You should be able to get MP3 support on Trisquel by installing the
libavcodec-extra-54 package (you may need to uninstall vlc beforehand
from memory).
This is in place of the libavcodec54 codec which is installed by default
and doesn't support MP3.
> Is google chrome and it's derivatives a good browser for Trisquel?
> Because i favor it for it's power.
https://trisquel.info/en/issues/4353
gnuser:
What are your thoughts on this, should we start using LibreSSL, after
all the s*** that has been going on with OpenSSL?
I don't know if the APIs for LibreSSL are the same for OpenSSL but
modifying programs to use the former could be a big job and ideally
would be done by upstream
vfvs:
Ok I've uploaded my key to a keyserver, how should now notify in my
mails that my public key is in that one?
Usually the keyservers synchronise so that your public key will be
replicated across all of the keyservers.
You can test it by choosing a keyserver that you didn't upload it to,
vfvs:
Hi guys, I'm trying to encrypt my mails with PGP but I don't know why
Evolution doesn't attach the public key .asc file to signed mails
)only a .sig file is present).
Am i doing something wrong ?
GPG mail clients don't usually attach the public key by default. The
signature contains
I don't have a solution to your problem but maybe a program like Gribble
could be modified to do it:
https://wiki.bitcoin-otc.com/wiki/GPG_Identity_Checking
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Gribble
Andrew
This isn't really surprising. Microsoft seems to be throwing around a
lot of money at 'open source events'.
A few years ago I went along to a meeting for an Open Source Group at
my university. The organiser told the group that they received
AUD$20,000 in total from three sponsors, one being
tyuw567:
I currently use some VPSes for personal use and hosting some
websites that I own. I use Ubuntu on all of my VPSes. I think
Trisquel would be incredibly useful to use as a server.
I can confirm that it works, but depending on the type of virtualisation
that your provider is using,
What do you consider to be the one net step forward? The EFF
describes the situation as substituting one non-Free (not their
framing, mine) program for another -- the proprietary software used
to implement W3C-endorsed DRM instead of Adobe Flash. This instead of
Google using their own WebM
p.s. an intel dual band wireless-AC 7260 is not good for Trisquel,
right?
Yes, unfortunately Intel wireless won't work without a firmware blob
which Trisquel doesn't provide.
Fortunately there are other options, such as buying an internal NIC (if
your computer doesn't block it, as some
t3g wrote:
If they want, they can re-license your code to a non-free one without
your control as they own your work. Canonical is known to be shady
with their CLAs as they leverage the GPL to force you to use free
software but then change it to non-free code since they have all the
power to
What parts of the software must find a free software solution in
order to make the raspberry pi 2 a free software computer?
There is some more info here, but it sounds like there aren't any new
developments from a free software perspective in particular:
Hi all. So I put the 64bit iso on a usb and booted from that. Then I
selecting try Trisquel without installing and gnome seems to work
fine, except for the panel that is not there. I mean, both the bar
supposed to be at the top of the screen and the one supposed to be
at the bottom aren't
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/why-im-leaving-trisquel
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/time-i-really-am-leaving-trisquel
*yawn*
Andrew
Looks like more proprietary malware:
https://startpage.com/rto/search?q=origin+spyware
Not only is suggesting proprietary software foolish, it is potentially
dangerous in this case.
This is why we support free software--if Origin were free, the community
would remove the spyware and carry on.
Yeah that sounds familiar. In late 2012 I filed a bug report about the
proprietary software being distributed by Mozilla and it also got WONTFIX'd:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=817856
Mozilla doesn't seem to be too bothered to even display licenses in the
add-ons manager (this
What exactly is non-free about ChromiumOS? I presume the kernel is,
but I can't find anything else.
Chromium OS has a major issue other than having a non-free kernel--it
steers users to use SaaSS and non-free JavaScript for as many primary
computing tasks as possible.
SaaSS needs to be
franparpe:
Wait a second, BLAG is still alive? And it is focused on security?
Yes, there is info on their Trac website:
https://blag.fsf.org/
and more info on their mailing list:
http://blagblagblag.org/pipermail/blag-users_blagblagblag.org/20141023/53.html
plus suggestions and thoughts on
but i dont understand why it needs cookies can you even use cookies
without javascript?? and i had javascript disabled
do php cookies get stored on the clients machine??
