Re: [Trisquel-users] It was nicer when I could move things between menus

2014-10-18 Thread tegskywalker
The default desktop setup is garbage. If you want classic desktop, use Cinnamon: https://launchpad.net/~lestcape/+archive/ubuntu/cinnamon

Re: [Trisquel-users] Amd ati graphic cards only chipset matters not brand and version?

2014-10-18 Thread adel . afzal
A few of us put some info about this in the wiki: https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/hardware-type-and-software-freedom I hope that we got it right. Please let us know if not.

[Trisquel-users] It was nicer when I could move things between menus

2014-10-18 Thread kkpengboy
In the GNOME Classic menu in 7.0, it is no longer possible to drag menu items between folders using the menu editor. Not sure why it had to change.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Amd ati graphic cards only chipset matters not brand and version?

2014-10-18 Thread Michał Masłowski
"that a card can run on non free software": isn't it obvious that the card works with nonfree software? Although not all do have nonfree drivers for GNU/Linux. Many reports help finding if the device can work without nonfree software, but they sometimes need more work. Several years ago both ATI

Re: [Trisquel-users] Toutatis Brightness control

2014-10-18 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
Hey Jane! The first step would be to post the output of the lspci command. Welcome to free operating systems btw!

[Trisquel-users] Re : Amd ati graphic cards only chipset matters not brand and version?

2014-10-18 Thread lcerf
According to https://www.h-node.org : The h-node project aims at the construction of a hardware database in order to identify what devices work with a fully free operating system. This definition excludes the BIOS/EFI.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Amd ati graphic cards only chipset matters not brand and version?

2014-10-18 Thread svhaab
The h node listing about graphic cards does not tell for sure that a card can run on non free software? Graphic cards listed on http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/CodeNames/#nv20family support 3d acceleration and are able to run on free software? It may happen you install one of the card

Re: [Trisquel-users] Toutatis Brightness control

2014-10-18 Thread santiago . lorente
Hi, I have the same problem. Since I installed Trisquel on my laptop the brightness is always high. I try to change it and see the icon responds but not the brightness, it always stays high. I'm a beginner with GNU+Linux so I have not really understood the technical explanations. It would

Re: [Trisquel-users] LinuxVoice interview: Mir vs. Wayland

2014-10-18 Thread davidvargas1
the following article/ comment summarizes everything. However, i also guess there were political considerations, in particular Canonical feel they got burnt by Gnome. That relationship was unsatisfactory in terms of realising their mobile ambitions and convergence goals. NIH was undoubtedly