Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread jabjabs
How underpowered? I'm using a 1.2Ghz Core Duo :D

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread davesamcdxv
Anybody still around using Pentium 4s?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread maestro
very nice christianity!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread gramex
Because this sounds like a troll post, I will respond with a troll reply. Open GIMP, click on the menu option File--Create--Screenshot. Check the radio button with the caption Take a screenshot of the entire screen, then press the Snap button. Use the menu option Image--Scale Image... Make

Re: [Trisquel-users] Which Kernel

2015-03-12 Thread maestro
https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/install-trisquel-server in case you have doubts or need help. The guide says generic as those nice people already pointed out.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread gramex
My laptop is a Pentium M, which is a mobile version of a Pentium 4. I also have a disused desktop computer with a P4 inside it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Swap not turning on by default?

2015-03-12 Thread maestro
funny - this happened to me on both laptops (I recently repaired one lappy a friend wanted to ditch and installed Trisquel on it just yesterday!) when installing Trisq encrypting the home folder. This is how I fixed it. I opened up gparted and formated the swap partition and then I took

Re: [Trisquel-users] Swap not turning on by default?

2015-03-12 Thread maestro
ohh. you too? so it is a bug? nice you have fixed it!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread gramex
My laptop is a Dell Inspiron 8600 with 1 GB of RAM, a 1.5 GHz CPU, and a 40 GB HDD.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread davidvargas1
How do I copy and paste my desktop from Trisquel from my trisquel machine to the forum?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Swap not turning on by default?

2015-03-12 Thread onpon4
Huh. So apparently, encrypting the /home partition causes the configuration to be screwed up somehow. I also noticed that there was a commented-out line that would have enabled swap... how odd. Anyway, I've got it fixed. Thanks, guys!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread shiretoko
oh wow, thanks for sharing! I will try it out!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Tax Calculator

2015-03-12 Thread davidvargas1
Avoid logging and registration mandates at all cost! There is hundreds of Free on-line calculators at your disposal on the web. There is thousand of free tutorials on-line, design to teach or refresh your math skills. If you need other calculator programs for your PC, Trisquel has a very

Re: [Trisquel-users] Adding Douane Firewall to the Trisquel repositories?

2015-03-12 Thread a1716479
Is this not possible? It's ok if it isn't. It just seems like a nice idea, but maybe someone could tell me yes, or no. Either answer is fine. If there is another program that can do this I'll install it. I just need to block all traffic, and whitelist individual processes as needed. Is

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread davesamcdxv
Pentium M? Having got one plugged to my TV, I guess that is underpowered - It won't decently run Popcorntime (with compositing enabled in Xfce, admittedly)! I'm looking to replace it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Popcorn Time not working

2015-03-12 Thread davesamcdxv
As far as I know, yes, they are.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread nicolasrpmaia
I thought setting up Unity would be less difficult though, but I'm happy with it now!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread mail
Might I add that the SpiderOak software is proprietary with some GPLv3 tools, as Wikipedia puts it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread tomlukeywood
i make video in-case this is not a troll post i messed up at the end of the video but it shows you how to do it so i could not be bothered to make another heres the video: http://92.19.232.58:82/files/how_to_upload_screenshot_trisquel.ogv

Re: [Trisquel-users] Tax Calculator

2015-03-12 Thread tomlukeywood
you should not be advertising but how exactly were we meant to go on it if you didn’t say what website it was... i see a flaw in your plan and please don’t advertise on forums(unless its a forum about advertising..?)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread tomlukeywood
dose it have the spyware? or has this been removed from the ubuntu version?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Cannot get widescreen resolution and use multiple monitors in Trisquel 7, like I could in Trisquel 6

2015-03-12 Thread simon . lydell
Just in case it is useful to someone else: A few days ago I felt motivated to try out Trisquel 7 again. This time I tried to do what was suggested in http://trisquel.info/en/forum/trisquel-70-flash-disk-and-amd-raedonlimited-resolution: Commenting the line in

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread nicolasrpmaia
I installed Unity Tweak Tool to disable all online contents from the Dash.

