Re: [Trisquel-users] Italian forum question

2016-06-27 Thread someone
Non c'entra nulla con il forum in italiano ma forse vi puó interessare ugualmente http://m.subito.it/vim/170041007.htm?&first=1&last=1

Re: [Trisquel-users] Haven't had any software updates for a while

2016-06-27 Thread mcz
Firefox will manage its own updates independently of your system’s package manager, an download subsequent releases. There will be no need to repeat the whole “procedure”… Enjoy Firefox! Thanks for the info. It's probably the easiest and simplest fix on the list. Reading this, I see it updates

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone using LibertyBSD? How does it compare to Trisquel?

2016-06-27 Thread anthk
>Had a hard time starting Scite because they use CamelCase in the executable name. The proper command is SciTE. Just simlink SciTE to scite

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone using LibertyBSD? How does it compare to Trisquel?

2016-06-27 Thread anthk
Also this theme should fit great with FVWM. https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1013663/ Just install lxappearance to change it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone using LibertyBSD? How does it compare to Trisquel?

2016-06-27 Thread enduzzer
You mean like this? ln -s /usr/local/bin/SciTE scite

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone using LibertyBSD? How does it compare to Trisquel?

2016-06-27 Thread anthk
ln -s /usr/local/bin/SciTE /usr/local/bin/scite

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Newbie LTS Support & Graphics Driver Questions

2016-06-27 Thread enduzzer
Intel Core i5 should be Sandy Bridge.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone using LibertyBSD? How does it compare to Trisquel?

2016-06-27 Thread enduzzer
I put a new screenshot on LibertyBSD forum. http://libertybsd.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=23

Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone using LibertyBSD? How does it compare to Trisquel?

2016-06-27 Thread anthk
About LibretyBSD, I suggest you all to enable softupdates, specially on a laptop with an external power source: http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq14.html#SoftUpdates Also, if you are on a laptop, enable the APM daemon NOW. As root: # rcctl enable apmd # rcctl set apmd flags

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Newbie LTS Support & Graphics Driver Questions

2016-06-27 Thread greatgnu
Paste here the output of lspci -nnk | grep VGA I don't think the OP has an ATI for he would have experienced the issue on the Trisquel 7 default kernel too. > when version 8 is released, is there any way an option to use an older kernel could be provided so I could update and still see my

Re: [Trisquel-users] Haven't had any software updates for a while

2016-06-27 Thread mcz
I tried #FSF, they told me I better try the softwares mailing lists. What is that? I'm supposed to simply send a mail? Like for IceCat: bug-gnuzi...@gnu.org For Abrowser I have no idea, it's not in the FSF directory. I can't seem to find info about it yet, besides it being an unbranded Abrowse

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Newbie LTS Support & Graphics Driver Questions

2016-06-27 Thread richolad
Yes, I meant to type Sandybridge, not skybridge. Here is the requested output: $ lspci -nnk | grep VGA 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0102] (rev 09) My desire is to run the distro(s) that

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Newbie LTS Support & Graphics Driver Questions

2016-06-27 Thread greatgnu
https://h-node.org/videocards/view/en/456/Intel-Corporation-2nd-Generation-Core-Processor-Family-Integrated-Graphics-Controller--rev-09- Should work with the libre kernel. I have no idea..

[Trisquel-users] Antwort: size of Trisquel 7.0 repositories

2016-06-27 Thread vinz
I am running a Trisquel package mirror (mirror.trisquel.de). Currently it's taking 514G of hdd space.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Newbie LTS Support & Graphics Driver Questions

2016-06-27 Thread richolad
SuperTramp83: Thanks very much. Good information. I still don't know if Trisquel 8 will use a newer kernel or not, or if a free driver will be provided to go with it, but I have a new (to me) resource to assist me (h-node). You appear to know more about hardware than I do; do you have any

[Trisquel-users] (Why we need Free Hardware) Boing boing on Intel ME

2016-06-27 Thread Ignacio Agulló
Boing boing published twelve days ago its own report on that plague we have come to know well, Intel ME, and it's the more complete and knowledgeable report I've seen on the matter: Intel x86s hide another CPU that can take over your machine (you can't audit it) / Boing Boing https:/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Haven't had any software updates for a while

2016-06-27 Thread dguthrie
Version 38.8.0 was the last release of Firefox ESR in the 38.x series, and after that Firefox 38.x became EOL. Firefox ESR has now switched to 45.x. The stable Tor Browser switched to 45.x just after it was released. Looking at the Tor blog, Tor Browser 6.0 was released on the 30th May 2016:

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Newbie LTS Support & Graphics Driver Questions

2016-06-27 Thread dguthrie
AMD have a commitment to 'open source', but not freedom. It is just corporate propaganda they are spewing. For example they play up the importance of their open source drivers, but they are unreliable and offer quite poor performance, and all of the heavy lifting is done by a massive propriet

Re: [Trisquel-users] (Why we need Free Hardware) Boing boing on Intel ME

2016-06-27 Thread dguthrie
If it was in the hands the users, then it would be a really interesting and useful system. It is basically an embedded computer. We could probably run a small GNU/Linux system instead, or something entirely different like a true random number generator. Or, just to be on the safe side, disabl

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 Mini question

2016-06-27 Thread dguthrie
Regarding the monitor, it does often depend on your hardware. For example I have a Rasperry Pi and it is connected with a cheap HDMI-VGA adaptor to an ancient monitor I found at the tip. There is a reasonable image but the monitor is never detected. Sometimes generic stuff goes funny too, lik

Re: [Trisquel-users] (Why we need Free Hardware) Boing boing on Intel ME

2016-06-27 Thread enduzzer
"Intel inside Intel" That's scary. All your chips are belong to daMagementE. ;-)

Re: [Trisquel-users] (Why we need Free Hardware) Boing boing on Intel ME

2016-06-27 Thread greatgnu
^

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Newbie LTS Support & Graphics Driver Questions

2016-06-27 Thread greatgnu
yw mate, I'm pretty sure the developers will deblob the LTS kernel Ubuntu 16 lts ships with (check the version of it, I don't know). If your question is, and considering your needs which, excluding gaming, appear to be pretty basic, "will I be fine with a libreboot X200 for the next 5 years

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Newbie LTS Support & Graphics Driver Questions

2016-06-27 Thread richolad
Very well. Thanks to everyone. I understand and consider this issue resolved.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 Mini question

2016-06-27 Thread eliotime3000
I started to use Epiphany as alternative web browser due to the issues that Midori generates me when I go to complex websites with an abusse of JavaScript. Even ABrowser does not generates me issues.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Haven't had any software updates for a while

2016-06-27 Thread mcz
I personally can use a different browser without too much troubles since I'm starting to know my way around the OS. It's about the average users, not me: there's no way this type of users would fix it by themselves. About Tor, well then between April 26 (last v38 update) and And May 30, it's