It seems to me that privacy is sacred to those who remember pre-internet
days, curious to those who remember pre-facebook days and meaningless to
those who have known nothing but both.
In 1984 Orwell predicted screens that you couldn't turn off. We have been
given screens we don't want to t
I don't really see the idea of forcing people to Free(libre) Software. Just
stand at your cause and in your community. if you're asked about FS, tell
them why it matters to you. They either take it or ignore it, but you can't
change them unless they want to.
and when it comes to privacy, I
On 26/10/13 06:53, gramex wrote:
> I told a friend of mine who uses gmail about PRISM, Edward Snowden,
> and the Lavabit shutdown, but he didn't really care; he said he
> wouldn't even care if the whole world read his emails.
"Everyone has something to hide"
http://www.privacy.org.au/Resources/P
On 26/10/13 03:41, em9002 wrote:
> You just don't get it, do you? We're pro-GPL here. We like it
> because it guarantees freedom for users. That's really all there is
> to it.
Permissive licenses do guarantee freedom for users. But what they don't
do is prevent the creators of derivative work
On 26/10/13 01:32, gra...@openmailbox.org wrote:
> AMD made a single-board computer called the Gizmo Board, which is x86
> based. I'd assume that it has an AMD video card, which generally require
> nonfree drivers for 3D acceleration to work.
>
> I hope Linus and other copyright holders of the Lin
Good news! I successfully installed a working Trisquel 6.0 system. I tried my
sixth install through the text mode rather than the graphical installer and
I've not encountered the login loop yet. I still have no idea what caused the
issue, but could someone tell if my post was informative enou
When I start on AC, /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode remains 0 when I unplug the
cable. But upower --monitor notices that the battery changed and the icon in
the Panel changes too.
AMD made a single-board computer called the Gizmo Board, which is x86 based.
I'd assume that it has an AMD video card, which generally require nonfree
drivers for 3D acceleration to work.
I hope Linus and other copyright holders of the Linux kernel will take legal
action against manufacture
Trisquel won't run on the BeagleBoard; the BeagleBoard is ARM based, and
Trisquel hasn't been ported to ARM.
Check the linuxgizmos news site for leads. Many boards there.
Most tablets use ARM processors which are heavily Android based. There are
some Ubuntu and Debian versions for ARM that some tablets use. Check ebay and
go from there with the product names you find for further research.
Aliexpress also.
Just tell people that they deserve the freedom to control their computer.
There's no need to push free software down their throats; just tell them why
proprietary software is unethical and leave it at that.
If you do want to tell someone why they should care about privacy, point them
to Nin
thanks for this info, I am looking to make my usb printer wireless and I
thought single board was the way to go with
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-g-usb-adapter.
if I understand fsf page correctly a beagleboard with trisquel will not have
the gpu working, which I
"Habits, activities, and preferences are compiled, registered, and retrieved
to facilitate better adjustment, not to improve the individual’s capacity
to act and to decide. Whatever the original incentive for computerization may
have been, processing increasingly appears as the ideal means to
thank you for this!
i guess the same applies for putting it on your phone using k-9?
>Consider this: http://www.jxself.org/free-firmware.shtml
This is an excellent article - it perfectly sums up the importance of
liberated firmware.
Cheers!
I just noticed that that license doesn't explicitly grant permission to
modify the fonts. I don't think this was done on purpose; this is a
custom-written license by a (presumably) non-lawyer.
Maybe you could convince the author to use the OFL.
That link is broken. Attached is the license, available here[0].
[0] http://xrl.us/PFFL
I just fixed it.
Couldn't Thinkpenguin get in trouble for destroying evidence?
The US government is legally unable to access one's documents without
probable cause, or a warrant. The federal government has gotten so out of
hand that they have and will try to get the data without either of those.
The Fourth
Your Aroania link on that wiki page is broken.
I told a friend of mine who uses gmail about PRISM, Edward Snowden, and the
Lavabit shutdown, but he didn't really care; he said he wouldn't even care if
the whole world read his emails.
I know that privacy is important, but I am not sure how to put it into words.
In a similar note, I know
It works! Just not with FUSBi, but with Unetbootin.