Cookies are set by HTTP headers. When the client requests a page it
sends the Cookie: header with data in it. For a
tomlukeywood:
as the idea of data that identifys that you visted a website(as you
got a cookie from that site) being stored on your computer while
browsing seems like it could easly give away your privacy
how can you be sure what websites are acsessing your cookies?
Indeed there are
Hi,
For Windows you can download a free program called md5deep for verifying
the MD5 hash of the file. Their website is here:
http://md5deep.sourceforge.net/
and the download is here:
https://github.com/jessek/hashdeep/releases
(you need the .zip file for Windows)
Alternatively you can check
tomlukeywood:
also why is there non-free software in this video??? pause at 2:18
you will see a firefox logo!
The Firefox logo isn't non-free itself. This was previously an issue but
IIRC it's now distributed under the MPL.
I don't know if having the Firefox logo in the program somewhere
lovexdrew:
Additionally, can they be run beside each other? Just wondering. I'd
like to use Icecat but I don't want to mess anything up with
Abrowser.
Yes because they use separate browser profiles.
Andrew
I posted my IMO on harmful effects of non-free JavaScript here:
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/harmful-effects-non-free-javascript
tl;dr: tricking users, unnecessarily tracking of user actions on pages,
obfuscation or primitive digital restrictions management (hard to tell,
not sure what
Hence Why in.archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/ is not active (since
about week)? Is it dead?
Yes, I think it must have died recently because I only started having
issues a few weeks ago (for some reason the installer must have
defaulted to India).
You should change to one of the archives listed
jpl:
Why? Art is non-functional, software is functional. It is vital for
software to be free, but it isn't for music and art to be.
This is true. But there are other issues with copyright with regards to
music that are addressed by RMS in this video:
jpl:
Yea, I've heard his lecture on Copyright VS Community; I agreed with
it, but RMS doesn't say nor think that all music must be free.
The point is not that all music should be free, but that the copyright
system as it exists today unnecessarily takes away freedom that makes
free music
I'm not sure if I can help you with your network issues, except maybe
for self-diagnosis:
- Wireshark can occasionally be useful for determining issues, e.g. if
the AP and your computer are successfully communicating or not.
- You can run the nm-tool command from your terminal for
For more than a month I have been trying to reach quidam for a
decision, but first he was traveling, then he didn't answer my pings
at the contact e-mail address, nor his colleagues these last two
times.
Sounds like a good idea. Maybe you could try contacting him on IRC? He
seems to be
Try pressing F1 on shut down and see if it switches to the console messages.
If so, can you report back what it says?
Andrew
When you shut down does it show the pulsating Trisquel logo, or is it still?
Andrew
I don't think non-free network service makes much sense. Perhaps
warning the user about SaaSS (service as a software substitute) and the
risks (lack of control, privacy) would be more clear and informative.
Andrew
I have a few thoughts on this:
Firstly, I think that the system is a response to the derailing of
topics, which in itself could be considered a form of censorship (of the
original topic). I'm sorry Fernando, but at least some of the topics
that you have hijacked with your conspiracy theories have
fr33domlover wrote:
I don't know enogh or have time to make my own kernels, but I can
try linux-libre. Why does Trisquel not use Linux Libre by default?
Isn't it easier than deblobbing Ubuntu's kernel which is probably
full of proprietary garbage?
I recall quidam uses the Linux-libre
Armworm wrote:
If you're going to be that uptight about web freedom, you need to
stop browsing the web altogether.
Web pages might not be software. But are they not a work of practical
use, which according to the FSF should carry the same rights as
software?
Some web pages are, others are
lamefun wrote:
Trisquel page is available over HTTPS, yet:
The download itself is over plain HTTP, ie.
HTTPS can indeed be useful for verifying authenticity of a connection,
but GnuPG is probably more appropriate for verifying authenticity of a
file (and also more efficient).
GPG:
mtlben wrote:
Is it really? What would a https download be good for if the
Trisquel server is hacked and another iso replaces the good one?
https only ensures that the traffic between the client and the
server is encrypted - it does not ensure the integrity of the data.
