Armworm:
What about dynamically created web pages?
Server side? User scripts?
Responsive design?
CSS3?
Do those not require JavaScript? Yet they are not replaceable by
installed software.
They are replaceable by user scripts (such as Greasemonkey-compatible
scripts).
The web is built
exaile is now in the repos
Also, go into gnome terminal and disable the scroll bar and menu bar.
in gedit, go to settings and turn on line numbers, and disable the setting
that creates a backup of a file before saving it. (so you don't get those
annoying ~ files lying around on your drive)
There were a few things that annoyed me, so I did the follow (see below).
Hope it helps you too.
#!/bin/bash
echo DO NOT RUN THIS. Look at it in an edit instead and follow the
instructions inside
echo This is for when re-installing Trisquel 7
exit 1
# install trisquel
sudo apt-get -y
My system runs really smooth after doing all of this.
This is not censorship. I choose not to tell everyone I meet about Microsoft
Windows, but this doesn't mean I'm censoring Microsoft. It just means that
I'm not gonig to advertise something I don't agree with.
Similarly, I don't approve of distros that include non-free software, so I
don't
F3 dual pane selection in nautilus (view 2 directories) no longer works in
T7, which is a bit annoying. Does anyone know how to get it back?
. I have been browsing the web for years with
JavaScript disabled. A small number websites don't provide fallback
options which can be an issue.
Sorry, but that's just ridiculous. You can't even order a pizza without
javascript.
Same goes for flight tickets, train tickets... I could go on
When I said web browsing I meant reading and browsing through web
pages/documents, not logging into websites.
Who needs to order a pizza online anyway? Just make a phone call.
Andrew
Same goes for flight tickets, train tickets... I could go on
forever. It's best to mention the websites that do work without
javascript... Mostly simple homepage-style information sites with
text and pictures only like stallman.org I think denying the problem
won't get us anywhere.
But I do
Alright, soin comparison to Chris' computers, then?
http://www.webupd8.org/2013/06/install-gimp-286-in-ubuntu-ppa.html
Open the Application Manager/store/whatever it's called, then look for iceowl
(the equivalent of Lightning - it's a long story).
At least that works in Trisquel 6.
Trisquel Mini exists for a reason (though that's LXDE which isn not quite
GNOME so I nonetheless understand your point)..
Anyway, This might help with the nautilus thing (no guarentees, though):
http://www.webupd8.org/2014/04/install-nemo-220-with-unity-patches-in.html
No idea if the directory you mentioned didn't work :(
Purism claims the laptop's NVIDIA card fully works with the nouveau driver
And it's still got those freedom problems, like the Video BIOS. This wasn't
an issue for those ThinkPads that got the RYF certification because they
didn't use NVIDIA graphics. So the graphics are still non-free
You can install Trisquel 7 too. It has GIMP 2.8 by default.
No vPro or TXT on the chosen processor:
http://ark.intel.com/products/78933/Intel-Core-i7-4712MQ-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_30-GHz?q=i7-4712MQ
Debian GNU/Hurd uses the same repositories; it just uses different binaries
from those repositories. Incidentally, I'm sure most proprietary software is
only available to Debian as GNU/Linux binaries, but there are a minority of
programs that have their source available under a proprietary
seems too good to be true.
I had that feeling myself.
Don't know what to make of it. Sounds good, feels bad for some reason.
Well that's good then. However I notice it has anti-theft whatever that
means.
Icedove - (almost) same thing.
Hi there all,
I want to install Thunderbird to make it easy to follow the instructions at
https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en/. When I try to select Thunderbird in
the add / remove applications dialog, it permanently shows a wait icon when
I try to click Thunderbird. Any ideas, please?
Install IceDove instead.
In IceDove, Lightning is still called Lightning for me on Trisquel 7.
Best,
Lev
What about the package name?
I had the same issue yesterday, and even when I did apt-get install
thunderbird from the command line IceDove was installed. This is fine with
me, and enigmail works great with IceDove.
Best,
Lev
But Mr. Stallman thinks the user should not be told about the option to use
the system with only a few non-free components
That's not quite the case - he still recognises its existence (and publicly
as far as I know) - he just thinks that they're wrong.
That different, say, from the
What marketing strategy?
