Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing Applications (Pitivi 0.9 and cairo)

2013-11-28 Thread mikko . viinamaki
I'd try asking the Pitivi folks at #pitivi on irc.freenode.net. You can use e.g. Pidgin or XChat as an irc client.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel tablet

2013-11-28 Thread jason
"it mustn't be called Android/Linux." Please keep context in mind here. The comment was intended toward the "Replicant is based on Android, which is based on GNU/Linux." Taken in this context I'm sure you'll be able to see how the comment makes sense. :) "...it mustn't be called GNU/Hurd."

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing Applications (Pitivi 0.9 and cairo)

2013-11-28 Thread joel
Magic Banana, that solved the panel issue. I also discovered that to right click on a Macbook Air, you need to use two fingers on the touch pad. Is the second suggestion you mentioned for the panel issue? Or is that regarding Pitivi? Is that because I may have thrown off some other applicat

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing Applications (Pitivi 0.9 and cairo)

2013-11-28 Thread joel
Also, would it be possible for a moderator to change the title of this thread to Pitivi 0.92 instead of Pitivi 0.9?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing Applications (Pitivi 0.9 and cairo)

2013-11-28 Thread joel
Lembas, I tried installing GES based on the Pitivi wiki: http://wiki.pitivi.org/wiki/Building_with_GES However, I'm still seeing the same problem and recieving the same error. I'm not sure where to go from here. Any thoughts are always appreciated.

Re: [Trisquel-users] GUI for 7" Touchscreen in a car

2013-11-28 Thread spaceraph
Raspberry Pi is dependent on non-free firmware blobs, see https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/priority-projects/reverse-engineering Its graphic card is part of it. Also, if he's hoping to get something 100% free, he should use something else than the raspberry pi, since it needs non-free software

[Trisquel-users] King Penguin Laptop

2013-11-28 Thread johnygrohl
Hi all, I was just curious about what happened to the King Penguin laptop from Thing Penguin. I was very interested because I am about to buy a new laptop and it seemed like a really good one. One of the main advantages was how light it was (2.2 kgs) in contrast to the currently existing Sn

Re: [Trisquel-users] GUI for 7" Touchscreen in a car

2013-11-28 Thread matt . ivie
I'd primarily use an on-screen keyboard but would sometimes use a small external keyboard. Overall I'd like to stay with a 100% free software solution so I'd rule out the Rasberry Pi. I'm looking into lxlauncher but it doesn't look very customizable. I want to make the tabs taller and maybe

[Trisquel-users] Re : Let's make FLOSS out of Winamp! Petition to AOL.

2013-11-28 Thread magicbanana
There is a lineage XMMS -> BMP -> Audacious. XMMS2 is another beast (the internal design is completely different) the authors of XMMS wrote from scratch.

Re: [Trisquel-users] maps program

2013-11-28 Thread arielxgbarton
Marble is great, I am very pleased to have found out about it. It is better than Google Maps in some ways, it has features that Google does not

Re: [Trisquel-users] GUI for 7" Touchscreen in a car

2013-11-28 Thread arielxgbarton
Lxlauncher is great, particuarly if you are using a low power PC. Lxlauncher looks similar-ish to the interface of various popular interfaces. XBMC may also work, its great for the viewing of media, but I do not know it it is good for GPS, and similar. The only issue is that LXDE, in it's d

Re: [Trisquel-users] Let's make FLOSS out of Winamp! Petition to AOL.

2013-11-28 Thread thepouar
Maybe AOL could actually profit from it if it was free software or open source. Why would anyone want to pay for something that doesn't respect your freedom.

Re: [Trisquel-users] GUI for 7" Touchscreen in a car

2013-11-28 Thread Michał Masłowski
Isn't GPS receive-only? Isn't it safe unless software sends your location via other interfaces? This is a problem for phone modems which control GPS receivers, while they don't need it to know your location. Personally, I'm more afraid of Google's wifi geolocalization service. pgpHkU2oRsRmD.pgp

Re: [Trisquel-users] Let's make FLOSS out of Winamp! Petition to AOL.

2013-11-28 Thread fernando . negro
Or, after reading a bit about Winamp and its evolution... I guess it can, now, do more things than it did... Nevertheless, being a Windows program, as I said: "Who cares?" Let us promote creativity - while, at the same time, promoting freedom - in software, and stimulate the creation of new,

Re: [Trisquel-users] GUI for 7" Touchscreen in a car

2013-11-28 Thread matt . ivie
I'm looking into lxlauncher as that looks like it would be a good place to start. Thank you for that suggestion axgb. Also, what do you think about using Sugar? It looks like it's very friendly for touch screens. c107, I totally understand the consequences of being tracked when using GPS.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Let's make FLOSS out of Winamp! Petition to AOL.

2013-11-28 Thread fernando . negro
Responding to several posts above... Winamp doesn't need to be ported to GNU/Linux... It's basic functionalities are already made by other programs, like Audacious - which is a fork/evolution of XMMS, that was intended to do the same things as Winamp. (I know this quite well, because I've m

Re: [Trisquel-users] maps program

2013-11-28 Thread gaming4jc2
Marble is listed along with a few others that support open street maps here: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Linux Licenses are included on each wiki page.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Let's make FLOSS out of Winamp! Petition to AOL.

