Re: [Trisquel-users] Help me get rid of the last proprietary component of my OS, the b43 driver

2014-02-08 Thread mikko . viinamaki
I'm using a hp Pavilion dv5 and the wifi works (mostly, sometimes it drops the connection...) without non-free software. My wifi is Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02). I think this machine is so old (something like 2005 or 2006) it does

Re: [Trisquel-users] Help me get rid of the last proprietary component of my OS, the b43 driver

2014-02-08 Thread franparpe
Ok, perhaps I should take this situation as an oportunity and inform you and h-node after I try it. I'm a little scared, fortunately It seems Thinkpenguin lets you return the device if your machine does have digital handcuffs. Thsank you

[Trisquel-users] Question about book Linux Driver Development (3rd edition)?

2014-02-08 Thread longsong
I have learned the book Advanced Linux Programming. http://www.advancedlinuxprogramming.com/ I don't know whether I am able to learn the book Linux Driver Development (3rd edition). https://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/ Is the book too difficult for me? Do I need to learn some other book first? If

Re: [Trisquel-users] Question about book Linux Driver Development (3rd edition)?

2014-02-08 Thread Bader Zaidan
You also might want to check out Greg Kroah-Hartman's book, Linux Kernel in a Nutshell: - http://files.kroah.com/lkn/ It will explain some of the basics required.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Work On Trisquel 7 Has Begun

2014-02-08 Thread lloyd
Now that there is software rendering available, there's no real reason not to use Gnome 3 Shell.

[Trisquel-users] Is it possible to strip down KDE to the kde-standard package?

2014-02-08 Thread hellocomputer8
I've been installing KDE packages, and i'm running out of disk space on my root (/) partition. I've made a pastebin with my currently installed packages here: http://pastebin.com/WTsPF4eR . I don't want to remove all of KDE and install kde-standard but I want to remove all parts of KDE that

Re: [Trisquel-users] Work On Trisquel 7 Has Begun

2014-02-08 Thread adel . afzal
I don't mind the change, but I might miss the classic taskbar. I really like it after increasing the system text size. Thanks for the news Jason!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Question about book Linux Driver Development (3rd edition)?

2014-02-08 Thread mikko . viinamaki
You probably know this documentation https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/ Just watch out for blobs!

[Trisquel-users] Re : ascii art the easy way?

2014-02-08 Thread magicbanana
'caca-view' opens any image as a colored ascii-art, Just install the package named caca-utils (in Trisquel's repositories). For no colors, take a look at libaa-bin.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Is it possible to strip down KDE to the kde-standard package?

2014-02-08 Thread magicbanana
Start by cleaning the packages: $ sudo apt-get clean Then search (e.g., linux- from Synaptic) and remove the older kernels (you only need the latest one. If still more space is to be saved, you can observe what takes space by running the Disk Usage Analyzer (I translate from French; you

Re: [Trisquel-users] Work On Trisquel 7 Has Begun

2014-02-08 Thread icarolongo
Now in http://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/dists/belenos/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Question about book Linux Driver Development (3rd edition)?

2014-02-08 Thread retro
I don't think there is anything easier for getting started with device driver programming except maybe Essential Linux Device Drivers published by Prentice Hall, but it isn't free. This book has more-complete examples included, and also has more information about user space device drivers.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Work On Trisquel 7 Has Begun

2014-02-08 Thread jamathis
Great news. I am looking forward to it.

[Trisquel-users] Richard Stallman Interview on RT Television

2014-02-08 Thread danieldelahoyde
Richard Stallman interviewed in the Worlds Apart series on RT (Russia Today) television channel: RT.com web page: http://rt.com/shows/worlds-apart-oksana-boyko/human-rights-nsa-scandal-133/ mp4 stream: http://img.rt.com/files/episode/21/b9/50/00/wa0602_480p.mp4