Actually HTTPS
The thing that got my attention though is that if you check the
https connection of the first two pages of that post, you see that
the connection is marked as non-secure/non-verified. Can someone
explain me why is this?
The user embedded an image in the HTML of his/her post, which is
It can be bypassed with the mailing list:
http://listas.trisquel.info/mailman/listinfo/trisquel-users
Andrew
Armworm:
What about dynamically created web pages?
Server side? User scripts?
Responsive design?
CSS3?
Do those not require JavaScript? Yet they are not replaceable by
installed software.
They are replaceable by user scripts (such as Greasemonkey-compatible
scripts).
The web is built
When I said web browsing I meant reading and browsing through web
pages/documents, not logging into websites.
Who needs to order a pizza online anyway? Just make a phone call.
Andrew
Same goes for flight tickets, train tickets... I could go on
forever. It's best to mention the websites that do work without
javascript... Mostly simple homepage-style information sites with
text and pictures only like stallman.org I think denying the problem
won't get us anywhere.
But I do
Armworm:
But Mr. Stallman thinks the user should not be told about the option
to use the system with only a few non-free components. Not only is
this censorship, he is harming his cause.
Firstly, not offering proprietary software to users is not censorship.
The idea that the Debian Project
Hi all,
If there are any 'Brisbanites' among us, there is a group of free
software enthusiasts called LibrePlanet Brisbane that will be meeting in
December 11. I hope to be there.
We usually meet monthly, but November was missed due to a clash with
another event.
Announcement on the mailing
superdude83 wrote:
4. Websites that use JavaScript for 'fingerprinting' the user (also
note that, paradoxically, not running JavaScript makes a user more
unique)
andrew i've enjoyed reading your post and agree with you. but the
point 4. is not true. at least not for me - tried with
I would just like to add that there are concrete examples of websites
that abuse JavaScript for various reasons, such as:
1. Websites that use JavaScript to provide annoying behaviour to the
user, e.g. popups, trying to prevent the user from leaving the page
2. Websites that create misleading
LDrumbler wrote:
You know what? That whole zealous phase I went through about freedom
is over. I'm no longer a purist for freedom. I just want software
that works.
I can sympathise (and share) your frustration that free programs are,
unfortunately, not always able to replace proprietary
System Program Problem Detected Do you want to report the problem
now?
I get this as well, so it's probably not an isolated issue.
Andrew
BTJustice wrote:
Non-free compnents can be removed or even avoided which is the whole
point of freedom--the user choosing what to do.
Indeed, you are correct that users are free to choose to use non-free
software, and nobody wants to take that away. Whether individuals or
groups developing or
BTJustice wrote:
My software freedom is just fine as is anyone else's who use Ubuntu
MATE. The only non-free software I ama using is the fglrx driver
for my AMD video card.
How do you know that? Ubuntu enables the restricted and multiverse
repositories by default. Even if you managed to only
My only suggestion for you is that you could look for a more
freedom-friendly computer next time
I will also add that I am, by no means, accusing you of doing anything
wrong in purchasing your current computer, as it's the developers' fault
for restricting freedom, not the users'.
Andrew
amalinda.gamage wrote:
Even though Flash is clicked allowed to work in Facebook, videos are
not playing. The error message says Flash Player Upgrade required
Nowadays facebook is a page that everyone uses a lot. So I believe
ABrowser needs to be able to support it if we are to use the same
You can also create a shortcut to open TBB. Just drag the Web Browser
launcher from the Applications Menu into a directory and change it to
have the correct path, such as:
/home/bob/tor/tor-browser_en-US/start-tor-browser
You may need to make the launcher executable in permissions for it to
marioxcc0 wrote:
I think that you mean a symlink. There are no shortcuts in GNU/Linux
or other UNIX-like systems I'm aware of.
GNOME has .launcher shortcuts that aren't symlinks and are typically
used by the Applications Menu.
I think KDE has its own launcher format as well.
Andrew
tkmantz625 wrote:
There's a whole lot of anti-DuckDuckGo talk (rightfully so), but not
a whole lot of talk about solutions. How does Ixquick/Startpage and
Privatelee and others hold up to scrutiny?
I did a WHOIS and traceroute of DuckDuckGo and Startpage IP addresses.
