Re: [Trisquel-users] What DE do you prefer for Trisquel 8?

2015-11-06 Thread davesamcdxv
Cinnamon.panels never disappear when I have Impress start a presentation (at least with presenter view on) MATE.I can't get shadows to appear under MATE's panel, but it's otherwise OK Trisquel-6-&-7 GNOME.I wouldn't mind it if I couldn't debootstrap GNOME Classic as provided by

[Trisquel-users] Personal Digital Assistant

2015-11-06 Thread superbyelich
Hey all, Do any of you use a PDA anymore? I wish to have something of that sort, preferably with a stylus so I can write on it. Something I can sync up to the computer and keep a calendar, and maybe even access e-mail on. I know there are loads of Android devices, but I really

Re: [Trisquel-users] What DE do you prefer for Trisquel 8?

2015-11-06 Thread nishihai
I like XFCE, definitely!on my debian.

Re: [Trisquel-users] What DE do you prefer for Trisquel 8?

2015-11-06 Thread nuevodesorden
Windows XP

Re: [Trisquel-users] Personal Digital Assistant

2015-11-06 Thread zwiebel444
If you are ok with a total free Android look at this: http://92.19.232.58:5/html/shop/phones/index.php they sell smartphones with Replicant preinstalled. (they will donate atleast 20% of the profist. (They told me that in an e-mail.)

[Trisquel-users] Video/Audio format tipp for saving Vhs Videos and sd (pal) TV

2015-11-06 Thread zwiebel444
Hello we are saving vhs and sd Tv. I wanted to ask what converter tool (should keep original resolution) and what format I should choose. There are two requirements. 1. The tool must be easy to use, my parents aren’t that good in using a computer. 2. That tool must be windows compatible, I

Re: [Trisquel-users] What DE do you prefer for Trisquel 8?

2015-11-06 Thread zwiebel444
Maybe we could make a more multimedia friendly version. Directly start kodi, maybe a very simple DE underneath. There isn´t a free multimedia distri out there.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is foxyproxy libre?

2015-11-06 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
Hi Iru! There are differing views. The FSF is concerned whether the code and documentation are free, so depending on whether the docu is bundled, they might call it free. Ironically the Debian project which distributes proprietary software requires that also media be under free licenses

Re: [Trisquel-users] Personal Digital Assistant

2015-11-06 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
I never used a PDA so I can't answer your actual question. I guess a (second hand) PDA might be a decent compromise between a phone and a "smartphone". Looks like there is some palm related software in the repos.apt-cache search palm|sort|grep -i palm I once considered getting a NanoNote

Re: [Trisquel-users] Personal Digital Assistant

2015-11-06 Thread lap4fsf
hmm...Isn't the owner tomlukeywood from the forum? https://trisquel.info/en/users/tomlukeywood You should definitely consider supporting him.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Video/Audio format tipp for saving Vhs Videos and sd (pal) TV

2015-11-06 Thread zwiebel444
The software would need to convert Mpeg2 and ts files (optionally h.246) in a better compression ratio.

[Trisquel-users] Is foxyproxy libre?

2015-11-06 Thread Iru Cai
Hi, I'm searching for a libre proxy switching plugin for my browser. I have been using foxyproxy for a long time, but I don't know if it's libre. I found foxyproxy on a Trisquel page: http://trisquel.info/en/browser/addons/foxyproxy-standard-0 However, I read foxy's FAQ:

Re: [Trisquel-users] What DE do you prefer for Trisquel 8?

2015-11-06 Thread allanitomwesh
I like Cinnamon,if only for its straightforwardness. I think XFCE would be fine though.

Re: [Trisquel-users] What CPU to buy

2015-11-06 Thread allanitomwesh
Good upgrade then,enjoy.

Re: [Trisquel-users] What DE do you prefer for Trisquel 8?

2015-11-06 Thread onpon4
I would prefer GNOME Shell. I know it's a bit heavy, but it's much nicer than GNOME Flashback or MATE. I'm pretty sure Cinnamon would be out of the question because of hardware requirements, and I think Xfce and LXDE may also be out of the question for the main distribution because of a

Re: [Trisquel-users] What DE do you prefer for Trisquel 8?

2015-11-06 Thread dadix
Mate desktop or Deepin desktop. There is a version of Manjaro with this desktop. Look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TiuI3bsNm4

Re: [Trisquel-users] What DE do you prefer for Trisquel 8?

2015-11-06 Thread tomlukeywood
if Depin DE is free software looks awesome what DE is it based on?

Re: [Trisquel-users] asus/kfsn4-dre libreboot

2015-11-06 Thread eemeli . blasten
According to http://libreboot.org/faq/#external-gpu it seems that the nonfree VBIOS might already be on in the ROM of the graphics card. Seabios will just execute it blindly. If the payload was GRUB, then this proprietary blob should be included when compiling coreboot.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Which is more secure, peazip or Gnupg?

2015-11-06 Thread svhaab
http://pep-project.org/2015-10/

[Trisquel-users] Re : How to Switch to Trisquel from Trisquel Mini?

