Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Unstable?

2019-09-28 Thread mason
> Sorry! When I wrote Trisquel-netinstall i simply meant netinstall as > opposed to mate or mini. I'm usually pressing tab to autofinish the name > of the iso (after checking with gpg, of course) so I only had .asc .iso > and .gpg files in downloads. I didn't have the exact name of the iso as I > h

Re: [Trisquel-users] Multimedia keys on Trisquel with i3

2019-09-28 Thread behmen
When putting in the first command that you gave >(1) Set MATE's window manager to i3 $ dconf write /org/mate/desktop/session/required-components/windowmanager "'i3'" dconf gave back an error, however, I had messed around with dconf before and I knew that there was a gui version. I opened dc

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Unstable?

2019-09-28 Thread behmen
Sorry! When I wrote Trisquel-netinstall i simply meant netinstall as opposed to mate or mini. I'm usually pressing tab to autofinish the name of the iso (after checking with gpg, of course) so I only had .asc .iso and .gpg files in downloads. I didn't have the exact name of the iso as I had d

Re: [Trisquel-users] Libiquity Taurinus X200 turns 100₂ years old

2019-09-28 Thread patrick . mcdermott
The anniversary sale has been extended through Monday, so if you don’t yet have a laptop that respects your freedom and privacy, there’s still time to get a Taurinus X200 at its lowest price yet! Thanks everyone for your interest and feedback so far. https://shop.libiquity.com/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Unstable?

2019-09-28 Thread mason
> 'Sudo dd if=~/Downloads/Trisquel-netinstall of=/dev/sdb bs=1M; sync' The only thing that looks off to me (apart from the capital "S" in "Sudo" which I assume is just a typo in the forum post) is the file name "Trisquel-netinstall". It should be something like "trisquel_8.0_amd64.iso". Where did

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Unstable?

2019-09-28 Thread behmen
When trying to install Trisquel 8 netinstall, is there anything special that needs to be done? I had been doing 'Sudo dd if=~/Downloads/Trisquel-netinstall of=/dev/sdb bs=1M; sync' When trying to boot from parse isolinux usb in libreboot it doesn't recognize usb. Works fine with both Trisque

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Unstable?

2019-09-28 Thread mason
> hi chaosmonk, perhaps you know what DE will be the default one in > Trisquel 9 Mini? This hasn't come up in any meetings I was present for, so I'm not sure. > Wiki says it's lxqt, is this true? Will lxde be dropped? Can you link to the wiki page you're referring to? signature.asc Description

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Unstable?

2019-09-28 Thread protonlucifer
hi chaosmonk, perhaps you know what DE will be the default one in Trisquel 9 Mini? Wiki says it's lxqt, is this true? Will lxde be dropped?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Unstable?

2019-09-28 Thread mason
> Do you know how I can get the iso for Trisquel 9? There is none yet. I think that we are close to having a netinstall image ready, but progress is slow. For now, I can think of three ways to install Trisquel 9: * debootstrap: This is probably the "right way" but not the most beginner friendly

Re: [Trisquel-users] Multimedia keys on Trisquel with i3

2019-09-28 Thread mason
> I'm using i3wm and my external keyboard's multimedia > (previous,play/pause,next) keys aren't working. > Multimedia keys however are working with MATE, so my question would be > which program can I substitute for playerctl? Personally, I replace MATE's default window manager (Marco) *with* i3.

Re: [Trisquel-users] RMS still heads up the GNU Project according to his post to info-...@gnu.org

2019-09-28 Thread David Philipe Gil
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[Trisquel-users] RMS still heads up the GNU Project according to his post to info-...@gnu.org

2019-09-28 Thread J.B. Nicholson
calmst...@posteo.de wrote: Not that I support everything he [Richard Stallman] does, but kicking him out of both FSF and GNU is just downright crazy. According to https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2019-09/msg8.html On September 16 I resigned as president of the Free Software Fou

Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Error while trying to update trisquel 7 to trisquel 8 : Could not calculate the upgrade

2019-09-28 Thread Caleb Herbert
Wow, are you just now upgrading? <>

[Trisquel-users] Re : Error while trying to update trisquel 7 to trisquel 8 : Could not calculate the upgrade

2019-09-28 Thread lcerf
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems Have you done that?

