Re: [Trisquel-users] i3 Window Manager

2016-05-14 Thread no-email
My Libreboot works whit these in .i3/config: for volume bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec amixer -q set Master 2dB+ unmute bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec amixer -q set Master 2dB- unmute and for screenshot bindcode 107 exec scrot

[Trisquel-users] Password Generator instead of a password manager

2016-05-14 Thread albertoefg
As you probably know jxself is an active user here and do a lot of work in favor of free software. I was reading his blog and I saw this interesting program: https://jxself.org/password-generator.shtml The idea here is to not store the passwords in a program but generate them every time

Re: [Trisquel-users] Password Generator instead of a password manager

2016-05-14 Thread albertoefg
wich... Which. Sorry english is my second language and my english is far from perfect :(

Re: [Trisquel-users] ZFS now available in Debian. Maybe its time to stop fighting it?

2016-05-14 Thread albertoefg
I hope I made my self clear. Bottom line it is a legal issue that is not about being right or wrong. And is an important one as it is about respecting users freedom.

Re: [Trisquel-users] ZFS now available in Debian. Maybe its time to stop fighting it?

2016-05-14 Thread albertoefg
Hi t3g ZFS is not a probelm of being right or wrong. It is about license. As any other software, unless it is under public domain, ZFS comes with a license, a license which is called Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) Now, GNU/Linux is an Operative system with a license

[Trisquel-users] Re : I was wondering, if I did a full disk encryption,

2016-05-14 Thread lcerf
There is no error. Only a warning about "setting GRUB_TIMEOUT to a non-zero value when GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT is set". Just don't do that. Edit /etc/default/grub (here with GEdit): $ gksu gedit /etc/default/grub Read

Re: [Trisquel-users] I was wondering, if I did a full disk encryption,

2016-05-14 Thread calmstorm
hmm okay, Actually you have a point because, I might need to know what the grub configuration needs to look like to do this anyways.

Re: [Trisquel-users] ZFS now available in Debian. Maybe its time to stop fighting it?

2016-05-14 Thread jason
Sigh, no, the reporting on this is terrible. Isn't it great when people trying to mislead don't have press skills?

[Trisquel-users] ZFS now available in Debian. Maybe its time to stop fighting it?

2016-05-14 Thread tegskywalker
http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_now_with_ZFS_on_Linux_included.html zfs-linux will make its way into Debian Unstable soon. Maybe the FSF was wrong about ZFS all along and maybe the Trisquel team should reconsider the exclusion of ZFS packages that can be manually installed?

Re: [Trisquel-users] I was wondering, if I did a full disk encryption,

2016-05-14 Thread dguthrie
You could ask on the Libreboot mailing list. It seems to be a problem related to Libreboot.

Re: [Trisquel-users] ibm power is all free software?

2016-05-14 Thread dguthrie
They seem to care about freedom so I think they will not include the Broadcomm wireless and AMD gpu in the final package. There are good wireless cards for freedom at this point.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Do you support Santi to handle the project?

2016-05-14 Thread mnaus
"I'm trying to push the project forward to release it sooner." This is my whole point. You cannot push to make them release it sooner. You have no power, they will release it when they are ready. "Just waiting for the new release to come out is easy." Whew! Awesome! I'm glad you realize

Re: [Trisquel-users] Do you support Santi to handle the project?

2016-05-14 Thread sitereg
I understand why you wonder I started this thread. > Ruben has to decide who, if anybody, his successor will be. I didn't mean Santi become his successor. I meant Ruben *can* give him enough privilege to take the necessary steps while he is absent. This is Santi's post on developers mailing

Re: [Trisquel-users] Replace Wifi card in x200 with one from t61?

2016-05-14 Thread Ignacio Agulló
This is the official Lenovo documentation: Numeric Error Code 1802 - Unauthorized network card - Lenovo Support (ES) https://support.lenovo.com/es/es/documents/ht001309 I don't know any fix or workaround to this, other than reflash the BIOS with Libreboot. Unfortunately, the

Re: [Trisquel-users] i3 Window Manager

2016-05-14 Thread mcz
I'm an i3 user too. I like the text-based configuration, which is easy to use once you understand that spacing matters (proper syntax). I like the screenlocker, but supposedly it can be hacked. But as long as you don't leave it unattended in a locked state for too long, and in an unsafe

Re: [Trisquel-users] I was wondering, if I did a full disk encryption,

2016-05-14 Thread calmstorm
ah nope I didn't yet because the instructions said nothing about it. kind of confused I was. I would like to now add a grub password but I am not sure quite how to do that on the final step. Because you need to put the hash in when you reboot. i think.

