Re: [Trisquel-users] Carl Chenet warns that free software is slowly dying

2018-09-04 Thread xliang9550
"Open Source" is a misconception. So is "FOSS" or "FLOSS". Why not just say "free/libre software"? M$ can only buy influence over Linux (since it became a platinum member of Linux Foundation), but never GNU. Confusing "Linux" with "GNU/Linux" is a grave mistake. And those "Open Source"

Re: [Trisquel-users] Desktop icons and menus disapear Trisquel 8

2018-09-04 Thread gnuser
Thank you for the reply. I checked and it says caja. I think it might be due to the fact that I installed and uninstalled firejail a couple times. Between running firectl and firejail it might have messed up the way caja runs... But I checked in /usr/local/bin and all the symlinks that

Re: [Trisquel-users] Desktop icons and menus disapear Trisquel 8

2018-09-04 Thread gnuser
Maybe if I reinstall caja?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Weird output when trying to update

2018-09-04 Thread chrisotten2
Thanks... First it had to update the cache. Then it said check Internet for software updates. Then it downloaded a whole bunch of updates, particularly to Abrowser & LibreOffice and something called libglib, as well as python, .

Re: [Trisquel-users] Desktop icons and menus disapear Trisquel 8

2018-09-04 Thread Mason Hock
> desktop shows no > icons and right clicking gives no menu. The desktop icons are provided by Caja, MATE's file manager. If the desktop icons are not there, then Caja is probably not running. It makes sense then, that > HOWEVER, if I open a folder first, and then do the same, it works and >

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trying To Install Open Broadcaster Software Studio OBS Studio on Trisquel 8

2018-09-04 Thread Mason Hock
OBS Studio requires OpenGL 3.2 or higher.[1] Based on the output you posted > $ glxinfo | grep OpenGL > > andrew@andrew-ThinkPad-T400:~$ glxinfo | grep OpenGL > OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center > OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset >

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 errors in package mgmt

2018-09-04 Thread Mason Hock
That mirror is down. You'll need to switch to another one. https://trisquel.info/en/forum/weird-output-when-trying-update#comment-134900 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

[Trisquel-users] Desktop icons and menus disapear Trisquel 8

2018-09-04 Thread gnuser
Hey guys, Recently my Trisquel 8 started misbehaving. When I boot, desktop shows no icons and right clicking gives no menu. If I go to "MATE Tweak" the "Show icons on desktop" is checked and even unchecking/chekcing it again gives no result. HOWEVER, if I open a folder first, and then do

[Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 errors in package mgmt

2018-09-04 Thread chrisotten2
I get this now for any and all packages I attempt to load to my computer either through "Add/Remove Software" or Synaptic. W: Failed to fetch http://mirrors.serverhost.ro/trisquel/packages/pool/main/c/console-setup/console-setup-linux_1.108ubuntu15.4_all.deb 403 Forbidden W: Failed to

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trying To Install Open Broadcaster Software Studio OBS Studio on Trisquel 8

2018-09-04 Thread andrewandmelissao
Okay onpon4 thank you for your help so far! I am super grateful!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Carl Chenet warns that free software is slowly dying

2018-09-04 Thread greatgnu
>I've made worse mistakes in Spanish, like "estoy embarrasado". :D Heh, made me remember the interview for my current job.. Interviewer: "How would you say 'unfortunately our driver is late..bla bla'? ST: 'Siento informarla que nuestro **autista** llegara' tarde bla bla..' *autista means

Re: [Trisquel-users] Carl Chenet warns that free software is slowly dying

2018-09-04 Thread lucasdavidferrero
I think FOSS is not dying,instead Open Source world has taken incredible momentum. It's really sad that companies like MS are buying influence over Linux world such as Linux Foundation and not supporting FOSS. I haven't seen a MS's program that is under GPL license or a g**gle's one. That's

Re: [Trisquel-users] Cannot get Gmail time to equal local time on my Trisquel OS

2018-09-04 Thread Caleb Herbert
On Fri, 2018-08-31 at 09:35 +0200, alonivt...@gmail.com wrote: > Gmail is a proprietary email client.  Icedove is a good free/libre > one. >   You can communicate with Google's email servers with it. > > Gmail has a basic HTML interface which doesn't require running > JavaScript.  oh yeah, i

Re: [Trisquel-users] Carl Chenet warns that free software is slowly dying

2018-09-04 Thread Caleb Herbert
On Tue, 2018-09-04 at 17:29 +0200, jppare...@openmail.cc wrote: > Sorry, thanks for corrections. I think from now on I'm going to read > instead   > of writing. I feel shame :(  Don't beat yourself up over it.  I've made worse mistakes in Spanish, like "estoy embarrasado". :D

Re: [Trisquel-users] Carl Chenet warns that free software is slowly dying

2018-09-04 Thread jpparedes
Sorry, thanks for corrections. I think from now on I'm going to read instead of writing. I feel shame

Re: [Trisquel-users] Carl Chenet warns that free software is slowly dying

2018-09-04 Thread Caleb Herbert
Jaja, espanglés es muy cómico. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/probe#Noun https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/probe#Verb > I'm the probe of that! Aquí, probe debe ser proof. > I probed GIMP in my windows OS and I loved it Y aquí, probed debe ser tried.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trying To Install Open Broadcaster Software Studio OBS Studio on Trisquel 8

2018-09-04 Thread andrewandmelissao
Hi chaosmonk, thanks again for all of your help. I hope the output I posted will help you or someone understand the problem.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Carl Chenet warns that free software is slowly dying

2018-09-04 Thread xliang9550
RMS warned us more than 20 years ago. See "Right to Read".

Re: [Trisquel-users] My T400 laptop restarts each 5 seconds

2018-09-04 Thread info
Thanks everyone for trying to help. We were not aware of the problem our customer was facing, nor of the discussion started here, but our customer has also contacted us directly afterwards. We'll make sure to post here the solution.

Re: [Trisquel-users] "Flidas without installing" and Sugar TOAST

2018-09-04 Thread enduzzer
It shouldn't matter which way you do what you're trying to do. Synaptic is a frontend GUI for apt. That said, I'm not at all sure what your incentive is. I understood, maybe mistakenly, that you for some reason unknown need to run Trisquel off a live CD/DVD. A live session if properly