[Trisquel-users] Is Librem's Intel ME accessible locally or remotely?

2017-03-01 Thread J.B. Nicholson
calmst...@posteo.de wrote: Ah yes, librem, I remember it like it was yesterday... the lies, the crap and on an ironic twist, some lone google developer ports it into coreboot. I understand Management Engine (ME) isn't free software. Intel ME is cryptographically signed with a key users don't

Re: [Trisquel-users] DuckDuckGo Ups Ante: Gives $300K to ‘Raise the Standard of Trust

2017-03-01 Thread calmstorm
Actually the one supertramp uses does the same thing to me. :|

Re: [Trisquel-users] The Librem 13 v1: A full-fledged modern laptop with coreboot?

2017-03-01 Thread calmstorm
At best librem is being marketed by someone who doesn't know a thing about the road to free software given the amount of a mountain they must climb to get even a part of the ME code opened. AT worst, yes it is a scam. to be honest, I am thinking both now. but at any rate regardless of which

Re: [Trisquel-users] The Librem 13 v1: A full-fledged modern laptop with coreboot?

2017-03-01 Thread calmstorm
I would agree with you that the title was bad. I am sure he wasn't thinking about what he posted.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing Trisquel to replace Windows 10

2017-03-01 Thread calmstorm
You must burn the iso to a usb drive or a cd or dvd. https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/burn-a-dvd-on-windows this is one way you can do it. though it is on a ubuntu site... heh. don't fret though, I been down this path before, it gets easier as time passes. That's been my

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing Trisquel to replace Windows 10

2017-03-01 Thread legimet . calc
You don't open the ISO, you "burn" it to a USB drive (or CD or DVD): https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/how-create-liveusb

Re: [Trisquel-users] The Librem 13 v1: A full-fledged modern laptop with coreboot?

2017-03-01 Thread infinityfallen
I'm not quite sure it's a conspiracy so much as everyday misleading advertising, on both the article's and Purism's behalf. Neither seems prepared to accept the fact that anybody who remotely qualifies as a "privacy freak" has far better, still perfectly usable, options available now and in

Re: [Trisquel-users] DuckDuckGo Ups Ante: Gives $300K to ‘Raise the Standard of Trust

2017-03-01 Thread g . smyli
I can't remember if that has happened to me. It has seemed to be down for a while (https://searx.me) a couple of times lately. I also use it javascript disabled.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Hi, Houston, we've problems...

2017-03-01 Thread lcerf
I believe the service in question is "networking". Try this command in a terminal: $ sudo start networking If it outputs: start: Job is already running: networking then, show us the output of: $ sudo restart networking

[Trisquel-users] Re : DuckDuckGo Ups Ante: Gives $300K to ‘Raise the Standard of Trust

2017-03-01 Thread lcerf
I do remember the discussion: you pretending, like you did again, that DDG hides free software projects from their search results; onpon4 uploading https://trisquel.info/files/Screenshot%20from%202017-02-17%2008-29-50.png that shows, using the exact same query, that free software projects

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hi, Houston, we've problems...

2017-03-01 Thread g . smyli
Sorry to hear the Trisquel 6 to 7 upgrade didn't work so well. Me, I would either start over by reinstalling the good working Trisquel 6, or burn a Trisquel 7 'mini' install to a dvd and try installing from that directly. But You might try this regarding Internet connection (you can do

Re: [Trisquel-users] The Librem 13 v1: A full-fledged modern laptop with coreboot?

2017-03-01 Thread arielgnu
I didn't like the title "for freedom and privacy freaks". I also don't like the company's name "Purism". It seems to imply that freedom and privacy are something exclusively important to "freaks" and "Purism". Conspiracy?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing Trisquel to replace Windows 10

2017-03-01 Thread g . smyli
I agree with Heather, You are trying to install while in Windows and I would have no idea where to begin doing that but if you have shrunk the C drive in Windows; and successfully burned a Trisquel iso DVD; and have your BIOS settings set to allow you to boot from DVD drive, then you

Re: [Trisquel-users] The Librem 13 v1: A full-fledged modern laptop with coreboot?

2017-03-01 Thread onpon4
It has nothing to do with Coreboot. Intel CPUs post-2009 are simply impossible to use without a proprietary blob loaded by the bootloader. This firmware is signed, so it cannot be replaced. The same applies to post-2013 AMD CPUs.

Re: [Trisquel-users] The Librem 13 v1: A full-fledged modern laptop with coreboot?

2017-03-01 Thread greatgnu
Lol, ""librem""...

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hi, Houston, we've problems...

2017-03-01 Thread orontes
This is the answer to the command: -- # ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet direcciónHW 00:e0:4c:d7:86:d5 ACTIVO DIFUSIÓN MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1 Paquetes RX:0 errores:0 perdidos:0 overruns:0 frame:0 Paquetes TX:0 errores:0 perdidos:0

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing Trisquel to replace Windows 10

2017-03-01 Thread noordinaryspider
I'll give it a try, anyway. I haven't used Windows since XP was the newest hottest thing, but let's start with the basics: It looks from your post as if you are trying to install Trisquel from a folder on your windows installation, is this correct? It isn't impossible to do it that way, if

Re: [Trisquel-users] The Librem 13 v1: A full-fledged modern laptop with coreboot?