As expected, packets
ken wrote:
I'm a little disappointed that so much visual fluff was combined
with a less-effective driver resulting in poor performance. I don't
have a weak machine, and Trisquel 6 was so responsive and snappy.
Trisquel 7, before removing nouveau, was very sluggish and muddy for
the sake of
You can also disable it on desktop by going into the System Settings
Accessibility and turning the setting off.
Andrew.
I made a Slashdot submission (please upvote it if you can :-)
http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=viewtype=submissionid=3955749
Slashdotted:
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/14/11/04/0517220/trisquel-7-released
Trisquel won't run on any of the ARM-based (e.g. Exynos, NVIDIA)
Chromebooks as it is x86-only.
I believe you might have to change the BIOS settings to use Developer
Mode in order to delete Chrome OS and install Trisquel on the Chromebook.
There is a thread from last year on the Acer C7 model
sdjfhasdufh wrote:
@andrew there is still a difference between plaintext traffic going
through ISPs and routers VS going through someones private server.
Your ISP may lose customers if they are found to be modifying
wikipedia, a malice node may have something to gain by doing so.
There is
Just to point out that there are far more reasons to use Tor other than
avoiding government surveillance, e.g. avoiding corporate surveillance.
Andrew
marioxcc0 wrote:
I'm looking for a VPS provider which is compatible with the free
software philosophy. If you know of a VPS provider which actively
supports the FS philosophy (like ThinkPenguin does) or a provider
which at least offers VPS packages for which I wouldn't be founding
Actually all plaintext traffic can be subject to sniffing and attacks,
not just Tor traffic. I heard that the FinFisher software can already
generate malicious binaries for targets on-the-fly for HTTP traffic.
In terms of software integrity, most Trisquel users install software
from the
If your BitTorrent client is capable of DHT then you might be able to
find peers, depending on whether someone else with the file is online.
The web seeds don't appear to be working at this point.
I have the file but I only seed it when my home computer is online. I
suspect others might start
ericxdu23 wrote:
How is it possible to get the torrent in order to seed it in the
first place? I'd gladly seed 24/7 from my Raspberry Pi.
Depends on your BitTorrent client. For me I did this:
1. Downloaded the torrent and added it to Transmission
2. Downloaded the ISO over HTTP (through wget)
ericxdu23 wrote:
My next question is how to enable DHT. Transmission supports magnet
links and I feel like that has something to do with DHT.
I just started the torrent on my Pi and it seems to be downloading
even though the warning not authorized for use with this tracker
stays visible.
ericxdu23 wrote:
My next question is how to enable DHT. Transmission supports magnet
links and I feel like that has something to do with DHT.
I forgot to mention that DHT doesn't have a lot to do with magnet links.
If you're using DHT your client will connect to peers in order to find
peers
I am using public trackers right now so you might be able to connect
to me
That is, if you are downloading the standard amd64 ISO as I'm not
seeding anything else yet.
Andrew
Mono Is it free??
From a copyright perspective, yes. From a software patent perspective,
it could be hard to tell, especially for people in the U.S.
Andrew
christian wrote:
And you're honestly saying that Thunderbird was in Trisquel by
mistake for all that time, and the mistake was only realized when
RMS sent an email about it?
I have to agree, I even made a forum post asking why we weren't
using icedove well over a year ago, and got exactly
ed neville wrote:
On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 11:40:45AM +0200, nux wrote:
Trisquel 7 is still using Upstart, so no need to worry about it
until 2016+
That's made me a happy man.
Oh. My. GOD! AWESOME!!!
I'm switching to Trisquel *NOW*.
***PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DONT SWITCH TO GNOME3 OR
nux wrote:
I have read it and I think it's largely confused nonsense.
Imagine selling pens with conditions about what you can write with
them; that would be noisome, and we should not stand for it.
Everyone buys pens with the understanding that there are laws
covering what you can write
toni.schultheis wrote:
Hello, when i install trisquel 6.0.1 and it sees there are other
systems like win7 (for gaming only), then it installs the grub for
more then one system... but after rebooting none of them is actually
able to boot!
1. Firstly, does GRUB start when you boot into your
blade.vp2020 wrote:
I sent Message to rms He says lazarus is free
Just FYI (for future reference--also to forum/list readers), the FSF
Licensing Compliance Team is probably the best contact for checking if
a program is free or not and other licensing questions.