2015-11-06 Thread lcerf
If you not only want Trisquel's interface but also Trisquel's default applications, then install the "trisquel-recommended" package too.

Re: [Trisquel-users] What DE do you prefer for Trisquel 8?

2015-11-06 Thread mcz
Agreed, asking for the best default DE for the next version and asking for your favorite setup is really not the same. For weaker machines, there's Trisquel Mini. Or a minimal netinstall. Accessibility must be there for both the default and Mini version I suppose. From there, there's the 3D

[Trisquel-users] Re : Which is more secure, peazip or Gnupg?

2015-11-06 Thread lcerf
I have no experience with PeaZip but I imagine (and can be wrong!) its encryption feature is made for a totally different scenario than GPG's. Isn't PeaZip's encryption based on a passphrase that must somehow (a GPG-encrypted mail?!) be send to whoever needs to open the archive? On the

[Trisquel-users] Retroshare

2015-11-06 Thread santiago . lorente
Hello, Has anyone there tried Retroshare? What do you think of it? I am thinking of trying it, but wanted to ask first.

Re: [Trisquel-users] What DE do you prefer for Trisquel 8?

2015-11-06 Thread onpon4
I do want to chime in and say that I seriously doubt GNOME Flashback is in any substantial way slower than, say, LXDE. I actually set up my mother's computer with Trisquel Mini for a brief period to see if it made her system run smoother, and she didn't notice a difference, so I changed it

Re: [Trisquel-users] At times, Trisquel website goes off-line.

2015-11-06 Thread garry
I don't think it's very cool for you to act or talk that way. The operating system is free. Access to the community site / forum is free. The support and help you get is free. Yet, it cost money to run and maintain the website. It costs money to pay for the web hosting and or web server. I

Re: [Trisquel-users] What DE do you prefer for Trisquel 8?

2015-11-06 Thread dadix
@tomlukeywood Deepin desktop is a html5 tehnologie and is not based on other desktop. It is from Linux Deepin distribution.

Re: [Trisquel-users] What DE do you prefer for Trisquel 8?

2015-11-06 Thread lloyd
I like Gnome 3 Shell. It looks very modern, and has software rendering for those who can't run free GPU drivers.

Re: [Trisquel-users] What DE do you prefer for Trisquel 8?

2015-11-06 Thread dahunt
Yes, accessibility should be in the default and mini, though, I'd also like to see it in the net install. Debian has offered this for quite a while.

Re: [Trisquel-users] What DE do you prefer for Trisquel 8?

2015-11-06 Thread dahunt
Last time I triede them, LXDE and XFCE panels and desktops were inaccessible, though their menus are. If Trisquel 8 is to have a desktop like this GNOME Fallback, Mate is the way to go. It is very accessible in Debian and Ubuntu. Last time I tried installing Mate in Trisquel 7, I could

Re: [Trisquel-users] What DE do you prefer for Trisquel 8?

2015-11-06 Thread greatgnu
>The GNOME Fallback is indeed, heavy and eats up quite a lot of memory I ran TRisquel default iso with gnome fallback or flashback whatever it is called on an atom with 1 gb ram. It was fast and smooth. Indeed I reckon it is my third favorite DE after the perfect Xfce and the awesome Mate.

Re: [Trisquel-users] What DE do you prefer for Trisquel 8?

2015-11-06 Thread sansonetto
Gnome Shell

Re: [Trisquel-users] What DE do you prefer for Trisquel 8?

2015-11-06 Thread franparpe
The modified gnome-fallback desktop Trisquel is using is very good. It is compatible with unity indicators which provides extra functionality and low resources are necessary to its functionality.

[Trisquel-users] freedombox 0.6 running and on more hardware

2015-11-06 Thread svhaab
https://freedomboxfoundation.org/ video on freedombox 0.6 http://moglen.law.columbia.edu/sflc2015/04_freedombox.webm Is the freedombox software at the same time a common debian computer? You may by yourself install wordpress or does freedombox decide which applications are on the

[Trisquel-users] Totally Libre Version of Chromium?

2015-11-06 Thread slg562
Hi. I am interested in running Chromium in Trisquel, but saw that it isn't in the repos. I read this post http://trisquel.info/en/forum/chromium-web-browser-freelibre I am curious though. Is there a 100% libre version of Chromium something similar to what abrowser is for Firefox? If there

[Trisquel-users] Re : Masalla Icon Theme now under GPL3+

2015-11-06 Thread lcerf
Your English is not clear. Is your name Hayder Majid or Hayder Ctee? Does "eng." mean you are an enginner? Is Massalla the name of an obelisk in a city named Hammurabi? Anyway, here is a translation in French: Masalla est un thème d'icônes dessiné par Hayder Majid (Hayder Ctee). Le thème

Re: [Trisquel-users] Masalla Icon Theme now under GPL3+

2015-11-06 Thread greatgnu
Your English is perfectly clear to me. Here the Italian translation attached. odt file.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Masalla Icon Theme now under GPL3+

2015-11-06 Thread lcerf
In fact, let me retranslate to English what I wrote in French. In this way you can check whether it is OK and maybe substitute the English description. Here it is: Masalla is an icon theme designed by Hayder Majid (Hayder Ctee). The theme follows the last trend in flat design. An obelisk

Re: [Trisquel-users] Masalla Icon Theme now under GPL3+

2015-11-06 Thread cteehayder
Thank you ^_^ can anyone translate the description to french language and other languages please ?