Well, there *is* a practical reason, though it might seem paranoid to some
people: Proprietary software often contains malicious features, such as
spyware which records your activities in secret, backdoors which can change
your system at any time, and Digital Restrictions Management, which
The issue about governments requesting data about the user; there is a very
easy solution: Have 500 or whatever cheap usb sticks, one for each user, then
if you get a request for the data, the user can choose if you destroy the usb
stick. Then, even if they go into the building where the serv
Armworm, could you add some of these fonts to this[0] wiki page?
[0] https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/list-free-fonts
I am specificially looking for a tablet that runs GNU/Linux, or even better,
dual booting.
There is lots of gnu/linux software that would work great on a tablet. There
are various on-screen keyboard programs, and LXLauncher would also be great
for tablets - a start menu would be impractical b
Note: This post only shows how to export private keys, which in your case, is
done on the old computer.
Export your OpenPGP private key through Seahorse
1. Right click on your own key.
2. Click on Properties.
3. Click on the Details tab.
4. Click on the icon near Export full key.
5. Choose
Android has no GPL userspace code and no GNU programs. Replicant is
based on CM which adds e.g. busybox and bash, while it's not a
GNU/Linux: there is a non-GNU libc and userspace programs are much
different.
You want Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (or 2 7.0), not the Tegra-based one
that is not suppo
I'm using unetbootin because FUSBi gave error messages. I'll tell when it's
finshed the results.
Look into GPG's import and export functions.
So, on the old computer (replacing as appropriate):
gpg --export -a > public.asc
gpg --export-secret-keys -a > secret.asc
On the new computer:
gpg --import public.asc
gpg --import secret.asc
gpg --edit-key (and se
Replicant doesn't have much (any?) GNU in it. It's more Android/Linux rather
than GNU/Linux.
If you want a tablet that can run a free operating system, get a Samsung
Galaxy Tab 10.1 and install Replicant on it. Replicant is based on Android,
which is based on GNU/Linux. Is that okay?
I uploaded it.
http://burnbit.com/torrent/260670/trisquel_6_0_i686_iso
Why does freedom matter?
I started this thread because I want to find a concise way to tell others why
I use free software, without coming off like a nut. :)
MagicFab asked us to.[0] I thought it was a good idea, but it may not be
necessary.
[0] http://trisquel.info/en/forum/replicant#comment-43624
"Many people think of a program being free a plus, but don't mind using
proprietary software."
Why do those people tolerate proprietary softare? Perhaps they're just used
to being mistreated by proprietary software developers and think they don't
deserve any better? They should raise their
Why do people keep adding messages in brackets to the subject line? [OT] or
[Support] etc. It's silly. It's not really necessary to mark things as being
offtopic.
You're missing my point, t3g.
This topic has been addressed quite a few times even here, but to remind you.
The first thing is, when most people hear the word "Free", they interpret it
as "gratis". How ever, we the free software movement fellows interpret and
use the word to mean "Freedom respecting". It's the language. I
Le 2013-10-25 13:36, gra...@openmailbox.org a écrit :
> Many people think of a program being free a plus, but don't mind using
> proprietary software.
>
> Why should proprietary software be avoided?
John Sullivan, Executive director of the FSF recently spoke at a keynote
at the Open World Forum, I
Proprietary programs don't respect your freedom. Many of them prevent you
from sharing copies of the program with others. Plus, without access to the
source code, there's no way to verify that such programs are in fact doing
what they claim to be doing.
You just don't get it, do you? We're pro-GPL here. We like it because it
guarantees freedom for users. That's really all there is to it.
Many people think of a program being free a plus, but don't mind using
proprietary software.
Why should proprietary software be avoided?
Are there any tablets that run Trisquel or another distribution of GNU/Linux?
There is the PengPod, but they are not getting enough funding to make their
tablet, and the other two tablets they made are discontinued.
There is also the Vivaldi tablet, which has the same issues - Not enough
fun
I would like to copy my GPG key from my desktop computer to my laptop
computer. How is this done?
If the GNU project used permissive licenses, we wouldn't have GNUstep or a
free C++ compiler.
You are right, 9 inch screen is tiny.
I don't see why the companies can't make free drivers - They should make
their money from selling the hardware. The only loss of money is money paid
to them by NSA or whatever bad.
In that case, can't ThinkPenguin make a laptop with the exact same hardware,
then coreboot will work, and it will be fully free.
ADFENO, can I see the user guide, I would be very happy to contribute, write
a small section.
Stop with the anti-GPL FUD already. And as jxself said, you're missing his
point.
Hopefully they sue! Tell the people at GPL-violations.org maybe?
