@jxself,
Thank you for the update.
Personally I love GNU IceCat due to emphasis on privacy and, of course, it
respects my freedom.
Porting this gem to F-Droid, the fully free repository for Android
distributions is a recognition in itself to the maintainer and the whole
community behind it.
> "solving several longstanding energy management issues."
Can you give examples of those energy management issues?
Adobe Flash is available for Android. I found plenty of results by searching
"flash for android" in DuckDuckGo.
You did say they typically don't have it, but I wanted to make that clear.
Mainly because Apple (mainly Steve Jobs, IIRC) explicitly rejected Flash on
iOS, which was to my recollection mainly because they wanted to control the
user experience of iOS tightly, and Flash handed off control to Adobe. Apple
passed it off as Flash being obsolete, or something to that effe
> "It's disingenuous to suggest that GNOME has removed a feature it hasn't"
Sorry for my imprecise use of the language, I'm still learning English. What
I wanted say is that we lost a feature because of GNOME putting in the way,
not that it was GNOME itself who removed it. Sorry about that.
Anyway have they got a "mobile" version (Android and iOS don't use Flash)? I
think if they have it'll be possible to open them without Flash, and
hopefully without proprietary software at all.
I thought I recalled Flash being pulled from Macs. My bad, then.
Yes, there is a version Mintmenu for MATE. It seems to prevent dconf-editor
from running correctly when I install the version from Dagda, though (except
I'm probably the only one who cares one wee bit about that).
Agree with you regarding GNOME Shell.
Isn't that great?
It isn't. It means MATE still uses the unmaintained ConsoleKit framework that
GNOME recently ditched in favor of logind, thereby solving several
longstanding energy management issues.
While we're on the subject: why is ARM so badly supported?
Why would you think that? Adobe releases all its other software for OS X, why
would they neglect Flash, a program which used to be so incredibly prominent
on the Web that people to this day tend to install it just as a matter of
routine? The only general-use computers running proprietary soft
It's disingenuous to suggest that GNOME has removed a feature it hasn't.
What's happened is Metacity never had this feature in the first place (GNOME
first got it with GNOME Shell), and supposedly (I've only heard it in this
thread) it's difficult to use an alternative window manager with GNO
I thought you can't?
Well, if we want to keep using Metacity we're never getting window tiling -
and it's not GNOME's fault. Metacity never had it and Compiz didn't have
drag-to-edge tiling until 0.9 anyway. It's got nothing to do with GNOME 3.
But yeah, if you want tiling with a stacking window manager that does
"It's systemd needed?"
According to Gentoo's Wiki, no.
Does MATE rely on a specific service manager or init system?
No, MATE has been tested to work with both OpenRC and systemd and might work
on other service managers and init systems too (untested, but no known reason
for it to break); sys
"GNOME Shell is the normal GNOME experience."
Yeah, but as far as I know Trisquel aim to have a classic and lightweight DE
for it's default image. And GNOME Shell needs hardware acceleration to run
decently. That's why we use GNOME Flashback, but since it lacks features that
MATE have withou
GNOME Shell allows you to maximize windows on the left or right side of the
screen. Of course that's got little to do with what GNOME Flashback is
capable of, but GNOME Shell is the normal GNOME experience.
BTW, if you ever want to clear the autoremove list, this command comes in
handy (run as root):
aptitude keep-all
BTW, can run orca in lxde
its nede systemd?
This case has solved. I did a fresh installation using GUI installer and I
could remove metapackages except one and then I removed all my unnecessary
packages (and then apt-get autoremove command). However if
trisquel-desktop-common-data metapackege is removed then it will break
apt/dpkg as
I think the goal for now is a free software notebook mainboard. If fx I could
get a newly manufactured libreboot x200 mainboard, I would get one.
I agree, you will not get non knowledgeable buyers to buy a free software
computer, especially not because it will likely be more expensive. It has t
>Because the default install only explicitly installs the meta-packages
I think this is a bad idea. Perhaps we could file a bug requesting the actual
packages instead?
(In Synaptic those are in Installed (auto removable). If you select such a
package and then go to the Package menu and clic
"because otherwise Mac users wouldn't be impressed either"
you can run flash on osx cant you?
welcome to the community!
Same. Great idea. MATE for days. I love MATE.
There are a few options you can still try:
https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/play-videos-without-using-flash
I have Mate and orca working in another distro. There are a few minor
accessibility gaps, but it is usable. Since Ubuntu Mate is an official spin,
and Mate packages are also maintained in Debian (Jessie) main repos, I think
Mate in Trisquel 8 is a fine idea!
Well, window tiling wasn't a GNOME's feature, but we have it in Trisquel 6
thanks to Compiz. As far as I know, we don't in Trisquel 7 because it's
impossible to use any window manager other than Metacity without changing
GNOME's source code. And Metacity don't seems to have window tiling, at
Window tiling's gone??
If it is I don't think it's gNOME's fault since it was basically absent in
GNOME 2 and is present in GNOME 3.
Forgive me for saying this, but if it needs Flash, it needs flash. Is there
any other format under which the book thingie is in? (I think there's got to
be - because otherwise Mac users wouldn't be impressed either).
I was thinking about this too, even with the great work of Rúben and the
others on the appearance of the distro. We have lost features like window
tiling, and we have bugs like bad drawing when scrolling on lists. And, as
far as I know, is all Gnome's fault. But then, we have MATE which could
If I'm not mistaken none of the preinstalled packages are set to auto so you
should be safe even if you remove the metapackages.