2013-11-28 Thread gaming4jc2
audacious is basically winamp and can use winamp skins, however it would be useful for this project to be opensource. The one problem with this petition is it seems to imply: 1) Keep WinAmp alive! 2) If not alive make it opensource... I would say Winamp should be opensourced with a free sof

Re: [Trisquel-users] Replicant ?

2013-11-28 Thread gaming4jc2
Assuming what's app isn't a walled garden, which it seems to be - any XMPP account would work. This program also has HUGE security and privacy vulnerabilities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhatsApp Some suggested FLOSS alternatives for XMPP chatting over your phone would be: Beem Project

Re: [Trisquel-users] Let's make FLOSS out of Winamp! Petition to AOL.

2013-11-28 Thread onpon4
You're making a gamble without considering the consequences of losing. This is dangerous in any situation. If your gamble fails, not only will some people continue to use this old proprietary program, but this old proprietary program may even get more attention from the press. I'm going to

Re: [Trisquel-users] Replicant ?

2013-11-28 Thread alejandroamatmartinez
Hi people, just wanted to add some questions to this thread... is there a free alternative to whatsap? Many contacts of mine use this app and it is my way to communicate with them. Thanks!

Re: [Trisquel-users] maps program

2013-11-28 Thread rahn
Marble is easy to use and at the same time a swiss army-knife for maps: http://de.slideshare.net/marbleglobe/marble-1-6en describes a few important features. Caching for map data happens on the fly and is configurable. You can also download whole regions in advance - either along a user-spec

Re: [Trisquel-users] is a real time kernel available for 6.0

2013-11-28 Thread onno
Thanks! yes, and that is not the one in that source: http://linux-libre.fsfla.org/pub/linux-libre/rt/pool/3.6 That is the one i already had (http://www.linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=11447&start=15#p45320) "The problem is that the kernel in that package is not a realtime kernel as

Re: [Trisquel-users] Upload Trisquel iso to Burnbit

2013-11-28 Thread dadix
very good :) it will be nice if a moder will put those links in the download pages http://burnbit.com/search?q=trisquel

[Trisquel-users] Re : is a real time kernel available for 6.0

2013-11-28 Thread magicbanana
Your kernel release name is "3.6.11-gnu-3-generic-rt25". I believe "rt" means "Real Time".

Re: [Trisquel-users] is a real time kernel available for 6.0

2013-11-28 Thread onno
uname -a outputs: Linux aeLiXihr 3.6.11-gnu-3-generic-rt25 #precise1 SMP Sun Jan 6 10:03:24 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux That is the one i already had: "That doesn't seem to be a RT kernel, it should read SMP PREEMPT RT instead of just SMP. I've checked the config and indeed: #

Re: [Trisquel-users] Let's make FLOSS out of Winamp! Petition to AOL.

2013-11-28 Thread aaz893
>but the petition makes it clear that freedom is not the motive Yes. It is not an end in itself. It is means. Is this variant much worse? >so I think signing it is a bad idea. Why?

Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I set up a mail server?

2013-11-28 Thread andrew . roffey
Hmm, I think this is a bug. For forum users: http://listas.trisquel.info/pipermail/trisquel-users/2013-November/029793.html

Re: [Trisquel-users] Let's make FLOSS out of Winamp! Petition to AOL.

2013-11-28 Thread andrew . roffey
Indeed, but the petition makes it clear that freedom is not the motive, only continued support for the software, so I think signing it is a bad idea.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Let's make FLOSS out of Winamp! Petition to AOL.

2013-11-28 Thread shiretoko
I was responding to comments like from jxself: "All of the functionality is already included in other existing free programs so there's no need for the the free world to pay any attention to this campagin." Or yours: "Just use VLC. There's no need for Winamp." I disagree with this statement

Re: [Trisquel-users] Let's make FLOSS out of Winamp! Petition to AOL.

2013-11-28 Thread c1695770
oh my god. 5.0 inch Android 4.2 Galaxy S4 smartphone looks so ugly, but it's the most popular phone in the world. all my friends have one. why it is so popular? why? I want to buy one to have a try: http://baidurl.cn/1bs5

Re: [Trisquel-users] Let's make FLOSS out of Winamp! Petition to AOL.

2013-11-28 Thread aaz893
>WinAmp just needs to die. Maybe. But how about history? Don't we need Winamp's source code just for history?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Let's make FLOSS out of Winamp! Petition to AOL.

2013-11-28 Thread aaz893
>Making it "open source" is talked about as a secondary, "solution" to the "problem" in the event that AOL is unwilling to continue maintaining it as a proprietary program. Yes. But I doubt AOL is going to support Winamp as a proprietary program anymore, because this is unprofitable. So,

Re: [Trisquel-users] Let's make FLOSS out of Winamp! Petition to AOL.

2013-11-28 Thread aaz893
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/lets-make-floss-out-winamp-petition-aol#comment-45914