Armworm:
> But Mr. Stallman thinks the user should not be told about the option
> to use the system with only a few non-free components. Not only is
> this censorship, he is harming his cause.
Firstly, not offering proprietary software to users is not censorship.
The idea that the Debian Project
"Give proprietary software and inch, and it'll move a mile"
Even a single proprietary component is a security and privacy risk-
certainly, if your computer NEEDS one proprietary component (And you are
unable to replace your PC with one that doesn't need any proprietary
software) it's better
> Purism will prioritize free/libre software for our users.
Sounds like it comes with proprietary stuff then...
> 4 Core (8 Threads) 2.3GHz Intel i7-4712MQ
I guess that means it comes with the AMT backdoor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_AMT
Sometimes, free software is not enough. Sometimes, you need proprietary
software to accompany free software and make it work. Surely a system with
mostly free components and a single proprietary component is better than a
fully proprietary system.
But Mr. Stallman thinks the user should not
Yeah, your intentions are noble and all, but it's not going to happen.
What about dynamically created web pages? Responsive design? Do those not
require JavaScript? Yet they are not replaceable by installed software.
The web is built on JavaScript, and it is normally used for good and not
e
One thing you could further try with radeon unblacklisted is adding the
nomodeset grub parameter.
You need to edit (as superuser) /etc/default/grub and add nomodeset to the
parameters after GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
Then exit and save and run (as superuser) update-grub
And reboot.
Sorry! Quite by accident you happened to hit on a form of words often
used by a local minority to open bartering in my youth.
I suggest you go here
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/about
And either get their GPG key or use the contact form to speak to
Thinkpenguin direct. Chris has posted here si
Ok, I installed Trisquel 7.0 and added # in front of the blacklisted drivers.
Like you predicted, my computer restarted with a black screen and never
started up :-(
Oops! I just read the bottom of the CrowdSupply page, and it says the project
was started by a Todd Weaver, so I was mistaken when I said it's not obvious
who's behind it. It looks like he is the CEO of a Seattle-based company
called Ivi, Inc. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivi%2C_Inc.)
@jx
I wonder if this is even legit... It isn't obvious who's behind it, and it
seems too good to be true. I'd suggest being cautious.
I also noticed that section on DVD decryption in their FAQ
(http://puri.sm/faq/) seemed kind of familiar. It turns out that a couple of
paragraphs from the Enabl
Debian GNU/Hurd isn't a stable and usable for average users yet- it's
testing, I believe. That may be why it's not on the list.
I find it unlikely that there's any non-free software for Hurd, or that
Debian has a non-free repository for Hurd, but it's possible.
You should be able to run that H
The Debian distros can be used in freedom if you're careful. The FSF won't
put their name on it though since it's conditional (if you're careful) and
because they have issues with what the project behind the distro is doing
(distributing proprietary software as a side activity) and they don't
It's not on the approved distro list. Is that because it comes with
proprietary software, recommends, or facilitates?
I'm pretty sure the graphics are non-free. And why did they fork Trisquel
into Purism GNU/Linux? And why aren't they seeking FSF's RYF certification?
(Because it would not qualify, which is a good indicator of how "free" it
really is - It automatically fails the RYF criteria due to the propri
Hi!
I have Trisquel 6 and It seems that the up-to-date version of GIMP is 2.6 but
their website says they have a v2.8 available ?
Is it possible to have GIMP 2.8 on Trisquel 6.0 ?
Thanks
Yes, I understood that 50$ is the discount. I asked : if I buy two laptops,
is the discount 100$ ? [If I buy n laptops, is the discount 50n$ ?]
Hi Dave,
Adding Lightning is very simple!
1) Open IceDove
2) Open the Menu on the top right
3) Select Add-Ons
* (Alternatively you can right click on the top of the IceDove window, select
"Menu Bar" and then go to Tools -> Add-Ons)
4) Search for Lightning
5) Install and Restart IceDove
Hi,
I found the Lightning extension from the Mozilla site, and want to add it to
icedove; how can I do this? Opening the '.xpi' file with icedove starts an
empty message. The xul-ext-lightning package will not install, due to
Ubuntu's thunderbird being a dependency. Evolution calendar is
Wow, this is awesome! Thanks for sharing :)
Hello,
Please have a look at the bug report, the issue is that the drive is not auto
mounting and it can be fixed simply by installing usbmount.
http://trisquel.info/en/issues/12790#comment-59696
Best,
Lev
Since gedit no longer works with orca, I use mousepad. In the brief tests
I've done, Sound Recorder seems to work.
