Hi there! Sort of unrelated question: how is the performance on your laptop
with libreboot?
Just to confirm, you mean just executing 'rm -rf .config && mv .config.bck
.config' and continuing to reconfigure as per normal use..?
Just to add, i also had a problem of not being able to graphically see my
hard disk partitions (but able to see them being filled in system settings).
I
Hi,
I've read that for video editing (and/or 3D rendering), it's much better to
start at 16 GiB of ram instead.
8 is possible, but might be not enough for heavy duty editing.
For gaming, I suppose 8 Gib of ram is enough though.
Also you'd need a strong CPU chip. I mean the strongest, the
See https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/full-disk-encryption-install
Isn't the necessary passphrase to decrypt the drive at every boot the very
reason to choose a full disk (rather than only a /home) encryption?
As for the speech dispatcher, you deactivated it from the "Accessibility"
utility in
pizzaiolo asked in a different thread how I experience running Trisquel 7 on
my Macbook2,1 with libreboot version 20150518.
In general, it works pretty well. The following items are things that might
be interesting for other users:
I installed libreboot 20150518 using a prebuilt rom.
> Or just buy a Thinkpad second-hand and Libreboot it yourself.
Not any ThinkPad, only the X60, X60s, X60 Tablet, X200, R400, R500, T400, and
T500. And there's also the MacBook 1.1 or MacBook 2.1.
For clarity, it's likely never going to be possible to get a newer computer
than the X200 to
Greetings ladies and gentlemen:
I want to buy a laptop. I want it to be capable of running Doom 3, Xonotic,
The Darkmod, etc... on high settings.
I also want it to be able to edit videos (is 8 ram enough?).
Can any of the libreboot laptops fulfill with that? If so which, which one
would
I don't think you want a laptop for editing video. This is a very CPU
intensive process. Plus, uncompressed video is huge and you'll need a lot of
storage. For libreboot-supported machines look at the ASUS KFSN4-DRE. Dual
hex core CPUs and 64GB of RAM should be enough for such a task. :)
LibreOffice is copylefted, whereas OpenOffice is distributed under a
permissive license. So, yes, it is a licensing "issue".
Apache is far from dead! But Apache OpenOffice really is. There used to be
some IBM developers working on it (because IBM has Symphony, which is
proprietary software
>See https://trisquel.info/forum/screen-resolution-0 (you can apparently get
the correct resolution with a 3.11 kernel).
Yeah, DON'T! It has ended support in 2013!!
Well, newer kernels mean less tested kernels, i.e., there is a higher
probability to face stability issues.
Hi! I've just installed the latest linux-libre kernel (4.2.2) in Trisquel 7
(from jxself.org), to replace the 3.16 version that's available in the
official repos. I haven't experienced any improvements or regressions but I
wonder if the upgrade was a good idea or not. In particular I wonder
Pros? You get support for newer hardware. Someone with Skylake for example
will need 4.2. Your Macbook is already well-supported by the Trisquel kernel
though.
Another pro? Newer kernels bring interesting new features for programs to
use.
But if your hardware is already well supported
My guess is you're going to be stuck with medium settings for game graphics,
unless you're willing to experience really choppy gameplay (low FPS).
Thank you very much "hack and hack" and "onpon4".
I will wait for more comments, I really wish someone who have tried them
could share with us his/her experiences.
I also have the option to buy from thinkpenguin but having a 100% free as in
freedom computer is very tempting...
You can graphically log into your user account, can't you? Some applications
came back to their default configuration, right? Then, reconfigure them as
you wish and your are good to go. You can even remove the backup,
~/.config.bck, that takes a little space in your home directory for
Thank you jxself.
With the feedback all of you gave me, I will not use a laptop for my video
editing, I will use the motherboard jxself recommended at the given time.
I still want to know if libreboot laptops are able to handle Xonotic, Doom 3
and The Darkmod with relative fluidity, did
It works great for me! :-)
I just tried but it didn't work. One possibility would be to map it to a key,
like left click + ctrl = middle click. I don't know how to do that though.
Try it after thissynclient RTCornerButton=2
The nice thing about the 4.2 kernel is that all of the features of the Xbox
360 and Xbox One controllers work (rumble and LED support) via wired or
wireless thanks to a patch that Valve pushed upstream. If you are a gamer,
this is a great feature.
On the contrary - The kernel named Linux gets extensive testing prior to
release via a variety of methods and people. It is stable on release.
The only fully supported graphics hardware is from Intel, and it's
integrated, so it's much slower than a dedicated graphics card that would be
fully supported (Nouveau still can't reclock any Fermi or Kepler graphics
cards).
Even the best Broadwell Intel IGP, without the proprietary
Skylake graphics need a proprietary blob to be fully usable.
pizzaiolo: I know about the guide; I made a few changes to it yesterday. By
the way, I answered you question in the other thread.
jxself:
Another pro? Newer kernels bring interesting new features for programs to
use.
But if your hardware is already well supported and you don't want/need/use
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Ok, that makes sense, or, allow markdown, with a link to a syntax
guide, like mediagoblin does.
