Re: [Trisquel-users] Hello

2014-04-11 Thread tegskywalker
I'm a divorced white male from southern Utah. Wanna party?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Bigger texts in Trisquel OS

2014-04-11 Thread tegskywalker
Btw, if you are looking for a nice UI font, check out Roboto. It's not in the Trisquel 6 repos (will be in 7), but you can nab the .deb here: http://packages.ubuntu.com/saucy/fonts-roboto

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hello

2014-04-11 Thread mikko . viinamaki
Hi!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need Help Switching From XP to GNU/Linux

2014-04-11 Thread Heather
My suggestions for nice (but by no means necessary) lighter software for older systems are Sylpheed or Claws for email and for SOME (but not all) of your browsing, you might not need all the features of Abrowser and prefer something lighter. Midori is included on Trisquel-Mini, but Dillo is also

Re: [Trisquel-users] Julian Assange: Debian Is Owned By The NSA

2014-04-11 Thread legimet . calc
The openssl package contains a build date/time. (I don't know if all deb packages do, but this one definitely does). So it should differ if Trisquel rebuilds it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel on Acer C720

2014-04-11 Thread leoneoleoneo
What do you think are the essential steps from the guide i have to make? Is it bad i formatted the whole ssd... could that be the reason of the random poweroffs? Did you make seabios your default bios on your laptop? Will this make it more free? Will it help with the random poweroffs problem?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Bigger texts in Trisquel OS

2014-04-11 Thread sonhodafloresta
Hi Jonathan_Livingston! If you want to change default fonts to make them bigger go to Trisquel Menu. Definitions of system (my default language is not english so i am translating it as i am reading on my pc). After that on "advanced settings" > "fonts" and there you can change the size of f

Re: [Trisquel-users] Bigger texts in Trisquel OS

2014-04-11 Thread LDrumbler
Use gnome-tweak-tool to adjust font size. You will need to do this as both user and root for it to take effect in applications that you run as root.

[Trisquel-users] Bigger texts in Trisquel OS

2014-04-11 Thread andrej . vician
Hi I am using laptop with 11" screen and 1366x768 resolution. I just tried out Trisquel, but I can read descriptions and texts in this OS only with difficulties, they are much smaller than in Windows 7. Is there some way how to make these texts bigger? Switching resolution to 800x600 is not

Re: [Trisquel-users] Julian Assange: Debian Is Owned By The NSA

2014-04-11 Thread jason
I am merely saying that, with source code availability, Trisquel has the ability to.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Julian Assange: Debian Is Owned By The NSA

2014-04-11 Thread 7devony
This shouldn't even be a thread. It is just a information on a blog that shoving words into Julian's mouth. Here's the link for the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFFTYRWB0Tk&t=20m He just uses an example from Debian's bug to illustrate a point about backdoors that are disguised a bu

[Trisquel-users] Hello

2014-04-11 Thread Andrew Stephenson
Hello. -- Andrew Stephenson http://users.tpg.com.au/aste9974 Sent from Trisquel GNU/Linux

Re: [Trisquel-users] Julian Assange: Debian Is Owned By The NSA

2014-04-11 Thread leny2010
After Reading some more of The 'Fine' Manuals, including Debian's docs then here: https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/how-trisquel-made I stand corrected, many binary packages are copied verbatim - so Thank You. Of course, the checksums being the same is of itself not enough to go on. A fully sel

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 - User comments/tips/reguests thread?

2014-04-11 Thread davesamcdxv
Would defaulting to Cinnamon be a good idea?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Julian Assange: Debian Is Owned By The NSA

2014-04-11 Thread fernando . negro
I talked about the number of people who "maintain" a distribution... And, there are a lot of people involved in Trisquel, besides the person responsible for the software itself. There are many libraries and programs which also have only one person responsible for them, in its origin. And, I

Re: [Trisquel-users] Need Help Switching From XP to GNU/Linux

2014-04-11 Thread davesamcdxv
You don't need any hardware upgrades whatsoever - though of course it'll be far from being the last thing you do. Here's a note about other distributions: Trisquel is committed to using only Free Software: Free in that it respects what for us are the human rights software users deserve. L

Re: [Trisquel-users] Julian Assange: Debian Is Owned By The NSA

2014-04-11 Thread shiretoko
This doesn't make any sense at all; trisquel has exactly one developer. It's the prime example of a small distro.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 - User comments/tips/reguests thread?

2014-04-11 Thread mikko . viinamaki
Nice attitude you have. The entire point of Trisquel is to only contain free software and to not recommend or mention proprietary software.

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

2014-04-11 Thread gustavo_cm
youtube-dl works with soundcloud too; do you know if there is a reason to use soundcloud-dl instead of youtube-dl?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Julian Assange: Debian Is Owned By The NSA

2014-04-11 Thread fernando . negro
Google is a front for the CIA/NSA. (http://www.infowars.com/group-calls-for-hearings-into-googles-ties-to-cia-and-nsa/) And, it repeatedly censors people who use their services - including myself. (http://blackfernando.blogspot.pt/2013/03/como-o-youtube-censura-os-meus.html) The reason why

Re: [Trisquel-users] Julian Assange: Debian Is Owned By The NSA

2014-04-11 Thread fernando . negro
:) I don't necessarily have to know someone "personally", in order to trust him, or her. I just have to know him, or her, well enough - as I would, if I had the opportunity to relate with such a person. (1) And, alternatively, one can reveal (very much) about one's true nature, just by th

Re: [Trisquel-users] Julian Assange: Debian Is Owned By The NSA

2014-04-11 Thread fernando . negro
When I mentioned "smaller" distros, I meant the *small* ones, that are maintained by half-a-dozen people, or so - who reveal very little about themselves. And, what I meant, overall, was that: - I don't trust such "small" distributions. - And, concerning the "big" ones, I don't trust the on

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 - User comments/tips/reguests thread?

2014-04-11 Thread onpon4
Probably a misunderstanding. When I first read that post, it did read like an endorsement of the link. If you want to avoid inadvertently endorsing something, you might want to disclaim that explicitly. Example: "This system is no good (recommends proprietary software), but I do like the look

Re: [Trisquel-users] Julian Assange: Debian Is Owned By The NSA

2014-04-11 Thread fernando . negro
Actually, I do include Debian among those non-profit organizations with a pro-Free Software policy... Since, I can understand the (practical) need for a proprietary repository, for those people who really need to use non-free programs. And, I think it's better to have one such repository th

Re: [Trisquel-users] Julian Assange: Debian Is Owned By The NSA

2014-04-11 Thread holger . beetz
@quantumgravity: I have no doubt that Debian is "compromised" in the pretty much same way as every GNU Linux distribution is compromised as well. Due to the sheer amount of code for the Kernel itself, all applications used and all the libs included it is close to impossible to validate code f

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 - User comments/tips/reguests thread?

2014-04-11 Thread mindfulpessimist
The point wasn't to promote proprietary software, but to point out a method of distribution that seems very user-friendly. Unless we are in thrall to some kind of non-proprietary cultism -- and if this is true, someone please tell me so that I may cancel future donations in support of Trisq

Re: [Trisquel-users] Julian Assange: Debian Is Owned By The NSA

2014-04-11 Thread onpon4
I don't know if what you're asserting is true, but if I may, I'd like to point out that checksums show the contents of a file, not who made the file. If Canonical and the Trisquel team use the exact same method to compile a program (not incredibly unlikely), the checksums will be the same for