Re: [Trisquel-users] dosemu package

2015-03-12 Thread firefoxbugreporter
Since that package is inside of Debian contrib repository, I can't help you with installing it. If you are looking for a DOS emulator, I suggest you try DOSBox. It can be found in the Trisquel repo.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Compiling xserver-xorg-video-vesa from source

2015-03-12 Thread simon . lydell
I found git://git.debian.org/git/pkg-xorg/driver/xserver-xorg-video-vesa. I guess that's a proper repo, since it comes from debian. I also pretty quickly found a commit that remove mibstore.h

Re: [Trisquel-users] Compiling xserver-xorg-video-vesa from source

2015-03-12 Thread firefoxbugreporter
Here is how you would build the version that comes with the current Trisquel release: cd /tmp/ apt-get source xserver-xorg-video-vesa cd xserver-xorg-video-vesa-* sudo apt-get build-dep xserver-xorg-video-vesa dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us This will build the Debian package. It might not be that

Re: [Trisquel-users] Compiling xserver-xorg-video-vesa from source

2015-03-12 Thread firefoxbugreporter
I did this: cd /tmp wget http://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/pool/main/x/xserver-xorg-video-vesa/xserver-xorg-video-vesa_2.3.0-7build2.dsc http://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/pool/main/x/xserver-xorg-video-vesa/xserver-xorg-video-vesa_2.3.0.orig.tar.gz

Re: [Trisquel-users] Compiling xserver-xorg-video-vesa from source

2015-03-12 Thread simon . lydell
... or just a couple of minutes later. I just downloaded the source code for the Trisquel 7 version as well. There, I managed to run both ./configure and make without errors. src/vesa.c does not try to include mibstore.h. It'd be useful if I could find a git repository so that I could more

Re: [Trisquel-users] Compiling xserver-xorg-video-vesa from source

2015-03-12 Thread simon . lydell
Wow, thank you! That's super useful!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread mail
Well, I have an ownCloud instance running. You can use it, if you want. :)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Compiling xserver-xorg-video-vesa from source

2015-03-12 Thread simon . lydell
Thank you! I just found the xorg-server-dev package by using Synaptic. After installing it, ./configure could be run without error messages!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread nicolasrpmaia
Yeah, I'm aware. The problem is, none of the alternatives listed at PRISM Break work for me. Ideally, I'd choose ownCloud, but I don't have a desktop to act as a server. Also, I can't afford Kolab Now's paid service and git-annex is unworkable for a commandline-avoider like me. It's not

Re: [Trisquel-users] Compiling xserver-xorg-video-vesa from source

2015-03-12 Thread simon . lydell
I am currently trying to run 'make'. That prints an aweful lot of warnings, and then errors out. First, 'mibstore.h' could not be found. I don't know where this file is supposed to be coming from. I tried commenting it out to be able to move on. Then I get the following errors:

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread arielgnu
davidnotcoulthard I'm using compiz 0.9 with emerald on Belenos and it works great. Here is a tutorial I made for it: http://trisquel.info/es/forum/bring-compizs-animations-add-back-aka-compiz-plugins-extra-solved You can used the good old animations add-ons like the fire when closing

[Trisquel-users] dosemu package

2015-03-12 Thread mattias
i cant fins any dosemu package? can i install it from debians package repo?

[Trisquel-users] Compiling xserver-xorg-video-vesa from source

2015-03-12 Thread simon . lydell
I'd like to compile xserver-xorg-video-vesa from source. Why? The long version: http://trisquel.info/en/forum/cannot-get-widescreen-resolution-and-use-multiple-monitors-trisquel-7-i-could-trisquel-6 The short version: I suspect that the version used in Trisquel 6 works better with my

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread maestro
ssd - that is one hell of a guide! :P

Re: [Trisquel-users] Cannot get widescreen resolution and use multiple monitors in Trisquel 7, like I could in Trisquel 6

2015-03-12 Thread maestro
I recently installed Trisquel 7 on an acer lappy with a radeon 4570. I know there can't be video acceleration and I don't care about it. But the resolution limited to 1024*768 is really annoying!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Compiling xserver-xorg-video-vesa from source

2015-03-12 Thread tomlukeywood
try searching those package names in synaptic packages manager the packages might just be under a slightly different name

Re: [Trisquel-users] wc and modprobe

2015-03-12 Thread grandizo
I did SMART tests/checks without errors using gnome-disks utility. The result of the Overall Assessment was Disk is OK. Root partition uses ext4 filesystem.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Swap not turning on by default?