On 10/03/2015 02:52 PM, al...@fripost.org wrote:
> One change that I would like to see is a syntax box or page where
> you can see what HTML elements can
http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view=story=15/10/02/1525244
https://github.com/jonsneyers/FLIF/issues/3
It is interesting that this person went with a GPL license for a
library/codec when he/she could have gone with maybe the LGPL or MPL or maybe
Apache/BSD/MIT if they want to follow
repo forever
PS openoffice is an almost dead project
What are Greg Kroah-Hartman's stable kernels for if not for stability?
You were talking of stability issues. Stability issues are (to me) along the
lines of kernel panics and the like. These should be exceedingly rare in
released versions due to the extensive testing that goes on during
development. Maybe you didn't mean stability issues? :)
Only some HTML can be used for post formatting
One change that I would like to see is a syntax box or page where you can see
what HTML elements can be used. For the quote below, for example, I had to
use the "code" element instead of "blockquote". Personally I don't care at
all about
I couldn't help but reply to this, I still find supertramp suspicious
glad to hear that :)
because the fact is he doesn't even use trisquel,
true. I use and like more for several reasons my Debian libre installation :)
Hes never used it for more then a few months.
It was my main setup form
Coming back to the original problem: At some websites i get the message
already quoted in the Midori FAQ:
Error granting trust: Couldn't find a place to store the imported certificate
pkcs11:library-description=PKCS%2311%20Kit%20Trust%20Module
As the FAQ says it could have to do with file
We seem to be talking of different things here. Not all problems result in
stability issues (i.e. a kernel panic that brings the entire system down.)
That to me is a stability issue. Otherwise it is not a stability issue but
something else - some other form of bug.
> I haven't yet found a way to do middle clicking yet which is annoying.
Have you tried clicking the right top corner of your touchpad?
AppArmor still works.
> 2. a laptop that has more than just Libreboot, I want a fully free machine
Wait no longer! They already exist. As I said, Minifree/Libiquity. They even
have low-level nasty things from Intel removed, like the Intel Active
Management Engine.
I'm pretty sure Gnuser is aware of the "low-level
I am thinking about learning how to make games and stuff, but i would want to
learn how to do it the libre way for free.
Does anyone know of any recommended sites?
This is only true to some extent. Otherwise what are Greg Kroah-Hartman's
stable kernels for?
If 3.4 solves the problem please let me know and I will add it to my public
APT repository at https://jxself.org/linux-libre/
I used to play Xonotic on a very cheap laptop from 2007 which has a Celeron
processor. It worked fine as long as the settings weren't too high. I can't
imagine a much higher-end laptop from around that time not being able to do
at least decently with it.
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We could, but we are neither, and this forum works well as-is.
Voting to leave it alone,
Dave
On 10/03/2015 01:01 PM, cali...@opmbx.org wrote:
> Eventually, maybe redesign the whole site to look more modern and
> responsive. We could take
Thanks, but it didn't work. The parameter is set but nothing happens. Tapping
at the bottom-right corner gives me right click though.
Hey, I know that guy! He's one of the people in the OpenPandora community who
care about freedom rather than just "open source". Quite a loud libre
software supporting voice there.
Anyway: FLIF is an alternative for widely used non-patented, non-secret
formats like PNG and JPEG. So really,
Technical issues aside - different categories in the forum would be useful.
This place is getting more crowded and so some structure would be good. A way
to mark a topic as solved would also be good.
I've been talking to Bob at ThinkPenguin about that since the start of
September and found that 3D accelerated graphics on Skylake works with the
Linux-libre kernel, but they are degraded to the performance of 3rd / 4th gen
graphics. Skylake is a step backwards, but it is not as bad as
The Trisquel forum has served for several years already, using some Drupal
forum module. However, it has many issues:
It is not responsive, meaning you can't read posts well on a smartphone or
a tablet (unless you are constantly zooming, and trying to touch small
buttons).
Only some
Hi,
My main trisquel installation is now 1 year and counting. Like it a lot and
it serve me well.
However, I did not encrypt my home directory during installation and have
decided to add the encryption now.
Any advice how I do this without re-installing or destroying my
Alright, after making sure SSH was working properly between all of my
computers, I decided I should try a SFTP approach. WAY WASIER and more
familiar for me. I followed the steps here and got it working very easily:
You mean the system is a GNU/Linux system:
https://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html
The name does matter: https://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html
Yes, note I didn't say kernel panics don't happen but they are rare. Most of
the stuff that is submitted are not fixes for things that will crash the
system and so aren't "stability issues" but other types of bugs (performance
bugs, security bugs, etc.)
> "Using a mailing list makes the posts as quickly accessible as one's email
provider can muster. I find that to be plenty responsive."
That's not what responsive means. He is referring to responsive design.
> "prioritizing access via a computer that is not a free software device (a
Yes, I am aware of this. Love "Saint" Richard Stallman. ;)
The mobile support problem could be solved by a carefully planned transition
to Drupal 8:
https://www.drupal.org/drupal-8.0/features#mobile
Drupal 8 will presumably be released sometime next year (first beta was just
released), in which case most maintained modules should be compatible by
Copyleft doesn't spread to other programs that happen to be installed on the
same system. Android doesn't prevent libre programs from running on it.
