Re: [Trisquel-users] root password and security

2019-01-07 Thread enduzzer
That's why MBanana is a computer scientist, and I'm a layman. I must admit I failed to parse the sentence. Reading it again, it makes perfect sense.

Re: [Trisquel-users] root password and security

2019-01-07 Thread jason
That's why Banana also said: "To keep most of the current environment (e.g., keep the current value of $HOME, do not 'source'/root/.profile, etc.), you may prefer..."

Re: [Trisquel-users] Newer Software versions (gimp, libreoffice, blender and others)

2019-01-07 Thread Caleb Herbert
You should try to stay on the old version. https://jxself.org/versionitis/

Re: [Trisquel-users] root password and security

2019-01-07 Thread enduzzer
With 'sudo -i' you get root's directory, using 'sudo su' you stay where you were when you typed that command.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Newer Software versions (gimp, libreoffice, blender and others)

2019-01-07 Thread lcerf
There are risks: First of all you have to trust the administrators of the external repositories: they may include proprietary software or even malware; maybe not today but tomorrow in an update; The administrators of the external repositories do not thoroughly test the compatibility with al

[Trisquel-users] Re : root password and security

2019-01-07 Thread lcerf
There is no need for 'su'. To get a root terminal with 'sudo': $ sudo -i To keep most of the current environment (e.g., keep the current value of $HOME, do not 'source'/root/.profile, etc.), you may prefer: $ sudo -s

[Trisquel-users] Re : Persistent key-value database with network interface?

2019-01-07 Thread lcerf
Those are the "redis-server" and "redis-tools" packages. They are not installed by default and I do not have them installed. They are probably dependencies of some program you added. Trying to remove them with the package manager (you do not have to actually apply the removal) would cert

[Trisquel-users] Re : Clientes do Banco do Brasil: reclamem do software proprietário de novo!

2019-01-07 Thread lcerf
Recebi um e-mail cujo assunto era "Avalie sua experiência como cliente Banco do Brasil". O link é personalizado para cada cliente.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Install from PPA rather than repo

2019-01-07 Thread Mason Hock
> Can the given issue be caused by the same application being present in > both the repo and a PPA? No, The version that is not installed should have no effect on your system. > How can I make sure, that Trisquel installs from the PPA and not the repo? The package manager will default to the new

Re: [Trisquel-users] Install from PPA rather than repo

2019-01-07 Thread Caleb Herbert
Should I use torbrowser-launcher instead of just downloading it from Tor's website and running it from the archive?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Install from PPA rather than repo

2019-01-07 Thread Caleb Herbert
PPAs usually take precedence over the system repos, so the PPA should be what's installed. To check, you can do "apt search torbrowser-launcher" at the command line.  If one of the packages are installed, you should see "[installed]" next to the package listing, like: cal@flexo:~$ apt search torb

[Trisquel-users] Install from PPA rather than repo

2019-01-07 Thread jbahn
I have used the tor browser launcher (tbl) for some time and it generally works well. On my latest fresh Trisquel install (Librebooted Macbook 2,1) I cannot gen tbl to work. It downloads without issues, but when the browser is to be opened I get a signature verification problem. I install