Re: [Trisquel-users] SSH Server Enabled By Default!

2014-03-12 Thread oshirowanen
I understand that not everyone will agree, but I personally would assume that a default desktop install would have absolutely no server type software installed and have all ports closed except for web browsing maybe. As the SSH server is installed by default, we naturally run into another q

Re: [Trisquel-users] SSH Server Enabled By Default!

2014-03-12 Thread Michał Masłowski
Should it have desktop features like secure file sharing? It's a reason why the SSH server is running by default. Closing all incoming ports is imo pointless unless running a service there and needing a more complex configuration than making it available to all or just the local machine. Closing

[Trisquel-users] Re : Gksu prompts for Administrator (root) password even if it is set to sudo

2014-03-12 Thread magicbanana
gksudo is a symbolic link to gksu. They are the exact same command: $ ls -l /usr/bin/gksudo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 mars 8 00:09 /usr/bin/gksudo -> gksu But, yes: "What exactly are you trying to do?"

Re: [Trisquel-users] New on Trisquel: how to see live videos and chatting on sites

2014-03-12 Thread sonhodafloresta
Thanks very much Icarolongo! it worked! :D Your description was very detailed and easier to understand and is a good step by step on "how to do" for newcomers like me. Like BugRep said about Unplug i did it for normal videos. But on another hand i am still trying to understand the notion about

Re: [Trisquel-users] New on Trisquel: how to see live videos and chatting on sites

2014-03-12 Thread onpon4
Aprendiz_de_linux > Maybe my question is stupid but... why Trisquel come by default with Gnash? Nope, not stupid at all. I'm not sure why myself. Probably it's for YouTube, which worked OK with Gnash until recently (it still works now, but only after you change the video quality). I do hope T

[Trisquel-users] RMS on Alex Jones Tues Mar 11 2014

2014-03-12 Thread stask
RMS interviewed by Alex Jones covering many of the usual topics on March 11, 2014. http://youtu.be/G2z6UdUug2c

Re: [Trisquel-users] Gksu prompts for Administrator (root) password even if it is set to sudo

2014-03-12 Thread mikko . viinamaki
Heh, pretty confusing. I thought they would be like su and sudo...

Re: [Trisquel-users] RMS on Alex Jones Tues Mar 11 2014

2014-03-12 Thread debianlinux
thx for that

[Trisquel-users] Firefox 27 wont play Bandcamp and Soundcloud

2014-03-12 Thread alijrh
indeed, without flash i tried but doesnt work https://trisquel.info/en/forum/bandcamp-wont-play-abrowser its weird 'cause in abrowser 27 works perfectly i dont have installed noscript or any plugin such that only ABP and https everywere. Looks it could be due to some HTML5 problems in Fire

[Trisquel-users] 3d acceleration

2014-03-12 Thread arvavava
os booting ok only if nomodeset is on. why? maybe os need some non free components? video card: radeon hd 2600 pro.

Re: [Trisquel-users] 3d acceleration

2014-03-12 Thread onpon4
nomad said: > video card: radeon Worst GPU possible. All (AMD/ATI) Radeon cards are absolute crap with free/libre software. They all require proprietary firmware to do 3-D acceleration, and as far as I'm aware no significant group of people is trying to fix the problem by reverse-engineerin

Re: [Trisquel-users] Firefox 27 wont play Bandcamp and Soundcloud

2014-03-12 Thread legimet . calc
Go to about:config and set media.gstreamer.enabled to true. You might also need to get some gstreamer codecs.

Re: [Trisquel-users] RMS on Alex Jones Tues Mar 11 2014

2014-03-12 Thread stask
Not more Stallman, but related... How the NSA Plans to Infect ‘Millions’ of Computers with Malware https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/03/12/nsa-plans-infect-millions-computers-malware/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is Evolution Mail able to download only latest mails?

2014-03-12 Thread onetwothree123
thank you onpon4 and jbar for helping me! Now I ve given me a kick and I moved all the mails on the server to the archive. Problem is mainly solved. But nontheless I would be happy if there was possibility for dl only the last 3 days.

[Trisquel-users] dual boot with two drives

2014-03-12 Thread emmettammons
i tried installing trisquel to a second hard drive. the main drive has windows xp. everything seemed normal until it tried to load the boot loader. the computer hung. had to kill the power to bring it alive again. when i did - no dual boot, just windows. should the boot loader be on the