Both gksu and sudo solutions are working! Thank you very much!
Since you are on Trisquel 8, you can execute:
$ gksu -u webbrowser abrowser
Does it work? Notie that, as far as I understand, 'gksu' is now considered
insecure and 'pkexec', in Polkit is supposed to replace it. What I suggested
you is essentially an adaptation of
Even safer: use ppa-purge to also downgrade the packages that the PPA
upgraded, i.e., that are present as well in Trisquel 8"s repository.
With these changes
auth_self_keep
auth_self_keep
auth_self_keep
The result is the same
No protocol specified
Failed to connect to Mir: Failed to connect to server socket: No such file or
directory
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
Error: cannot
Arguably more on topic, I just found this article about the choice made by
Debian about systemd at the beginning of this year:
https://fossforce.com/2020/02/the-verdict-on-systemd-is-in/
Thank you! I will read about Whonix.
Metal Rat does have a nice soothing ring to it. I was thinking "Andy's Little
Shop of Horrors" might be good. Or just simply "This Distro is Completely
Unsupported and Only a Fool Would Try It" - kind of a truth in advertising
kind of a thing.
> Another question before upgrading: what about the PPAs I have on Trisquel
8? Should I also modify their link for xenial to bionic and then do the full
upgrade?
I would disable all of your PPAs, upgrade to Trisquel 9, troubleshoot any
issues you run into after upgrading, and once
Thanks for the information. I was wondering how to achieve that as well.
Another question before upgrading: what about the PPAs I have on Trisquel 8?
Should I also modify their link for xenial to bionic and then do the full
upgrade?
One project I'm keeping an eye on in Whonix's [sandbox-app-launcher][1],
which will run each application as a different user and provide a mechanism
for configuring each such user's permissions for
* Network access
* Webcam access
* Microphone access
* Shared storage access (read-only or
Does it make a difference if, in
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.trisquel.abrowser.policy, you set "allow_any"
and "allow_inactive" to "auth_self_keep", rather than "no"?
I can't wait for the first release of Triscuit 1.0 xyz
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/return-son-show-your-desktop-again?page=1#comment-149934
How do you plan to name your release versions? Following the Chinese calendar
would give Triscuit 1.0 Metal Rat.
> PureOS was an oversight and those problems should be addressed there too.
It's not just that there are some problems to address. It appears that
PureOS has barely even begun to work toward FSDG compliance beyond choosing
to start from an already mostly-free base distro. I don't know how
It works with gpg2.
$ gpg2 --import d.pub
I'm using Trisquel 8
Terminal based web browser works as another user
$ pkexec --user webbrowser lynx
Ranger is also working
$ pkexec --user webbrowser ranger
But GUI based web browser is not working
$ pkexec --user webbrowser env DISPLAY=:1 XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY abrowser
Failed to connect to
Pure speculation on my part (but maybe you know): would endorsing PureOS be a
(failed) tactic to have Debian officially get rid of non-free and contrib
(passing the message: "you are that step away from being FSF-endorsed: look
at PureOS")? Contrary to PureOS, Debian matters to fulfills
I'm not proposing a different standard. PureOS was an oversight and those
problems should be addressed there too.
How could we check that there is no relationship between this:
https://libreplanet.org/2018/sponsors/
and the fact that PureOS has been added to the fsf list in December 2017, if
I am not mistaken?
I could just add firefox to the apt preferences file and permanently block
it, I presume.
On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 17:03:47 -0500
Caleb Herbert wrote:
> I am having much trouble importing this guy's key.
>
> https://thomasholbrook.com/contact-me/
I tried to import the key using gpg directly from a text file , and
getting the same error message.
$ gpg --import example.asc
gpg: key
To be clear, I don't personally see the FSDG as the be-all and end-all, and I
would not fault Purism for making some strategic compromises, such as that
needed to support the hardware needed for their phone. I just want to see
one standard applied consistently and fairly to all distros who
> Sounds like my personal libre-tized version of Devuan with jxself's
Linux-libre installed and all non-free repos and firmware and microcode and
firefox removed (and anything else recommended by vrms) is a lot more free
than PureOS.
Not sure I'd say "a lot more". Firefox is still
Sounds like my personal libre-tized version of Devuan with jxself's
Linux-libre installed and all non-free repos and firmware and microcode and
firefox removed (and anything else recommended by vrms) is a lot more free
than PureOS.
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