Re: [Trisquel-users] ibm power is all free software?

2016-05-14 Thread jeremiah
Elaborating on what root_vegetable has said, this may be a very desirable purchase if one has the money, even if one has to bring one's own graphics and wireless cards. The latest Intel/AMD chips have a serious freedom/privacy problem, so making something more freedom-respecting viable

Re: [Trisquel-users] i3 Window Manager

2016-05-14 Thread Khoi Nguyen
Hi, On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 05:55:29PM +0200, no-em...@gnu.com wrote: How many Trisquel's users utilize i3 ? I use i3 myself. The thing that I like the most about it is that it can be controlled via shell scripts as well. And of course, because it's tiling! -- Khoi

Re: [Trisquel-users] i3 Window Manager

2016-05-14 Thread mnaus
I like it. It is really good for working with multiple windows without having to switch between them. Lately I've used Trisquel and XFCE more, but I still have i3wm available to me when I feel it is especially suitable. I like trying out different window managers. Next I will give

[Trisquel-users] i3 Window Manager

2016-05-14 Thread no-email
I have been an Openbox user for many years and I discovered i3 a week ago by coincidence. My first impression is very good. It's very useful. How many Trisquel's users utilize i3 ? ..and what about wmii which i3 is inspired?

[Trisquel-users] Re : Uruk screenshot and font rendering;

2016-05-14 Thread pinmaritim
...Tis better than the "originale'"

Re: [Trisquel-users] Do you support Santi to handle the project?

2016-05-14 Thread mnaus
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/do-we-have-date-trisquel-8-release In the last post of the above thread, iscutwo says: "...it took 7 months from Ubuntu 14.04 until Trisquel 7, and 11 months from Ubuntu 12.04 to Trisquel 6. So at that rate we would be waiting at least until early 2017. Let's

Re: [Trisquel-users] Do you support Santi to handle the project?

2016-05-14 Thread mnaus
"...letting this project die?" Why do you think it will "die"? Because the release of Trisquel 8 is happening 'too slowly'? Slow progress is not the same as no progress. This is not our call. Trisquel is not a democracy. It is Ruben's project. If you are suggesting Santi help Ruben, that

Re: [Trisquel-users] Do you support Santi to handle the project?

2016-05-14 Thread greatgnu
how can one decide such a thing? it is something that needs be talked between the two of them. Anyway, aklis is a great dood.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Uruk screenshot and font rendering;

2016-05-14 Thread greatgnu
x_X

[Trisquel-users] Re : I was wondering, if I did a full disk encryption,

2016-05-14 Thread lcerf
LVM actually eases partition resizing. LVM was created to have more flexible partitioning schemes, more independent from the actual disks. System administrators (in companies, institutions, etc.) usually prefer CLIs but, yes, it would be nice to have a GUI. As for "changing the binaries

Re: [Trisquel-users] Do you support Santi to handle the project?

2016-05-14 Thread Ignacio Agulló
site...@openaliasbox.org, Sáb 14 Mai 2016 11:04:28 CEST: No ideas? You prefer letting this project die? No, please. Just a Trisquel user here. Don't know any Trisquel developer other than Rubén. How can I say anything? I don't know the people involved. Trisquel developers

Re: [Trisquel-users] Do you support Santi to handle the project?

2016-05-14 Thread sitereg
No ideas? You prefer letting this project die?

Re: [Trisquel-users] I was wondering, if I did a full disk encryption,

2016-05-14 Thread dguthrie
I see. The "encrypt home directory" option uses cryptfs to encrypt the file system,. LVM creates a volume group, and then you create physical areas for encryption, and then when you start the computer you unlock the volume group. It makes it harder to resize partitions (you do it via the CLI)

Re: [Trisquel-users] I was wondering, if I did a full disk encryption,

2016-05-14 Thread t8mf4nu6lizp
Do you remember tosudo update-grub