In which case I reckon it's something upstream. I've been using Trisquel 7
for months - it's working nicely (except thatI've got this awful habit of
wiping out a partition every few weeks and replacing it with another
installation with another desktop shell. I hope it will end soon).
You may be surprised about my good memory, but we had a discussion about
whether or not people should quit their job or university career if they have
to use proprietary software for it at one time or another, and if i remember
correctly you had the hardest stance on the topic, saying that
rm foo
asks for confirmation
rm -rf foo
doesn't
that was behaviour in trisquel 6. 7 lets you use rm without confirm
add this to the end of your .bashrc:
alias='rm -i'
do it now. or you might regret it later ;)
(rm -rf still won't ask for confirmation, which is fine)
since -f (in -rf)
Yeah, I remember that. I know I used to be one of these radicals. But it all
changed weeks ago when Belenos caused my laptop to look like it was on an LSD
trip, and then I lost my laptop and switched to a newer one. I tried out
Ubuntu and realized just how free it was. The Amazon thing? I
Every single proprietary component is a security and privacy risk. That
doesn't mean it is actually spying on you. Actually, it almost never means it
is spying on you. There are hundreds of thousands of proprietary programs out
there. Admittedly we can't easily know that a given program is
No he doesn't. He does not endorse Debian just because the repository is
hosted on many of the project's main servers, and people can readily learn
about these nonfree packages by browsing Debian's online package database.
He doesn't even want you to tell the user indirectly, that's like
Okay, thanks. I will send him an email.
Do you really proprose not allowing the user to load proprietary software?
Because that's no better than Apple's App Store.
No one here proposes forbidding the user from installing and running
proprietary software. But Debian recommends and assists with the installation
of proprietary software, whether it's the GNU/Linux variant or the GNU/Hurd
variant.
That he talks about the reason not to add it to the approved distros list
means that he recognises its existence, and talks about it as well which lets
the user know that such an option exists (also I don't think he's advising
users against Debian, he just doesn't want to guide the least
I still like free software and I think it would be the way to go for our
society, but I see the facts and don't think that it makes sense to make huge
efforts in order to avoid every tiny bit of proprietary software, because in
the end you won't have privacy anyway.
And having control over
Hello,
Just a note, if you are trying to remove files that you do not own, you will
still not be able to. However, I agree that it is very important to be very
careful with rm -rf.
Best,
Lev
Hello,
Sorry I think we are talking about two different things. I am referring two
installing Lightning from within IceDove using the Add-ons panel, in this
instance it is still called Lightning. Sorry for the confusion.
Best,
Lev
Anyway, about Debian, I think their relationship with the FSF is something a
wee bit like:
FSF: You're starting to use proprietary software, we'll drop our support
Deb(no, not Ian's girlfriend): Alright, we'll be cool with that. Don't worry.
FSF: Alright then. Good luck!
A bit later
FSF:
Oh...:)
Anyway, I think it's best to install the package rather than installing it
from within the app.
Thanks a_slacker_here, I most probably will uninstall Compton. I'm most
interested on finding a way to create a gnome-session that uses compiz
instead of having to started from the start up applications with compiz
--replace
The truth is: who cares about this list anyway? Most users don't know about
it, they don't even know about the fsf.
And what really matters is the software running on my computer.
I do care. And anybody that respects their own freedom will do too.
Turns out not to be as simple as finding Lightning in the addons manager, and
adding it, or I wouldn't have posted this query. Thanks!
Thanks! No iceowl in Trisquel 7. Tried Synaptic, apt-get and the Add/Remove
Software utility. Thanks for sparing us a retelling of the long story; LOL!
Well, how'bout that; it's in the addons manager search thing today; was not
there when last I looked. Sorry for being a bit short-tempered with Lev.
We're good.
Cheers,
Dave
I did what you recommended but ibus-daemon was still showing up. Maybe this
was happening because LightDM was starting it, and maybe clicking in Apply
System-Wide on the Language Support could have solved the problem, but at
the end I just uninstall ibus by running:
sudo apt-get purge
This means that you cannot use the backdoor, not that the PCH works
without the multimegabyte blob that can be also used for AMT.
(Chromebooks have no AMT, while the Intel ones have at least a 1.5 MiB
management engine blob.)
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We offer two graphics cards, Intel Video, and nVidia 3D Controller. The Intel
is freed, the nVidia 3D Controller, is optional, but uses the nouveou driver
in the kernel, BUT the nVidia BIOS binary.
