[Trisquel-users] free libre media player

2015-02-14 Thread thedude
Hello gang So I'm looking to do the next step from leaving proprietary software, I currently have a minix x5 media player box that I use to stream netflix (please dont cast me away yet!)and xbmc. I looking online for a solution but the results are not promising. Now I know someone is going

Re: [Trisquel-users] occupygpl.org wants to make copyleft licenses go away

2015-02-14 Thread mail
If you were late, Archive.org has a copy of the old page. https://web.archive.org/web/20150210203941/http://www.occupygpl.org/

Re: [Trisquel-users] occupygpl.org wants to make copyleft licenses go away

2015-02-14 Thread jabjabs
Yeah I was too late, it has been doing that for a day now.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Happy Valentines Day everyone!

2015-02-14 Thread noordinaryspider
Welcome back, Ali! You have been missed. The community is still going strong, and one of the reasons why I stick around.

Re: [Trisquel-users] occupygpl.org wants to make copyleft licenses go away

2015-02-14 Thread adel . afzal
I disagree

Re: [Trisquel-users] Youtube Ditches Flash, and it Hardly Matters: Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss

2015-02-14 Thread adel . afzal
Fewer people use the Troll Hole. Why post the topic where no one will notice? Why even make a topic then? I'm glad that it's here in the English forum.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Youtube Ditches Flash, and it Hardly Matters: Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss

2015-02-14 Thread tomlukeywood
i think its fine to have posts related to libre software on trisquel forms as much of the purpose of trisquel is to make a fully free gnu/linux distro so this is relevant

Re: [Trisquel-users] Happy Valentines Day everyone!

2015-02-14 Thread davidvargas1
Sorry, but this article should had been post-it in the TROLL HOLE and not in the main forum of Trisquel.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Youtube Ditches Flash, and it Hardly Matters: Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss

2015-02-14 Thread davidvargas1
Sorry, but this article should had been post-it in the TROLL HOLE and not in the main forum of Trisquel.

Re: [Trisquel-users] red matrix

2015-02-14 Thread davidvargas1
Sorry, but this article should had been post-it in the TROLL HOLE and not in the main forum of Trisquel.

Re: [Trisquel-users] occupygpl.org wants to make copyleft licenses go away

2015-02-14 Thread davidvargas1
Sorry, but this article should had been post-it in the TROLL HOLE and not in the main forum of Trisquel.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Eric S. Raymond Calls LLVM The "Superior Compiler" To GCC and defending GCC is futile

2015-02-14 Thread davidvargas1
SuperTramp83 Boo supertramp, boo, is not about Trisquel!! Booo!!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Eric S. Raymond Calls LLVM The "Superior Compiler" To GCC and defending GCC is futile

2015-02-14 Thread franparpe
"do you know of any tutorials for gnu assembler aimed at people who are new to assembly?" My apologies, I don't know any. I could share links but all of them are easily found using duckduckgo search engine and non of them were read by me. Good luck. Ah, and sorry for that "it's" because it

Re: [Trisquel-users] Eric S. Raymond Calls LLVM The "Superior Compiler" To GCC and defending GCC is futile

2015-02-14 Thread J.B. Nicholson-Owens
jabj...@fastmail.com.au wrote: Exactly, it is about the morals not the functionality. GCC could be a load of crap (it isn't) but it is free and that is the most important factor. That's a very good point to raise to any Open Source advocate such as Eric Raymond because they're so eager to down

Re: [Trisquel-users] Happy Valentines Day everyone!

2015-02-14 Thread mail
It's a nice fantasy, but it very likely won't happen. Too much non-free firmware and drivers to muck about with in the mobile world, and Rubén's got enough on his plate. There's Replicant, anyways.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Happy Valentines Day everyone!

2015-02-14 Thread blade . vp2020
I returned after a long time Do you remember me? and Happy Valentines Day everyone I miss this beautiful community

Re: [Trisquel-users] Happy Valentines Day everyone!

2015-02-14 Thread tomlukeywood
the ubuntu phone advertising makes it look so much like a iphone! a trisquel libre smart-phone os would be a great thing for the libre software community if it could happen but the chances are there would be a lot of non-free drivers to replace so it might be a while before it was usable with w

Re: [Trisquel-users] Happy Valentines Day everyone!

2015-02-14 Thread MACANAS VALVERDE, PEDRO ANTONIO
In this special day, suggest a Trisquel based on Ubuntu Touch (for smartphones). http://www.ubuntu.com/phone http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/mobile-phone/3503217/ubuntu-phone-release-date-price-specs-flash-sales/ With love. Peter. De: trisquel-users-bou

Re: [Trisquel-users] Happy Valentines Day everyone!

