Good thoughts fellows. I'd like to contribute something. I'm already sorry
for a lenghty answer, but I hope it give some insight.
a Previous thread here shows that many of us have switched to free software
step-by-step, many small steps after another, so I'd suggest using that
strategy. Sho
I think onpon4 sums it up pretty well.
Free software in general, such as GIMP, is a step in the right direction. A
GNU/Linux distribution such as Ubuntu or Fedora is an even bigger step in the
right direction-- even if both have proprietary software and firmware.
I wouldn't recommend Trisqu
This is old news... very old news.
Trisquel has been in the top 100 for a while now... in fact, I think it's
been slowly dropping in the distrowatch rankings over the past 12 months or
so
I wouldn't. Turning someone off to "GNU/Linux" (which is used to describe
several operating systems that are rather different) would be a huge loss.
I think someone who is used to Windows needs to be introduced to something
like Ubuntu GNOME before trying Trisquel, and they need to learn abou
A friend of mine (who uses Windows 8; I know that's awful) for some reason
doesn't understand that Windows 8 is not what my friend should have because
my friend is trying to find some laptop that's simple; my friend just doesn't
understand that Windows (or Mac) is NOT /*caps intended*/ the on
A similar Olimex board was awfully close to freedom respecting, now they've
released a new one...with a box enclosure for ~USD 47. There is an A20
version coming as well.
Olimex’s OLinuXino Allwinner A10
http://linuxgizmos.com/tiny-hackable-40-dollar-board-runs-android-and-linux-on-allwinner
The MBR is so small that only accepts four "primary partitions" can be
defined. One one of those partitions can be an "extended partition" so that
it can contain as many "logical partitions" as you wish. From the operating
system point of view, there is no real difference between a "primary
On 20/11/13 04:06, gnuser wrote:
> I wonder why gnewsense is above trisquel, when Trisquel is developed
> more often than gnewsense.
I don't think Distrowatch is very accurate, as it bases its popularity
statistics on page hit counts. Which basically means that more people
are reading about gNewS
Delete the 16 GB drive. The computer manufacturer should provide instructions
online on how to do this.
Hmm it sounds like this is my problem because indeed Windows is already using
4 partitions.
First, one that Windows calls "Recovery Partition". It's 16GB, with 16GB
free.
Second, one that Windows calls "System, Active, Primary Partition". It's
200MB with 166MB free.
Third, one that Wi
"GPL is highly restrictive"
Indeed but only the context of public safety, like laws which take away your
ability to drive on any road you want, in any direction you want, at any
speed you want, at any time you want. While those may be "restrictions" we've
decided that society is generally b
The issue is that 'restrictive' is such a negative word. For that reason, I
think we should avoid using it when referring to the GPL. From a marketing
perspective, the word 'restrictive' probably isn't going to sway developers
to use the GPL.
I will try to give you a more complete reply when I can, but for now, let me
clarify one thing: I don't (particularly) worry about someone who I don't
know and doesn't know me, having access to "which websites I visit". I worry
(particularly) about a person who wants to "discredit" me at work
I've found the news report, that I mentioned, a few minutes after I made my
first post - and, I've left it here, above, while you were writing your
answer... :)
The web page has even a video demonstrating the functionality in question.
As for my choices, in terms of privacy...
I trust the "
In Snowden and the Future, Eben Moglen made an interesting point: privacy is
a combination of anonymity, confidentiality, and autonomy. He talked quite a
bit about the importance of anonymity and how this has been largely ignored.
I suggest watching it, it's a great series of talks:
http://s
I already have used GNewSense and my mousepad felt quite buggy. Also, it was
not compatible with WPA, so I gave up on it. For those reasons, I don't like
it.
I wonder why gnewsense is above trisquel, when Trisquel is developed more
often than gnewsense.
Besides, Debian and Fedora are well positioned and those are also freedom
friendly distros, so I think people are actually noticing how important that
is. I understand why Mint is number 1, I used
This is fantastic news!
Finally people are starting to value freedom.
There's still a long way to go, though. gnewsense is at position 62. It would
be great to get at least one free GNU distro into the top 50!
Woot - Trisquel finally made it into Distrowatch's Top 100 distros as #97.
http://distrowatch.com/
I have a saying that goes like this
"Privacy is a right. Anonymity is not. But privacy is dead, so get over it.
The only hope we have left is anonymity."
Since you distrust Tor, what do you do to stay private/anonymous online? You
seem to be very "critic" of governments and companies and such,
"I can't find the piece of news now..."
Found it:
http://gizmodo.com/5863849/your-android-phone-is-secretly-recording-everything-you-do
I can't find the piece of news now... But, there was a hacker who discovered
that the record of every key pressed in Android-running devices' virtual
keyboards was sent to somewhere, through a functionality that people were not
aware of. (Which is - to me, at least - an absolute no surprise,
During the install process, you can opt for a "custom partitioning" (whatever
it is called nowadays). You will get additional screens where you can
graphically create/delete/resize partitions. Nothing to be afraid about but
double check that you do not ask for the erasure of partition you wan
I had this same problem when trying to install Trisquel on my computer. It is
possible your Windows partitions are occupying your limit of four logical
partitions, and therefore you cannot create another logical partition. Do you
have a drive called "recovery" on your computer? Look for your
Sure, the premise sounds simple enough, but really, when you have a long
document riddled with lawyer speak, at times with questionable
interpretation, I think it's at least a little troublesome. But so far it's
seemed to work just fine, so I'm probably just paranoid. =x
Restrictive is the
Original Message
Subject: Re: [Trisquel-users] Using Tor/GPG/whatever in a Android device is
it worth?
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 19:25:11 +0100
From: mtjm@.** (Michał Masłowski)
To: User help and discussion
There are some specific issues that can be solved, other ones cannot
Partitions in Windows 7 might be Virtual Hard Disks.
You should boot a live Trisquel image, and start gparted to see how the disk
is partitioned.
Also, it seems people loose the option to install alongside if the disk has
GPT instead of MBR partition table.
Thanks for your additions!
Regarding your screen brightness problem, I'm almost out of ideas. However, I
found this on Arch user foorums (link:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Backlight#Backlight_utilities):
"All methods expose themselves to the user by /sys/class/brightness. And
xra
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