We are seeking RYF, and have been working with the FSF and RMS to gain that.
The last issue
It does come with the Intel FSP binary, and the optional nVidia GPU binary
(optional because you could use the Intel video).
We avoid any chips that are vPro, so no we do not use AMT.
Well, it's smart to be cautious, since building trust is usually a game of
time. But to answer your concern, I, Todd Weaver, am behind it, you can see
from my past I enjoy fighting the status quo, and am excited to put that
effort into freeing hardware. We may get some FSF support prior to
Well, not Debian (for the good and for the bad, I think it's mostly good,
though).
Well, not most people (as you've said, or implied). They've got to get
steered a bit to free software first, and bundling it with proprietary
software isn't how one does it in my opinion. I think a
OK cool, thanks guys.
Thetop squares of the
http://puri.sm/posts/purism-software-freedom-deconstructed/ picture are a bit
white, why is that?
And regarding the Nvidia card: Do you mean that the firmware runs on and is
stored in the card itself?
I would like to add that installing Trisquel by default on a laptop is a HUGE
win for the movement, since most people use what they're given as default.
Since Trisquel promotes additional freedom supporting software by its
defaults, we have a wonderful combination!
On 24.11.2014 18:46, t...@puri.sm wrote:
We offer two graphics cards, Intel Video, and nVidia 3D Controller. The
Intel is freed, the nVidia 3D Controller, is optional, but uses the
nouveou driver in the kernel, BUT the nVidia BIOS binary.
We are seeking RYF, and have been working with the
Honestly, why can't they list debian as 'partially approved', explaining with
a little '*' that they don't endorse the use of the non-free repos and the
'evil doings' of the debian project?
I still think this would be ridiculous but at least one big popular distro
would be on that list.
But
I think having such an alias is not a good idea. Sooner or later you'll be
sitting at a box which doesn't hold your hand. Besides, we all have fresh
backups, right, right?!
Thank you! The problem was that I could not install 7 so i thought i would
stay on 6.0
But i found a way to make 7 work on my computer so now I can have GIMP 2.8!
Thank you
Actually, I reinstalled Trisquel 7, commented the blacklisting of the radeon
(in /etc/modprobe.d/disable-radeon.conf) and added an extra step to that :
sudo update-initramfs -u
and it worked !!! I got this tip from this post :
http://trisquel.info/en/forum/resolution-problem
Thanks for your
Ah! I forgot all about that bit...
Glad to hear it's working.
There is a problem with JavaScript requirements, but it's important to keep
in mind that most of them are gratuitous and can be fixed. Take ordering a
pizza, for example, which is really just sending some information to someone.
It's perfectly possible to send information to a server without
I don't think that there is a wealth of immoral software developers out there
to harm the users- to most of them, it simply comes natural, and they don't
even consider malicious features malicious.
And how can you have an infinite wealth of examples of proprietary software
that does what the
ldrumb...@openmailbox.org wrote:
[...] that's like saying it's wrong to have the copy of the
proprietary typeface I once bought on my hard drive, not installed.
You lack the freedoms of Free Software in that typeface, regardless of
whether that typeface is installed or not. The proprietors
It's valuable to Free software for sure. But I wouldnt call it a huge win
because Think Penguin, Los Alamos and a few other vendors were offering
Trisquel preinstalled services for a while.
I think it will be difficult to ask for financial support or full support
from the fsf/free software crowd just because the product's state right now
(along with the campaign for funding) is pushing free software in the future.
If you had already accomplished a free software machine in the
I don't see which of these post-install changes make the system lighter;
assuming you mean more performant in some way? I agree with your choice of
icedove instead of evolution as a default for email, though perhaps not for
the reasons you might cite. Pidgin already does irc, among others;
Hi! I upgraded my system to Trisquel 7. I encountered a problem when I log in
my system. I get an error massage that indicator app suddenly log out. What
is this problem?
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Hello!
Could you post a screen shot of this error?
Best,
Lev Lazinskiy
https://levlaz.org
On 11/24/2014 03:24 PM, papp1fer...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi! I upgraded my system to Trisquel 7. I encountered a problem
when I log in my system. I get an error
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Hello,
One argument against pidgin is that is constantly has security issues.