>If I cannot get it and 3G to work on Replicant I will try Cyanogenmod.
I have a creepy feeling about Cyanogenmod
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=4231387&threshold=1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&cid=44887151
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/11/14/2128211/cyanogenmod-domain-hijacked
I also meant to say that the official releases of a library like jQuery
(which get served from the Google and code.jquery.com) servers are free
software and THOSE don't need to be blocked. The official releases of jQuery
ARE free software and the team makes it easy to access the source code
There is a lot of software (some would say the strongest) that benefit from a
persmissive license and do not have a lot of forks (free or not) that cause
the original to be obsolete. Where are all these jQuery forks? Apache? nginx?
How about programming languages like Python, Ruby, and Scala?
I sent him an email. If more people do this, it may be fixed sooner.
Here is the email I sent him:
>Thank you for carrying on the development of Screengrab.
>I noticed that there is no license included on the project page, or in the
source code of Screengrab (fix version).
>The original Screen
I'd suppose that other people have canceled their memberships, too.
I guess the S2 and Note were better choices then. I mostly wanted a Replicant
phone so I could use redphone and some other programs for encrypted comms.
I'm willing to compromise on the non-free WiFi for now. I'm not happy about
that, don't get me wrong. I'm also not happy with non-free bios
So the "Affordable Care Act" violates the Constitution,[0] and copyright.
[0] The US Constitution doesn't authorize the Federal Government to control
health care, therefore, the act is unconstitutional.
Nexus One isn't supported by the current version of Replicant and it
needs firmware for wifi, audio and microphone unlike most other
supported phones.
Some phones have a USB host, while it doesn't provide enough power for
the ThinkPenguin FSF-certified wifi card to work without external power.
p
Hi shokin...
Yes, it seems that they all require some non-free firmware. Hopefully someone
will reverse engineer the bcm4330 at least. If it were a laptop I would have
no problem buying a free USB WiFi stick. As it is a phone, I don't think the
WiFi card can be replaced...but I don't know.
Hi prvteprts,
Can you explain to me how you reverted to the stock ROM with
heimdall-frontend? Where did you download the Stock ROM from? Did it include
a .pit file and is that needed? I guess I should have gone for the Nexus One.
Pity.
Thanks for the response!
(sorry, I don't know how to quote text, so I will answer one by one here
without your quoted text).
I e-mailed the developers yesterday and I'm waiting for a response.
I tried copying the CM firmware into my Replicant but couldn't get the WiFi
to work. The files un
I found out the same things when I installed Replicant on my Galaxy Note just
recently. The stock ROM can be re-flashed using heimdall-frontend. I am
planning to purchase a used Nexus One and install Replicant on it as it seems
the WiFi chip is supported.
Hello, fbit,
Thank you for your answer.
3G and WiFi are not necessary for me on a mobile phone. But, anyway, are
there WiFi card for Samsung phones that are compatible with free firmwares ?
It seems that all phones listed require non-free firmware. Is there a key/way
to do with free firmwa
> 1) I cannot get 3G to work on either phone.
It is officially supported, have you reported it to the developers?
> Without 3G and WiFi the phones are not much good for me. I also have
> been unable to get WiFi to work through the USB connection with the
> computer.
The USB networking scripts on
Hi shokin,
Replicant is compatible with a few different phone models:
http://replicant.us/supported-phones/
It is very easy to install. I recently installed it on a Galaxy S2 and a
Note. 2 initial comments:
1) I cannot get 3G to work on either phone.
2) The WiFi card on these phones (bcm4330
Hello everybody,
This topic is not directly linked with Trisquel. But it is about freedom with
mobile phones.
Do you know http://replicant.us/ ? Have you ever tried ?
You know... I want to use free softwares, free OS on computers. But why
should I stay with proprietary softwares on mobile
I understand clearly how difficult it can be for a user to start using
GNU+Linux Trisquel or similar distributions accepted by the FSF.
We are actually doing our best to support such users, we are even working on
a user guide.
The issue here arose not because of the way you do things, nor b
Thank you for informations. Maybe someone will make a free version of this
and will put it in the trisquel repo.
Thank you for the advice. I followed your instructions excepting the last one
because I don't know how to do it just yet (I'm learning), but I still have
the issue.
1. Resolved somewhat. I now get the same error as the first thread about this
issue.
2. Remains
3. Like you predicted the x
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