[Trisquel-users] Multimedia keys on Trisquel with i3

2019-09-28 Thread behmen
I'm using i3wm and my external keyboard's multimedia (previous,play/pause,next) keys aren't working. I tried to add # Media player controls bindsym XF86AudioPlay exec playerctl play bindsym XF86AudioPause exec playerctl pause bindsym XF86AudioNext exec playerctl next bindsym XF86AudioPrev exec

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Unstable?

2019-09-28 Thread behmen
I tried it and when doing sudo apt update then sudo apt upgrade something broke hahaha. I don't know if I 'technically' updated to Trisquel 9 but I ended up reinstalling Trisquel 8 from scratch just in case. I read a post by Chaosmonk saying that he did it with the Trisquel netinstall, but

Re: [Trisquel-users] The Free Software Force is calling for support

2019-09-28 Thread calmstorm
Yeah... I am going to say something... I really think that the beating on Stallman is getting really crazy, it already was to begin with, but this is just getting nasty. No one is perfect... and I don't think people understand where this is going... Not that I support everything he does, bu

Re: [Trisquel-users] Libiquity Taurinus X200 turns 100₂ years old

2019-09-28 Thread behmen
Bought mine before discount but still 100% worth, I received an excellent machine!

Re: [Trisquel-users] The Free Software Force is calling for support

2019-09-28 Thread bernardlprf
RMS did nothing wrong. https://sterling-archermedes.github.io/index.html http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=6918

[Trisquel-users] Re : Error while trying to update trisquel 7 to trisquel 8 : Could not calculate the upgrade

2019-09-28 Thread silver
Hi im still getting follow error with apt-get update .. W: Unknown Multi-Arch type 'no' for package 'kwin' W: Unknown Multi-Arch type 'no' for package 'kwin-dev' W: Unknown Multi-Arch type 'no' for package 'kwin-wayland' W: Unknown Multi-Arch type 'no' for package 'kwin-x11' W: Unknown Multi-Arch

Re: [Trisquel-users] Updating Linux-libre through jxself's APT-repository on Trisquel with Coreboot

2019-09-28 Thread patrick . mcdermott
libreboot is a distribution of coreboot and a payload (GRUB in most mainboard ROMs), and that step is specific to libreboot's GRUB configuration. Whether you need to do anything like that depends on your coreboot payload (and configuration thereof). If you're using coreboot's default payload

[Trisquel-users] Updating Linux-libre through jxself's APT-repository on Trisquel with Coreboot

2019-09-28 Thread andre
Hi all, Does the sentence [1] If you use libreboot make sure to do this. If you do not use libreboot, skip this step. cd /boot/grub sudo ln -s grub.cfg libreboot_grub.cfg also mean that if you run Coreboot, you can skip this step? Thanks in advance! [1] https://jxself.org/linux-li

[Trisquel-users] The Free Software Force is calling for support

2019-09-28 Thread Ignacio Agulló
The first Free Software Force announcement is online, both in English and Spanish: Free Software Force https://fsforce.noblogs.org/ -- Ignacio Agulló · grafot...@grafotema.com

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing newest Python on Trisquel 8?

2019-09-28 Thread andre
Solved with installing the AppImage https://electrum.org/#download

Re: [Trisquel-users] Libiquity Taurinus X200 turns 100₂ years old

2019-09-28 Thread xliang9550
Good joke. (There are 10 kinds of people, knowing or not knowing binary.) Yet I already have quite some liberated X200 series. I also have a legacy ThinkPad (which is still in daily use) that will be 1 (or 0x10) years old in the next year. I recently (very luckily) obtained one ath5k car

[Trisquel-users] Libiquity Taurinus X200 turns 100₂ years old

2019-09-28 Thread patrick . mcdermott
Good GNUs, everyone! Many of you know that the Taurinus X200, which comes with Trisquel and Libreboot and is certified to Respect Your Freedom, is based on “old” hardware that is professionally refurbished and updated. But on Saturday the Taurinus X200 itself – first launched on September

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Unstable?

2019-09-28 Thread xliang9550
I've been a Debian unstable tester for quite some time. Agreed, I often encounter bugs, but they got fixed very soon, sometimes even before I could submit a bug report. So when it comes to making a choice between stability and latest packages, I'd gladly choose the latter without any hesitati