Re: [Trisquel-users] What CPU to buy

2015-11-06 Thread vitacell
Thanks! I bought asus gtx770, which is much more powerful and I can do a higher reclock. (first you need some voltage fixes in nouveau.ko and later put it in latest kernel and recompile it, later do update-initramfs) From: 07: core 405 MHz memory 648 MHz To: 0f: core 1050 MHz memory 7010

Re: [Trisquel-users] Totally Libre Version of Chromium?

2015-11-06 Thread greatgnu
Just a little memory refreshing -> https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2015/06/google-chrome-listening-in-to-your-room-shows-the-importance-of-privacy-defense-in-depth/ Google said it was a "bug", introduced by "mistake"... They are right on the first one, the bug. The Collaborative

Re: [Trisquel-users] What DE do you prefer for Trisquel 8?

2015-11-06 Thread jadedml
lap4fsf, if GNOME flashback is heavy for your PC, you're running a potato and should be using Trisquel Mini. I think GNOME shell would be a good choice (with the option of flahsback if the user lacks 3D acceleration)-- it's simple, user-friendly, modern, and is touch-screen-friendly.

Re: [Trisquel-users] What DE do you prefer for Trisquel 8?

2015-11-06 Thread vitacell
XFCE4 + Compiz + cairo-dock + Macintosh Theme

Re: [Trisquel-users] Masalla Icon Theme now under GPL3+

2015-11-06 Thread franparpe
Greetings, here you have the translation to Spanish :) I've installed the theme and I have to say that that was one of the most elegant themes I've ever seen, congratulations. I'm sorry to say that I found your English a little bit difficult to understand sometimes but the communication is

Re: [Trisquel-users] What DE do you prefer for Trisquel 8?

2015-11-06 Thread blade . vp2020
for me MATE its tru Gnome 2

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to Switch to Trisquel from Trisquel Mini?

2015-11-06 Thread garry
Thank you two both for the responses. I went ahead and reinstalled since I just installed it yesterday on Virtualbox. Out of curiosity though; what would have been the steps to install the trisquel package rather than wipe and reinstall and start from scratch?

[Trisquel-users] Re : Totally Libre Version of Chromium?

2015-11-06 Thread lcerf
The problem is not only to remove invitations to proprietary software (the main difference between Firefox and Abrowser). See the "Blocked on" list on the left sides of https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=28291 and https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=28287

[Trisquel-users] Re : How to Switch to Trisquel from Trisquel Mini?

2015-11-06 Thread lcerf
You just needed to install the package lembas indicated and, optionally, the one I indicated. There are several ways to do so. For instance through the "Synaptic package manager" (in the "System settings") or with the following command line: $ sudo apt-get install trisquel

Re: [Trisquel-users] What DE do you prefer for Trisquel 8?

2015-11-06 Thread covalski . cleiton
My preferences: 1) Gnome Fallback 2) MATE 3) XFCE 4) Gnome Shell or KDE 5 5) Others

Re: [Trisquel-users] Broken my VPN and Tor (and my connection)

2015-11-06 Thread mcz
I have wifi now. Thankfully, I didn't reinstall a thing. I just modified the content of the interfaces file according to what the text install asks for (wpa-psk). and something about avahi-daemon, which I told not to start at boot anymore (wlan0 avahi appeared on ifconfig). Now, The problem

[Trisquel-users] Re : What DE do you prefer for Trisquel 8?

2015-11-06 Thread lcerf
A thread where we will see one more time that every single advanced user has his/her own favorite desktop... what does not help the choice of a default. Anyway, those advanced users know how to change the default. And non-advanced users have not tested enough options to make an educated

Re: [Trisquel-users] Make Mupen64 work faster

2015-11-06 Thread gnuser
I know :) But since the tablet already has blobs installed and can't even function without them, i think we could at least make use of it (hoping to one day get Replicant gaming machine ^_^). you mentioned something about "if a computer can play an emulator+rom, it can probably play other

Re: [Trisquel-users] What DE do you prefer for Trisquel 8?

2015-11-06 Thread gnuser
I vote "using the exact same DE we have in Trisquel 7". It works splendidly and is not too much heavy (I have a single core CPU, no 3d acceleration and still get a nice performance out of it). If it is not an option, I hope MATE but Nautilus should replace Caja. C'mon, we have dozens of

Re: [Trisquel-users] Which is more secure, peazip or Gnupg?

2015-11-06 Thread gnuser
While I understand where you are coming from with this, I have to say that using GPG has never been easier. You can now download a GPG file from https (which is something everyone knows how to do, just click the file and save it) right click and choose "import key". Do the same with the file