Re: [Trisquel-users] Newbie trying to load Trisquel on Acer Computer.

2018-04-14 Thread onpon4
I haven't seen scientific research which finds that humans produce electromagnetic radiation. I was under the impression that the only interaction the human body had with electromagnetic radiation was the eyes' detection of visible light, and the use of ultroviolet light to synthesize

Re: [Trisquel-users] Newbie trying to load Trisquel on Acer Computer.

2018-04-14 Thread john . rook
Thanks again all. Learning a lot as I go :-) If the WiFi doesn't work after full install I'll buy a dongle from Think Penguin or Technoetic as recommended. I realise its a part of life for most but I'd never use WiFi at home because of the deleterious EMF effects. I'd suggest anyone using

Re: [Trisquel-users] Does PlayOnLinux work with Trisquel 8?

2018-04-14 Thread calmstorm
Ah okay. Point taken by both messages.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Getting Trisquel 8 Working on Macs

2018-04-14 Thread Mason Hock
I thought one of my friends had a Mac from 2015 but it's actually from 2012 like the one I already tested, so I still don't have a way to replicate the problem you two (loldier and strypey) are having. Have either of you tried the ISO that was uploaded today?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 codename "Flidas" Release Candidate is ready for testing

2018-04-14 Thread strypey
Loldier wrote: "[Fedora Media Writer] writes any ISO." My apologies, you are of course correct. I skim read the first of the links you shared, and got the impression that the instructions given there was the limit of what the program could do. Now that I look again, the images make it

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trouble with add-ons on ABrowser

2018-04-14 Thread strypey
Going off on a bit of a tangent here, but just found this link that suggests NoScript's author has ads linking to known malware from the NoScrit website, and messes with people's ad-blockers to make sure they see the ads: https://liltinkerer.surge.sh/noscript.html The person who gave me

Re: [Trisquel-users] ebook reader advice

2018-04-14 Thread strypey
I only open office documents when I know exactly where they've come from, and I trust the full chain of upstream sources to have reasonably secure practices. In other words, I don't open many office documents, and like Stallman, I tend to insist on being given OpenDocument formats, not

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing Belanos & Flidas on a USB-connected hard drive - revisiting old problems

2018-04-14 Thread strypey
FYI Etcher is free code software, and it does seem effective and easy to use, but there are some user respect issues with Etcher. See this thread for more details: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/user-respect-issues-etcher

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing Belanos & Flidas on a USB-connected hard drive - revisiting old problems

2018-04-14 Thread strypey
Like MagicBanana, I'm a bit confused about what you are trying to do. Are you trying to use bootable USB stick to install Trisquel on an external USB hard drive? If so, why? If not, where am I misunderstanding your goal?

Re: [Trisquel-users] libre (uncensored) DNS Providers ?

2018-04-14 Thread strypey
MartinH wrote: "But if I use jxself's method, I doubt very much that the root servers will ever change their ip address !" If they do, it will be trumpeted to the heavens with a major public announcement, as every single DNS provider (commercial or gratis, public or private), will have to

Re: [Trisquel-users] Minifree's Libreboot X200/T400 laptops now severely reduced in price. With Trisquel pre-installed

2018-04-14 Thread info
Oh, one more thing I forgot to mention in the original post. Minifree now provides *2* batteries, per laptop, by default.

[Trisquel-users] Minifree's Libreboot X200/T400 laptops now severely reduced in price. With Trisquel pre-installed

2018-04-14 Thread info
Hi everyone :) The Libreboot X200/T400 laptops come with Trisquel pre-installed, by default. They also come with Libreboot installed, which is a completely free/libre BIOS replacement. These systems are endorsed by the Free Software Foundation. All of the hardware is fully supported by

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel-Mini Desktop Environment

2018-04-14 Thread Mason Hock
> I can't speak for > Parabola I expect the experience with Enlightenment in Parabola to be the same as that in Arch, which was not very good. At the time Arch/Parabola had E21, so maybe E22 is better, but I found it to be much more buggy and crashy than E17 in Trisquel. signature.asc

Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Having trouble rotating console screen

2018-04-14 Thread Patrick
Thanks again for responding to my post. I don't know why I did not look at this file before posting, duh ! I know what is going wrong now. I posted awhile ago about how I was trying out Salix because I did not want systemd and that I was sad to go. I haven't gone. I am tri-booting at the

Re: [Trisquel-users] More Testing Please

2018-04-14 Thread davidpgil
I have recently tried updating using "update-manager -d" gui method and it failed. Here are my prompts: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/trisquel-8-codename-flidas-release-candidate-ready-testing#comment-130569

Re: [Trisquel-users] Newbie trying to load Trisquel on Acer Computer.

2018-04-14 Thread onpon4
It's firmware, not drivers. Unfortunately, most wireless cards these days don't work without proprietary firmware, and there isn't much reverse-engineering going on. There haven't been any advancements that I'm aware of between Trisquel 7's release and now.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Newbie trying to load Trisquel on Acer Computer.

2018-04-14 Thread strypey
John wrote: "Have used open office for years, so Trisquel suits me fine + the interface is simple, clean & pleasant. IMO simplicity is an art." Ae, the free code office suite formerly known as OpenOffice has improved rapidly since most of the developers walked away from Oracle and formed

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel-Mini Desktop Environment

2018-04-14 Thread enduzzer
I tried LXQt (Fedora spin). It has Qupzilla, which is Falkon now in the latest update (not yet in Fedora 26). Fedora LXDE 26 is the same as Trisquel. Midori and the same age old interface. It looks awfully outdated when compared to LXQt. I'm not sure what to think. LXQt is a KDE lookalike.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 codename "Flidas" Release Candidate is ready for testing

2018-04-14 Thread davidpgil
I recently attempted an upgrade from my existing laptops install of Trisquel 7 to Trisquel 8 and the upgrade failed. I have many screenshots showing each prompt. Where do I post this?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel-Mini Desktop Environment

2018-04-14 Thread strypey
"The best is to just install Enlightenment wm in your Parabola, Devuan, or Trisquel systems." As both Mason and I have said in previous comments, installing E17 in Trisquel results in a broken user experience. I can't speak for Parabola or Devuan, but it wouldn't surprise me if the same is