2015-02-14 Thread mail
You mean happy "I love Free Software" day! http://fsfe.org/campaigns/ilovefs/ilovefs.en.html I'll use this oppurtunity to say that we all love you, Rubén!

Re: [Trisquel-users] apt-get update question

2015-02-14 Thread tomlukeywood
just to point out the fact that chrome is non-free software

Re: [Trisquel-users] occupygpl.org wants to make copyleft licenses go away

2015-02-14 Thread mail
Seriously? I must've read a bad article or something. Sorry about that!

[Trisquel-users] Re : occupygpl.org wants to make copyleft licenses go away

2015-02-14 Thread calinou
C# and Python are probably very different languages (one is medium-level, one is high-level).

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to enable bluetooth?

2015-02-14 Thread tomlukeywood
i think your right

Re: [Trisquel-users] can you get i2p on raspberry pi and use computer to access?

2015-02-14 Thread Casey Parker
To be a little clearer, the darknet would be anything on the internet that can't be accessed by normal browsers using normal methods. It's still the internet. On Sat Feb 14 2015 at 10:39:48 AM wrote: > I2P is a darknet. Thus, any website hosted within the I2P network (they > call > them eepsites

Re: [Trisquel-users] Eric S. Raymond Calls LLVM The "Superior Compiler" To GCC and defending GCC is futile

2015-02-14 Thread maestro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jimPXzGaY6w substitute "wendy" with "jodiendo" :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] apt-get update question

2015-02-14 Thread legimet . calc
I believe that when you install the Chrome deb package, it automatically adds google-chrome.list.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to enable bluetooth?

2015-02-14 Thread maestro
If blue-tooth worked (even for 5 seconds) and he is not double booting with windblowz and did not install any proprietary driver - then his bt can work using free software. The problem is - how to get it to work!

Re: [Trisquel-users] can you get i2p on raspberry pi and use computer to access?

2015-02-14 Thread gromobir
I2P is a darknet. Thus, any website hosted within the I2P network (they call them eepsites) can NOT be accessed from the internet. Tor and I2P are quite different and have different approaches to reach different goals. I highly recommend to read the official documentation of I2P first as it e

Re: [Trisquel-users] Eric S. Raymond Calls LLVM The "Superior Compiler" To GCC and defending GCC is futile

2015-02-14 Thread tomlukeywood
why?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Eric S. Raymond Calls LLVM The "Superior Compiler" To GCC and defending GCC is futile

2015-02-14 Thread tomlukeywood
"is by reading it's documentation and understand it." do you know of any tutorials for gnu assembler aimed at people who are new to assembly? they all seem to be for nasm

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to enable bluetooth?

2015-02-14 Thread tomlukeywood
i found 2 pages on the ubuntu forums with pepole that seemed to have the same have the same device that was not working: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2254759 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2231813 but the only solution seems to be installing non-free software if this is the

Re: [Trisquel-users] apt-get update question

2015-02-14 Thread tomlukeywood
do you know how you got the google-chrome.list file in the first place?

[Trisquel-users] Happy Valentines Day everyone!

2015-02-14 Thread gary02121993

Re: [Trisquel-users] Eric S. Raymond Calls LLVM The "Superior Compiler" To GCC and defending GCC is futile

2015-02-14 Thread davidvargas1
Sorry, but this article should had been post-it in the TROLL HOLE and not in the main forum of Trisquel.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Eric S. Raymond Calls LLVM The "Superior Compiler" To GCC and defending GCC is futile

2015-02-14 Thread franparpe
completely agree. gcc is an excellent compiler and capable of a lot of things, but to know that, you have to dig in. It's like emacs: the only way to fully exploit their capabilities is by reading it's documentation and understand it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to enable bluetooth?

2015-02-14 Thread gary02121993
http://codepad.org/Po6oUyG6

Re: [Trisquel-users] apt-get update question

2015-02-14 Thread fabio . pitari
No, it should be enough! :-)

[Trisquel-users] Re : Tweaks to optimize user friendliness

2015-02-14 Thread lcerf
To remove packages that were installed as dependencies of software that has been uninstalled since then: $ sudo apt-get autoremove As for Leafpad vs AbiWord, the former is a text editor, whereas the latter is a WYSIWYG word processor. Those two applications fulfill different use cases: you

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to enable bluetooth?