2017-03-01 Thread svhaab
You say, it is not getting a librem computer closer to approval by the free software foundation? Are all coreboot compatible computers non free and cannot get a free software foundation approval?

Re: [Trisquel-users] grub bootloader trick doesn't work

2017-03-01 Thread greatgnu
You can not edit the post, only the comments to the post (until someone comments on the comment). I have screen brightness issues on my older lappy. Basically this old, very old lappy would reset the brightness to the lowest setting each time it rebooted. What I did to fix it is this ->

Re: [Trisquel-users] Use this bash init script snippet to get an improved prompt. Also can you donate to help us to get a friend out of jail?

2017-03-01 Thread marioxcc . MT
We have less than 24 hours to collect the required amount for Alina's legal defense. The trial will be on 2 March 2017 (time of Moscow, UTC+3) but we must have the money ready before that, taking into account the time it takes to exchange. Now we can receive PayPal donations (send to the

Re: [Trisquel-users] The Librem 13 v1: A full-fledged modern laptop with coreboot?

2017-03-01 Thread onpon4
To further explain: it's coreboot with blobs. It's hardly any better in the sense of freedom compared to any other x86 laptop with Intel graphics and an old Atheros wifi card (like what Think Penguin offers). See here: https://libreboot.org/faq/#librem

[Trisquel-users] Installing Trisquel to replace Windows 10

2017-03-01 Thread sublime4
I've been trying to install Trisquel for over a week now with no success. I went to Documentation then Setup then Installation Guides and then finally to Install Trisquel with Windows in dual-boot to find some instructions. I want to install Trisquel and replace Windows 10 in the process. I

Re: [Trisquel-users] DuckDuckGo Ups Ante: Gives $300K to ‘Raise the Standard of Trust

2017-03-01 Thread calmstorm
Okay then. My bad. Also, I thought you replied to me with the below comment. heh my mistake. Yeah if tor uses duckduckgo we should trust them. Not that searx isn't more secure in my humble opinion. depending on which instance heh.

Re: [Trisquel-users] DuckDuckGo Ups Ante: Gives $300K to ‘Raise the Standard of Trust

2017-03-01 Thread onpon4
I don't have a dislike for your beliefs, and nothing I'm saying here has anything to do with whether or not I like someone.

Re: [Trisquel-users] DuckDuckGo Ups Ante: Gives $300K to ‘Raise the Standard of Trust

2017-03-01 Thread calmstorm
fair point I just saw my post below... yes he is spreading fud. I apologize for forgetting my own posts. I confuse myself sometimes heh. You were talking to both of us right?

Re: [Trisquel-users] DuckDuckGo Ups Ante: Gives $300K to ‘Raise the Standard of Trust

2017-03-01 Thread onpon4
I'm not disrespecting anyone's freedom of speech by pointing out that FUD is FUD. You are familiar with the term, yes? "Fear, uncertainty, and doubt". It's when no specific accusation is made, just vague, ominous suggestions. It's a tactic to avoid refutation and debate, to confuse and

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 is STILL not out yet?

2017-03-01 Thread calmstorm
Very true.

Re: [Trisquel-users] DuckDuckGo Ups Ante: Gives $300K to ‘Raise the Standard of Trust

2017-03-01 Thread calmstorm
It is possible that onpon4 has a good reason to dislike him... but its also possible its the same thing as her dislike for my beliefs. Not sure which. I dunno, i don't know will hill well enough. sadly...

Re: [Trisquel-users] DuckDuckGo Ups Ante: Gives $300K to ‘Raise the Standard of Trust

2017-03-01 Thread calmstorm
happens with trisquel 7 on abrowser, icecat and same bug happens on trisquel 8 alpha abrowser or tor browser.

Re: [Trisquel-users] The Librem 13 v1: A full-fledged modern laptop with coreboot?

2017-03-01 Thread calmstorm
Ah yes, librem, I remember it like it was yesterday... the lies, the crap and on an ironic twist, some lone google developer ports it into coreboot. hehehe... In all honesty though, I hope you know that you cannot trust librem. I am kind of suspicious of them even with QUBES OS on it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] grub bootloader trick doesn't work

2017-03-01 Thread andrew . comly
This is really weird, why can't I edit my post to finish about what happened after the last boot??? Anyway, after Attempt 05, again, just like the previous attempts, no positive results. I can't see the screen at all in the day and it's WAY too bright in the night.

[Trisquel-users] grub bootloader trick doesn't work

2017-03-01 Thread andrew . comly
I encounter a brightness issue on a newly installed trisquel7.0, my stats: uname -a Linux a-X200MA 3.13.0-110-lowlatency #157+7.0trisquel2 SMP PREEMPT Wed Feb 22 18:10:01 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Attempt 01: /etc/default/grub change the line: #GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet

[Trisquel-users] Re : DuckDuckGo Ups Ante: Gives $300K to ‘Raise the Standard of Trust

2017-03-01 Thread pinmaritim
Opon4 why don't you respect someone that has a different opinion than yours ? instead of acusing him with an abreviation which is already a biased appraoch? ie using a diminutive to potrait his opinion and repeating that too Freedom of speach and opinin should ring a bell to you should it not