The best way to know for sure is to remove one of them and do an apt-get
autoremove and see if it asks to remove anything.
Anyway, there's always netinstall :) or
Had Ubuntu MATE not become official Ubuntu project, though, would MATE still
have made it to the repos anyway (since I'm pretty sure it's present upstream
at Debian)?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MATE#Accessibility
This situation is similar when the user is used Synaptic.
Problem is that these packages are installed by default via OS installation
and they are dependencies with OS metapackages. I also tested on Linux Mint
17.1 and there were not any problems there, All packages were standalone
without
Also, Trisquel's own browser add-on list:
https://trisquel.info/en/browser/addons
>Do you know any other websites which can fit into the context?
Yes, Libregamewiki.
x86 and ARM are instruction set architectures (the format and semantics
allowed for machine code). 32 bits or 64 bits in this context refers to the
“word width”: the size in bits of the general purpose registers which is
usually the same as the size of memory addresses. Both ARM and x86 have
x86 and ARM are instruction set architectures (the format and semantics
allowed for machine code). 32 bits or 64 bits in this context refers to the
“word width”; the size in bits of the general purpose registers and
usually also of the RAM addresses. Both ARM and x86 have 32 bits and 64 bits
'apt-get autoremove' removes packages that were not explicitly asked for and
that do not depend anymore on a package that was explicitly installed.
Because the default install only explicitly installs the meta-packages,
'apt-get autoremove' suggests the removal of most of the system after tho
its run orca??
Hello everyone, I have the following problem: For professional education, I
would like to use the following site
http://ilias.aekwl.de/ilias.php?baseClass=ilSAHSPresentationGUI&ref_id=27033
After login, there is a virtual book with several presentations. When I click
on them, there is a new
If I'm not mistaken x86 is actually nowadays used to refer to 32-bit x86
processors while x86-64 (or AMD64) is used to refer to 64-bit so I'm not sure
what you mean.
Huh, I always had the impression that 64-bit and x86 were synonyms :P
Thanks!
There is an open thread at F-Droid for IceCat's inclusion:
https://f-droid.org/forums/topic/gnuzilla-and-icecat/
Our safest bet is 32-bit? Why is it better than x86? (Sorry I'm not very
knowledgeable, but willing to learn)
I apologize for the spelling mistakes by the way. I wish I could edit the
original post. :-(
As of Ubuntu 15.04 onward, Ubuntu MATE is an official spin meaning MATE
packages are available by default and will get feature and security updates
from here on. Things can only get better with 16.04, for which Trusquel 8
will be based on.
While I applaud Ruben's work in getting Gnome 3 cla
"Do you know any other websites which can fit into the context?"
The entire directory.fsf.org website.
I understand that getting IceCat into F-Droid is planned already but Rubén
has been rather busy. See the "Personal Note" at the end of this:
http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=
I know, but the idea is that we stop doing that. Just as an IP
can't/shouldn't be used to identify a user, same way a MAC address
can't/shouldn't.
Also, there is the very stupid (or very futuristic as someone called it) idea
of build our own networks, that I suggested in a thread in the troll
From a software freedom perspective, x86 is like the Titanic. It's going down
and it's time to get off. Now where's my lifeboat?
Not with Intel, unless someone manages to reverse engineer stuff or Intel
changes their mind. First they had the proprietary BIOS. As if that wasn't
bad enough, enter Boot Guard. To make things even worse now this with the
video. Switching to AMD can address (some) of these three problems but
While filing a bug report[1] in Trisquel's bug tracking system, I came across
these two websites which suggest exclusively free addons/plugins;
1. http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/GNU_IceCat
2. https://f-droid.org/
Do you know any other websites which can fit into the context?
Also, is it poss
"It would make your computer a lot more private and hard to track if everyone
shared the same MAC Address ;)"
It would make network access impossible. Any responsible network will shut
down your access in the event of duplicate MAC addresses.
Nope, not just Phoronix. Even Intel.com. It's real. It's happening. It's not
a joke.
I haven't been checking enough then :(
And there's no effing way out that's newer than Broadwell?
Although that could be potentially good. It would make your computer a lot
more private and hard to track if everyone shared the same MAC Address ;)
But yes, sometimes people need the real MAC so it's a good idea to save it.
Why would you not believe that it is?
Well, because Larabel, the last time I searched, was the only guy to
explicitly say that it's happening without linking to Phoronix.
False hope on my part, huh?
Of course it is. Why would you not believe that it is? This is just some joke
thread? Sadly, it is not.
After talking with Nico (who is the developer of Bananian, a Debian based OS
for the Banana Pi board, you can visit his website at www.bananian.org) the
Banana Pro has a wifi chip that is supported by an open source driver. I made
that specific question and his answer was this:
"3.) The wif
I use Trisquel 7 Mini and everything works well. However I want to remove
unnecessary packages and services that I really don't need for example lvm2,
dmraid, mdadm, modemmanager, ppp, btrfs-tools, jfsutils etc.
I can remove them using apt but then I get a long list of packages due to
depen
"So it'll be necessary to see and wait if that make it in or not."
True that but that would be MY definition of truly open hardware. ;-D
"It seems you're trying to present the so-called "Open Source Hardware
Certification" as something more fundamental that the RYF program."
Right now this is p
Anyway is this really happening?
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