As for the rest, you're just saying that a bunch of proprietary programs
can't use FLIF if it's under the GNU GPL. True, but you're entirely
Due to him favoring ideology,
- Cannot be used in the majority of web browsers.
- Cannot be used in the majority of photo viewers.
- Cannot be used in the majority of photo editors.
- Cannot be used in phones, tablets, and cameras.
- Cannot be used in TVs and dedicated media hardware.
There's a
> Cannot be used in the majority of web browsers.
Define "majority". All of the libre Web browsers I'm aware of are under
GPL-compatible licenses. Firefox's compatibility is indirect, but all Mozilla
would have to do to be able to use FLIF, assuming it stays under the GPL, is
dual-license
Found the solution :
1) ecryptfs-migrate-home -u
Encrypting /home
2) login as the
This to finish off the migration of /home
3) ecryptfs-setup-swap
To encrypt the swap
4) delete or backup a temporary directory created
/home/.
5)as user run : ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase
To record a randomly
Magic, comcast did indeed come through finally, it just took a while. Thank
you for the heads up, and thanks all.
- Zem
The Trisquel forum has served for several years already, using some Drupal
forum module. However, it has many issues:
Using a mailing list makes the posts as quickly accessible as one's email
provider can muster. I find that to be plenty responsive. Don't downplay
the email aspect for
I haven't tried Twister yet, for the same reason as OP, but I do like that
it's architecture is P2P (based on the blockchain concept), instead of
server/client like GNU Social/ StatusNet/ Pump.io etc.
OK, so you endorse my proposed three category rating system, but propose
reducing the number of GUI interfaces to maintain. I believe that AR/A and
Synaptic should have quite different purposes. In my original proposal, AR/A
would only offer end-user applications, although I agree this would
Is the firmware in these controllers free?
I'm pretty sure it's permanent.
You are brave for posting this. I have felt this way for a long time, but as
you can see there are too many people here who already know how to use GNU
and want everyone else to learn it in the same way they did or at least to
the extent that they did. And so, you've been getting a lot of
I tried running boot-repair, which has always worked for me in the past with
my Aspire One. This time, it was a mistake. When I boot up the laptop, I am
presented with a GRUB shell. I looked for instructions on how to use this
shell to repair my system, and tried a few commands, but no luck.
It's in your home folder, if you happen to have one. Do you have the mlocate
package installed?
We are talking about the same thing. The third digit in Linux versions is
incremented when Greg Kroah-Hartman releases more stable versions of Linux.
That includes fixes to kernel panics. See for instance the release
announcement for Linux 4.1.10 that "fix[es] panic in
If you missed the live stream I captured it.
Some things to note: The audio drops out for a while but does return later.
As a result you miss some of what John is saying. Also, the audio & video
seem to be out of sync but I overlooked this by not watching the speaker's
mouths. Finally, the
1.) Majority as in Internet Explorer/Edge, Google Chrome, Safari, and Opera.
All are under closed sources licenses that would make them GPL if they
included this. The only exception would be Firefox, which is under the GPL
friendly MPL 2.0.
2.) I'm talking about photo viewers in Windows
I agree with that comment a 100%. (By the way, are you on Diaspora or GNU
social? I want to hear more from you!)
It's a crucially important thing that RMS emphasises in this speech. The work
of the free software movement has changed character and become more difficult
because it can no longer be mainly focused on building software replacements
that people can use in freedom (GNU's Not Unix), but must
I know that not all bugs in the kernel crash it. Anyway Greg Kroah-Hartman's
kernels are called "*stable* kernels" for a reason. And the reason is they
solve stability issues that were present in the original release. Including
bugs causing the kernel to crash.
Those bugs obviously rarely
Due to him favoring ideology,
- Cannot be used in the majority of [...]
As far as I know nobody is stopping any proprietor from implementing
support for FLIF by writing their own code. To the extent FLIF provides
better technical capabilities to PNG, FLIF provides an interesting
This is very useful, thanks so much for posting your solution. I like the
idea of encrypting my /home in a production system, but I don't really like
doing it when I install, because if something goes wrong with the new
install, the encrypted /home makes it tricky to use a live disc to
"You cannot deny them."
I'm not trying to, only pointing out that they're rare which you admit to
(most people not seeing them.) So it can be considered stable on release.
That does not meant free of bugs (and most bugs filed against the kernel are
not of the system halting variety anyway)
Hello,
Yesterday I installed Trisquel with Full Disk Encryption onto my new X200,
which I got at minifree, with libreboot on it.
I installed it with the graphical installer, since I didn't succeed with the
text installer.
There are some questions:
1)
What exactly is the advantage in using
Except for the fact that (for me, at least) GRUB never installs correctly when
I install it off USB- either in Debian or Trisquel. It always seems to either
write to the USB itself, or to some non-device, even when I manually
specify /dev/sda. So I always install from USB, but I like to keep a
> Its bad examples like yours that drive people away from the free software
> movement.
No. That would be the holier-than-thou attitude exhibited by people like you.
Welcome back, btw.
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