2015-03-12 Thread anthonypineiro
This has been a known bug for some time now. Can read more about the bug here https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/953875

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread gramex
Thanks. I'm wanting to build a desktop computer. It was out of stock at Newegg, but I found it on Ebay. I'm having second thoughts about it though. I don't want have a computer that requires me to wear a HAZMAT suit while using it. :P

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread portocultural
stumpwm

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread b-lenos
My new desktop, now a little bit customized =)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Popcorn Time not working

2015-03-12 Thread b-lenos
I send you a private message..

Re: [Trisquel-users] Cannot get widescreen resolution and use multiple monitors in Trisquel 7, like I could in Trisquel 6

2015-03-12 Thread tomlukeywood
can the laptop display a higher res normally?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread gramex
Tomlukeywood, what motherboard are you using that supports 8 cores and (presumably) works with free software?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Popcorn Time not working

2015-03-12 Thread maestro
this is where you download it - no need to add third party ppas - https://popcorntime.io sudo apt-get install fonts-liberation cheers!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread tomlukeywood
thats good

Re: [Trisquel-users] Popcorn Time not working

2015-03-12 Thread tomlukeywood
and the source code is here: https://git.popcorntime.io/groups/popcorntime

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread davesamcdxv
Games? Surely there are a lot of good games for which PIVs are too weak, aren't there? What do you do with those?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Which Kernel

2015-03-12 Thread rakyi
AFAIK, the default one in Trisquel 7 is lowlatency.

[Trisquel-users] Tax Calculator

2015-03-12 Thread acalculator1
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Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread tomlukeywood
i have a media and games pc(free software games) with a pentium 4 and i also use it as a webserver the power is very good only using about 30 watts

Re: [Trisquel-users] Cannot get widescreen resolution and use multiple monitors in Trisquel 7, like I could in Trisquel 6

2015-03-12 Thread onpon4
Typical low resolutions for laptops are 1366x768, or 1280x800 for older ones. Whatever it is, it's pretty much universally widescreen.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread tomlukeywood
the motherboard uses a non-free bios but otherwise it works perfectly with libre software i got it here: http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/asus-intel-p8z77-v-lx-with-smart-digi-power-socket-1155-motherboard-used-b91ny i found it on new-egg too:

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread nuevodesorden
Wow Unity! that's nice can you tell me how install unity on my trisquel to look like yours?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Popcorn Time not working

2015-03-12 Thread nicolasrpmaia
Amazing! Installing the fonts did it for me! Huge thanks. Do you find it too concerning to use the WebUp8 PPA? They seem pretty trustworthy, no?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Share your Desktop!

2015-03-12 Thread nicolasrpmaia
Alij, I recommend you take a look at this: https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/how-install-unity-desktop-environment-and-create-session-entry-trisquel-70 Afterwards, I recommend you install Unity Tweak Tool so that you can disable the online features of the Dash, which are a privacy concern. To

[Trisquel-users] Which Kernel

2015-03-12 Thread amilopowers
Hi There This afternoon I will try to install Trisquel via NetInstall. I am pretty shure that I will have to choose manually the appropriate kernel. Could somebody tell me how to determine the kernel I need? I have an Asus Zenbook UX31.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Which Kernel

2015-03-12 Thread Sachin
the default one is generic go for that

Re: [Trisquel-users] Which Kernel

2015-03-12 Thread davesamcdxv
Going for generic can't hurt. (It's called 'generic' for a reason:)