Re: [Trisquel-users] Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 Beta 1: GNOME Classic session is also included by default

2014-02-28 Thread onpon4
GNOME Classic is a set of extensions made by the GNOME team a few releases ago to replace GNOME Fallback, which at the time was discontinued. That announcement just means that Ubuntu GNOME is including the Classic session by default; it's not something new.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Microsoft now fighting UK government over FLOSS

2014-02-28 Thread davesam415
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2330040/microsoft-cries-out-to-uk-government-against-open-source is the very b*o0*y reason NOT to use Microsoft Office =2007. And of course Microsoft couldn't say anything about user freedom.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Pitivi needs YOUR HELP

2014-02-28 Thread davesam415
It's open source. Far from free software. Which of the 4 software freedoms do software licensed under those licenses take from you. And I've got a feeling that you might not recognise the difference between free software and Copyleft, the latter not mandatory in order for the former to

[Trisquel-users] Re : Pitivi needs YOUR HELP

2014-02-28 Thread magicbanana
There basically is no *practical* difference between free software and open source. Even rms tells it: As far as we know, all existing free software would qualify as open source. Nearly all open source software is free software, but there are exceptions. The exceptions are a handful

Re: [Trisquel-users] Pitivi needs YOUR HELP

2014-02-28 Thread davesam415
Except that this isn't about one's understanding of and ability to use English?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Pitivi needs YOUR HELP

2014-02-28 Thread davesam415
note to readers: copyrighted in this case, as far as I know, means copylefted (which de jure is a a way of applying copyright).

Re: [Trisquel-users] problems with gnash

2014-02-28 Thread davesam415
ViewTube: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/87011 (note: contrary to what its name may suggest, it works on a lot of sites, though not every site out there, but only the ones it tells itself to be present in.

Re: [Trisquel-users] FOSS gaming

2014-02-28 Thread davesam415
Would http://www.playdeb.net/welcome/ do the job?

[Trisquel-users] Linterna Mágica campaign

2014-02-28 Thread Ivaylo Valkov
Hey Free Software users, I know that there are some Linterna Mágica users reading the Trisquel mailing list, so I would like to inform them about some of our latest developments. We are running crowd funding campaign [1] for Linterna Mágica T-Shirts, that would help development and spread the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Pitivi needs YOUR HELP

2014-02-28 Thread shiretoko
Yeah, it's obviously a troll, so I don't really care. I was just concerned about the interested reader who might get the wrong impression, but many people helped out and clarified the situation. So thanks to everyone!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Your thoughts on Firefox to have ads in the browser

2014-02-28 Thread arielxgbarton
But the free ad-blocker (adblock plus) automaticialy allows non-intrusive advertising. Those websites should do that. Also, wouldn't it be better for the ad-blocker to make the website think that the user was seeing the ad, that way the developer would still get paid

Re: [Trisquel-users] Your thoughts on Firefox to have ads in the browser

2014-02-28 Thread arielxgbarton
How was RMS funded when he was developing GNU?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Linterna Mágica campaign

2014-02-28 Thread Ivaylo Valkov
В 18:43 +0100 на 28.02.2014 (пт), shiret...@web.de написа: Well, honestly I don't quite understand. The purpose of this campaign is to raise money for linterna magica t-shirts and not for linterna magica itself? If the campaign is successful everyone who ordered a T-shirt will get one. The

Re: [Trisquel-users] Pitivi needs YOUR HELP

2014-02-28 Thread onpon4
No, MB wasn't talking about copyleft. MB was talking about the copyright monopoly of the license text itself. In fact, the GNU licenses are all under a simple license which allows only verbatim copying and distribution of the license in full. Not mentioned previously, GNU is also a

[Trisquel-users] Canonical Licesning Repositories

2014-02-28 Thread simonafreeman
http://www.muktware.com/2014/02/need-license-canonical-create-derivatives/21066 I mean talk about standing on the shoulders of giants. Ubuntu would be nothing without Debian or GNU for that matter. Nothing like taking credit for others work.

[Trisquel-users] logitech m560 DO NOT buy this mouse.

2014-02-28 Thread arielgnu
If you find this post, chances are you want to change this mouse's behavior. This mouse is a mess. Try to avoid it if you can. This mouse was designed for Windows 8. Button 2 (which is usually the scroll's wheel button) is not present. Instead the scroll makes a clicking sound, and the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Linterna Mágica campaign

2014-02-28 Thread franparpe
Thank you for telling us about the situation. I like the design of the T-shirts, I Think I'm ging to buy one. I'm still deciding which one I prefer. Let see how it goes. Good luck,

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone got touchpad running on a chromebook with Trisquel 6?

2014-02-28 Thread leoneoleoneo
Ok, I installed linux-image-generic-lts-saucy however i dont know where to get the script fro patching it. Any ideas?

[Trisquel-users] Is it hard to create a new netinstall ISO?

2014-02-28 Thread tegskywalker
We never got a final 6.1 ISO with the Saucy kernel, but how hard is it to create a new net install ISO to have the Saucy kernel as one of the options? I may upgrade my PC soon and don't want to be stuck with the old 3.2 kernel hoping everything works.

[Trisquel-users] Abiword and abicollab.net

2014-02-28 Thread adel . afzal
I just want to ask whether I understand how Abicollab works: Users run the free Abiword software on their own computers. And rely on abicollab.net to host the file. Is Abicollab therefore free, and not sass? Is there any downside to relying on Abicollab to host the file?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Abiword and abicollab.net

2014-02-28 Thread onpon4
I'm not familiar with the service, but it sounds like it facilitates collaboration on a single document. Is that correct? If it is, this is a job that your own computer can't do on its own, and therefore the service is not SaaSS.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Pitivi needs YOUR HELP

2014-02-28 Thread davesam415
Whoops! My bad.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trying Trisquel 6.0 without installing: How to proceed beyond the login window

2014-02-28 Thread jozape
Do I need a different ISO or need to do extra work to create a Live DVD? I have the default ISO from the download page burned to a DVD which presents the Try Trisquel without installing option. I was using this DVD to try before I posted my issue.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Are fonts software?

2014-02-28 Thread laradavid829
I didn't get you... What exactly you want to say? Ref: hr software __ hr software