There were 35 CVE's issued against Pidgin in the last three years, and
five of those were from the last three months alone.
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Hello,
I see your point, but this is a mathematical issue. How can you be
partially 100% free? :)
Best,
Lev Lazinskiy
https://levlaz.org
On 11/24/2014 01:07 PM, shiret...@web.de wrote:
Honestly, why can't they list debian as 'partially approved',
Rescatux nailed the problem. 7 is now booting just fine.
There is my screen shot after the error massage.
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Hello,
I would disagree with you completely. Sometimes, free software is not
enough. Free software is always enough.
In addition, Stallman does not spend his time talking about how to get
proprietary software and free software working together
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Hi Dave,
I am glad you got this working! I made the suggestion because I just
installed Lightning yesterday morning as well so I was sure it was
there. :)
Best,
Lev Lazinskiy
https://levlaz.org
On 11/24/2014 12:33 PM, dh...@freedommail.co wrote:
Hello!
Thanks for posting the screen shot. It looks like the error is not present
though, unless I am missing something?
Best,
Lev
I noticed that many of the recommended packages depend on Universe packages.
Presumably, the distinction between Universe and Main is an artifact of
Ubuntu or not as clear as should be simply because the work to do that hasn't
been put in yet (which is fine, there's only so much a limited
Actually, I was glad to see that packages were separated between main and
universe in Trisquel 7, as this is not the case in Trisquel 6, and I believe
it is an important and significant distinction. My understanding is that
Canonical only supports main packages for 5 years, ans lets the
Hey!
Don't feel bad mate :)
Me too feel that having the money to invest in a newer pc would be great, but
I am happy that I actually have a laptop to use that isn't broken. Life is
already expensive A LOT in many ways, computers are the last of our worries
most of the time.
HAVING said
Do you find this right click cumbersome?
It's working, here, too; I was on a different network on previous attempt to
find lightning; all I got for addons page for icedove was the FSF software
directory entry for it.
I really don't think that this is a win for the free software community.
Nothing new or special has been done here. All Purism is doing is buying
laptop shells that everyone else on the planet could use, forking an already
wonderful free software distro and making claims that they are
From what he claims to have right now there appears to be no difference
(well, maybe some, but it's in the opposite direction, he's using a design
that needs non-free graphics drivers to work properly). He is basically
saying he wants to free a laptop, but is not really capable of doing so,
I think there are a lot of people in the free software community with
objections with the claims being made. My hands aren't tied like some so I'll
point out some of the other issues.
1. There have been numerous efforts to free laptops in the past with some
successes. It's not for a lack
If I understand what your asking/saying the laptops/desktops do ship from the
United States so they will be taxed on delivery. There is no markup on them.
In fact there are costs right now we're not taking into consideration. The
cables, keyboards, etc can add $80-90 USD to the cost. It's
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Hey Chris,
I enjoyed reading your perspective on this issue. I agree that project
like this is certainly a necessary one. However this specific project
may not be it.
Best,
Lev Lazinskiy
https://levlaz.org
On 11/24/2014 08:18 PM,
I'm am sitting here listening to the goodness of Miles Davis via Rhythmbox in
Flac on my Trisquel home pc. As always Mr. Davis sounds amazing on my
speakers but for some odd reason Rhythmbox jumps to the next song
prematurely. It doesn't matter how long or short the song is, Rhythmbox cuts
I'm guessing it's a bug. Maybe you should try another music player. Try
Clementine:
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends clementine
Hey! I'm kinda new to GNU/Linux, I tried around 20 distros, to see which will
fit best for me. But Trisquel is the only one where I have a resolution
problem... The max I can get was something like 1024x768. My display is
1280x800 and my GPU is ATI Mobility Radeon X2300.
Could it be
Sadly ATI GPUs are the ones that actually require binary blobs - not in the
form of drivers, but firmware (it's along story and I hope someone here with
a better understanding of it can explain).
Anything that's present in Trisquel's software centre is fully free, and if
you find anything
Simply, run the command chmod -R g-rwx,o-rwx /root as root. Of course, I few
minutes later I booted back up in with a recovery USB stick and set the
permissions back to normal but now I'm curious why would this brick my
system?
That's not what bricking is, I think.
Removing the BIOS/UEFI encountered at startup, on the other hand
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