On 23.11.2014 22:01, st...@openmailbox.org wrote:
> The Librem 15 will use a Trisquel based operating system.
Thank you for posting this here, I didn't know about this project!
> https://www.crowdsupply.com/pueyrism/librem-laptop
>
> Sounds pretty good, but I don't know...
They say (in section
To my mind, for the system of JavaScript to be acceptable, each script
installation must be explicitly authorized by the user, unless the user has
decided to place trust in someone, and permanent so that you can keep an old
version; and it needs to be possible to install other scripts in plac
The Librem 15 will use a Trisquel based operating system.
https://www.crowdsupply.com/purism/librem-laptop
Sounds pretty good, but I don't know...
Haven't seen it mentioned here so I thought I would post something.
Do the sponsors of this not hang around here? Strange they mention Trisquel
b
Well, I'll do, but this if for ALL new users... anywhere just for guests?
Thx
From Julian's essay:
"Let's suppose even further that LibreJS succeeds so much that it causes a
large portion of the Web to release scripts under libre licenses and document
the licenses in a format LibreJS can understand.
It seems great on the surface, but what follows from this is that so
http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Autostart
ISTR the system and user based LXSession autostart:s have
Trisquel-mini instead of the Lubuntu in the example path there.
"If i understood correctly, one of his main problems with javascript is that
those 'programs' get silently 'installed and executed' from various untrusted
sources."
You're right, that does seem to be his main concern. In that case, I'd
suggest NoScript, or not running JavaScript at all.
Well, that is a different issue then. And that's being addressed by the
Mozilla team.
What I should have said is: his essay talks about the differences of nonfree
and free JavaScript, not malicious and non-malicious JavaScript.
OK, because your stuff doesn't come with the end user paperwork for WEEE I
hadn't realised we were still paying the taxes for it and the other EU /
member state levies and regulations.
> If all you care about is security, then sure, you can say JavaScript is
pretty much fine
I think there are too many JS related issues for one to be able to say so.
https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox/
> But Julian's essay is talking about nonfree or proprietary JavaScript code
First of all, that's just wrong. Julian is explicitly talking about all
javascript out there, free as well as non-free. Librejs aims to wipe out
non-free javascript, but that's not enough to his eyes.
If i understo
Yeah, Gitorious works as a place to host git repositories, but it doesn't
have most of the features that GitHub provides. It would be nice to see an
issue tracker in Gitorious, as well as a web hosting mechanism like
onpon4.github.io is using.
Bob = CTO, ThinkPenguin
That doesn't matter, because JavaScript code can still do malicious things
that you don't want it to do, like making an AJAX request to Google
Analytics.
Even if the JavaScript isn't doing something malicious, there are countless
reasons why you would want to change what the code is doing.
Mini uses LXDE which uses Openbox. Put the commands to
~/.config/openbox/autostart
Is there one, in order to place there programs that start after login? If
not, what's an alternative strategy. Thanks.
I also agree. :) Trisquel 7 is the best release yet!
I also agree with you. So far I didn't encounter any bugs and it really looks
nice. :-)
Try /etc/skel.
I've just installed Stellarium, but cannot update the Star Catalogues in the
configuration window.Catalogues 1 through 4 come preinstalled. Catalogue 5
will update, apparently, but then will not progress to Catalogue 6.
I've tried uninstalling, then reinstalling the program to no avail.
Any th
Hi all.
I would like to know how to configure default settings for my guest login in
Trisquel 7.
There are a couple of things I would like for default (i.e. mouseclick with
touchpad, which is disabled in default configuration).
Every time I log out of my guest account, all settings are lost
http://cdimage.trisquel.info/artwork/belenos/
I agree with you, Trisquel is fantastic. I made the switch from debian to
Trisquel and I'm very happy with it. =)
"It basically reads like 'look how awefull it is that thousands of programs
get installed and executed on our pcs from random sources without our
permission"
As somebody who hasn't quite got the expertise in programming would you
please enlighten at least myself as to why it isn't (assuming
https://gitorious.org
Well, don't say sorry yet because even after they said that I think they're
still so far, a bit more open than Chris' computers!
And I wouldn't mind Chris' computers so I think they're still fine.
Oh, OK. Maybe, just maybe, it'd be a little bit better if you wrote what the
price is without tax and mark it as being what the price it without tax:)
Bob?
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