2015-02-14 Thread tomlukeywood
what is the name off your blue-tooth card? so i can check if it dose work with libre software

Re: [Trisquel-users] apt-get update question

2015-02-14 Thread janosch . adams
AH thanks! I thought it was an file but it was an directory. In this directory there was google-chrome.list so I remote the line and now is google away. Thanks for the advice. Should I also check something?

Re: [Trisquel-users] apt-get update question

2015-02-14 Thread tomlukeywood
if you format your disk or install trisquel again google will be away but i dont think you have to do that please post the output to this commandls /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to enable bluetooth?

2015-02-14 Thread gary02121993
I only have the internal. In my case, bluetooth and wireless functionality are in a card.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to enable bluetooth?

2015-02-14 Thread gary02121993
Sorry for being vague or not accurate guys.

Re: [Trisquel-users] apt-get update question

2015-02-14 Thread janosch . adams
So only a complete new installation of Trisquel would be the best? If I formate the disk, then should be google away, so I can install Trisquel new or?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Tweaks to optimize user friendliness

2015-02-14 Thread cromozon
Hi Tom, Thanks for the reply, it is nice to know that it will be removed beforehand :), I guess I am a bit untrusting regarding package management. The idea with a virtual machine is good so I will try that when I have some time.

Re: [Trisquel-users] apt-get update question

2015-02-14 Thread janosch . adams
The /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ is empty. Are there other files to check? Or would it be the best to install a new fresh Trisuel version?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Tweaks to optimize user friendliness

2015-02-14 Thread tomlukeywood
when i run apt-get autoremove this is the output: root@trisquel7-gnu-linux:/home/tom# apt-get autoremove gnumeric Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED gnome-desktop-data gnumeric gnumeric-common gnumeric-

Re: [Trisquel-users] Tweaks to optimize user friendliness

2015-02-14 Thread cromozon
it looks good. The only thing I am not to happy about is that it relies on 'gnome-desktop-data'... So if I install it, and don't like it, how do I clean out the packages that I don't require anymore?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Tweaks to optimize user friendliness

2015-02-14 Thread tomlukeywood
Libre office calc is good but for a slower pc gnumeric looks good:

Re: [Trisquel-users] apt-get update question

2015-02-14 Thread tomlukeywood
if i ran apt-get update and saw that i would faint then wake up then move my computer far away and drop a bomb on it NOTICE: if your a mass surveillance system please note the sarcasm!!!

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to enable bluetooth?

2015-02-14 Thread gary02121993
I don't use any external bluetooth device if that's what you're asking.

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to enable bluetooth?

2015-02-14 Thread tomlukeywood
is this a usb bluetooth device or internel?

Re: [Trisquel-users] apt-get update question

2015-02-14 Thread fabio . pitari
It seems to be ok actually... I think you probably have additional repositories from the list files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ . Could you please check if you have some .list files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ and if in some of them you have something that sounds like deb http://dl.google.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Eric S. Raymond Calls LLVM The "Superior Compiler" To GCC and defending GCC is futile

2015-02-14 Thread tomlukeywood
and it just so happens to be a awesome compile as well!

Re: [Trisquel-users] apt-get update question

2015-02-14 Thread janosch . adams
The file /etc/apt/sources.list has this lines: #deb cdrom:[Trisquel 7.0 _belenos_ - Release amd64 (20141102)]/ belenos main # Trisquel repositories for supported software and updates deb http://fr.archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/ belenos main deb-src http://fr.archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/ bele

Re: [Trisquel-users] time settings and window snapping

2015-02-14 Thread davesamcdxv
If you want snapping/tiling/whatever-it-should-be-called, installing MATE, setting it up like Trisquel up to 5.5, and then having Compton start at startup would work. Then go to dconf editor and there's a setting to enable Marco's window snapping (don't remember exactly where).

Re: [Trisquel-users] apt-get update question

2015-02-14 Thread fabio . pitari
It seems you added the google repositories for Chrome... Could you copy and paste here the content of the file /etc/apt/sources.list ? You will probably have some lines you need to remove...

[Trisquel-users] apt-get update question

2015-02-14 Thread janosch . adams
Hello, I run the command "sudo apt-get update" and I get this results: Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease Hit http://fr.archive.trisquel.info belenos InRelease Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg Hit http://fr.archive.trisquel.info belenos-security InRelease Hit http://dl.google.c

Re: [Trisquel-users] Tweaks to optimize user friendliness

2015-02-14 Thread cromozon
LoL That IS my mouse!