal error"

2013-07-16 Thread mtlben
k3b has never let me down. Brasero on the other hand...

[Trisquel-users] brasero " internal error"

2013-07-16 Thread rova
when i try to just copy a disc... brasero splash a message saying " internal error ocurrer" ... i tried with xfburn but with xfburn i cant just make cd copy... what to do?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Jamendo & Ogg Vorbis

2013-07-16 Thread dadix
I download mp3 files and than I converted to ogg with Oggconvert. After that I removed the mp3.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to recognize non-free javascript

2013-07-16 Thread Michał Masłowski
Many sites use unminimized nontrivial JavaScript code that has no license, so it is nonfree. pgp0uBPY2gm4c.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to recognize non-free javascript

2013-07-16 Thread shiretoko
In case really no one knows about the problem / cares about it, sorry for the push of the thread; but perhaps it got overlooked; can anyone tell me if just looking at the code and seeing a well readable text is sufficient for detecting it as free javascript?

Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel freezes

2013-07-16 Thread shiretoko
You have to give more details; Does the problem only occur when using thumb? In this case, it might be a bug; report it, try to use another program or use another version of gthumb. start the program with the command line, trigger the error and give us the output;

[Trisquel-users] trisquel freezes

2013-07-16 Thread chris . arijs
Sometimes Trisquel freezes ( eg GTumb opening a large JPG ). Anything i can do ? Restarting the desktop is rather frustrating.

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few worries about Tor

2013-07-16 Thread shiretoko
I think you misunderstood; I don't use it as an exit note, just the default configuration as a client; The whole question was about this being secure or not. I think very few people are running exit nodes; Since all my ports are closed, this wouldn't work either.

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few worries about Tor

2013-07-16 Thread tegskywalker
When you use the Tor Browser, the home page tells you that you are connected to the Tor network and are using a specific IP address. Many times when I use Tor, I get curious and do an IP lookup and it tells me the the country and state (if in the US) of the IP I am "borrowing" for that sessio

Re: [Trisquel-users] WiFi on Macbook Air 5-2 (13", 2012) not working

2013-07-16 Thread myself600
144MB is correct. I tested the command this time properly within a virtual machine and I was prompted with the removal of three packages (linux-image-generic, linux-image-3.2.0-38 linux-image-3.2.0-48) in a total of 144MB. Since the Linux-Libre kernel is a big package, even bigger when it's

[Trisquel-users] Antwort: WiFi on Macbook Air 5-2 (13", 2012) not working

2013-07-16 Thread fourfreedom
Well, I hear and understand what you say. So I have considered ordering a ThinkPenguin wireless adapter - also because the price in € is reduced in comparison to the first price shock that numbers in $ gave me. Still, I'm not sure how much it would cost me to pay for shipping to Germany wit

Re: [Trisquel-users] Adding desktop shortcuts to LXDE

2013-07-16 Thread gromobir
This is strange... I have the following (executable) file called New.desktop: [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Type=Application Name=New Name[en_US]=New Exec= touch myfile.txt Comment[en_US]= Terminal=true If I try to double click on it, nothing happens but if I run it directly from the lxtermin

Re: [Trisquel-users] Jamendo & Ogg Vorbis

2013-07-16 Thread zatroch
Heya fellas! Modify this shell scripts according to your needs and enjoy. Happy hacking, credits go to user showing up under "drtan" nickname from the Parabola project. Note that the current one, does not tag the files for you.. thou works alright. Tested myself. Happy hacking! 1.| ftp://3

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few worries about Tor

2013-07-16 Thread Michał Masłowski
> If someone sits between me (the client) and the first node, and he > captures the traffic, can't he see both the content and my ip? > Or the first node himself; he knows my ip and can easily capture my > traffic, can't he? Connections between nodes and you are encrypted using TLS, others cannot

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few worries about Tor

2013-07-16 Thread Andrew R .
On 16/07/13 21:22, shiretoko wrote: > Is this only true for using https or is this a different issue? Some > sites don't provide https If you aren't using end-to-end encryption, such as TLS, then the communications between the exit node and the destination can be INTERCEPTED. However, if you are

Re: [Trisquel-users] WiFi on Macbook Air 5-2 (13", 2012) not working

2013-07-16 Thread fourfreedom
Yep, that one character made all the difference. :) This time I was prompted that 144 MB would be freed. Still more than I had expected (I mean, this is X times the download size of the new kernel), but this time everything worked out fine. > " the operating system is called GNU" Yes, I was

Re: [Trisquel-users] WiFi on Macbook Air 5-2 (13", 2012) not working

2013-07-16 Thread chris
Atheros designed the chipset and there are a handful of manufacturers which then brand them for companies, ie why you can find adapters with the same chipset/design from different companies. There are differences between what we sell (ThinkPenguin) and say Sony. We use the same chipset and su

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few worries about Tor

2013-07-16 Thread shiretoko
Is this only true for using https or is this a different issue? Some sites don't provide https

Re: [Trisquel-users] WiFi on Macbook Air 5-2 (13", 2012) not working

2013-07-16 Thread fourfreedom
This is a great list! I just went to an electronics hardware shop and I went through the whole list with an intern. They didn't have any of the small wifi adapters, but they had several large TP-link adapters of the larger list such as the one that I have already. Overall, there was only on

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few worries about Tor

2013-07-16 Thread chris
No. The first node is passed an IP address where to forward your data (which is encrypted), the node doesn't forward your IP though, the 2nd node does the same thing, but the first node doesn't get what the final exit nodes IP is. The final exit node can decrypt your data because you have use

[Trisquel-users] Re : general error mounting file systems

2013-07-16 Thread magicbanana
That is what I fear...

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few worries about Tor

2013-07-16 Thread shiretoko
Ahh but he can't be sure whether the traffic is really from me or if i'm just another node; am I wrong?

Re: [Trisquel-users] A few worries about Tor

2013-07-16 Thread shiretoko
I don't quite get it. If someone sits between me (the client) and the first node, and he captures the traffic, can't he see both the content and my ip? Or the first node himself; he knows my ip and can easily capture my traffic, can't he?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Kleopatra errors: self-test error, can't change my own key's passphrase, can't search for certificates on key servers

2013-07-16 Thread croutrea
Klepatra still has problems. More details Kleopatra Version 2.1.1 Using KDE Development Platform 4.8.5 (4.8.5) Do I need to download any additional software or updates?

Re: [Trisquel-users] BOINC

2013-07-16 Thread gromobir
Well, I did some research and found the following FLOSS projects running with BOINC: 1.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SETI@home 2.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milkyway@home 3.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeHAL 4.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BURP Unfortunately "World Community Grid"

Re: [Trisquel-users] Problems with booting and restarting Trisquel 6.0

2013-07-16 Thread croutrea
It seems that the problem has been resolved. I will report back again if the problem returns. Thank you for your advice.