You can email them at
janith wrote:
from fn key it work fine from 3.2.* kernels. i installed latest
kernels. but from them its not working. also i updated xserver-xorg.
this are from lspci Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor
Graphics Controller VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro
Devices, Inc.
gary wrote:
Thanks! Hopefully Dubai bodies aren't as agressive with Tor as with
US.
The US isn't aggressive with Tor, except maybe the NSA internally.
In fact many universities in the US run Tor nodes, which is ideal
because they have very fast internet access.
Andrew.
I know some of you do have access to Ruben - he ignores outsiders
and has ignored my offers to help in the past, but if you do have
contact with Ruben, the most important message I'd give him is that
he cannot do everything.
I'm also a Trisquel outsider here.
Regarding security, although I'm
nux wrote:
Sorry to bring the dreaded subject up again, but, how much of systemd
is in Trisquel 7? I was under the impression that it was part of T7,
but when I tried to run one of the systemd commands (journalctl -f),
it reports that journalctl is not installed, yet there is systemd
stuff
mr.m.robinson wrote:
Hello,
I tried Trisquel under VirtualBox and decided to install it on my
notebook; how do I get and install Trisquel's public key on my gpg
ring?
The --list-packets option for GPG (via Terminal) will show you the
public key that you need to import. This is what I get
On a side note, you might be interested in the recent discussion on a
similar subject at the FSF-Debian collaboration list:
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/fsf-collab-discuss/2014-September/thread.html#399
Andrew.
digitalrof...@diaspora.unprism.me
digitalrof...@diaspora.unprism.me
It's just someone choosing to submit to someone else and taking on
the title slave. Because it's not actual slavery, you can back out
and otherwise assert your right to freedom.
proprietary software fits perfectly to this description. You _can_
back out of the slavery of a proprietary
blade.vp2020 wrote:
hi Are Here Any person Have an account on Diaspora*??
I'm not on Diaspora yet, but I might check it out if I get spare time,
especially if there are free software advocates on there.
I'm on pump.io which is also used by free software advocates. Pump.io is
another federated
Modification of another quote I know:
Software freedom doesn't matter until it does
With regards to Skype, for many years it continued to be a useful, P2P
VoIP network, despite being proprietary software. At the start its
encrypted connections attracted use by people who couldn't use phone
gnuser wrote:
I would say that a keyboard's firmware could be dangerous (maybe
logging your keystrokes and sending it somewhere over the internet)
but is it true for any firmware? Or is a matter simply of freedom,
not so much of security?
Also, Intel's proprietary Wi-Fi firmware stops a
Also, Intel's proprietary Wi-Fi firmware stops a user from being able
to change their MAC address
Er, maybe driver actually, I'm not too sure. The GNU/Linux drivers for
Intel Wi-Fi cards are apparently free but the firmware is not:
https://wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi
The quote from Intel that it
gnuser wrote:
I'm sorry, but I believe that must not be correct. According to
https://tails.boum.org/doc/about/license/index.en.html all their
software is free software, and IIRC they even got rid of TrueCrypt
some time ago (because of the issues with it). Also, since this is
based on
jabjabs wrote:
Cool, conflicting answers. :D
Haha yeah.
To expand on my answer earlier, VirtualBox and KVM create virtual
hardware interfaces which the virtual OS talks to. Because VB and KVM
are free software and the interfaces are documented, the GNU/Linux
drivers within the virtual OS for
gary02121993 wrote:
Fight For The Internet (FFTF) told me about it via mail subscription.
Here's the link: https://www.getlantern.org/
For those asking about the difference between Tor and Lantern, Lantern
is a censorship circumvention mechanism but not an anonymity network.
Lantern can also
jabjabs wrote:
So I have been pondering about the Linux-Libre situation and the
issues of data/driver blobs and it got me thinking.
Would it be possible to run a virtual machine that could run a
non-free OS? Or would the underlying kernel prevent these additional
layers from working?
Torrents for the latest ISO images are now online:
http://planet-trisquel.org/torrents/
If you download, please seed if you can. Thanks!
Andrew.
One more question. What tracker do you recommend? Is there a
freedom-loving tracker?
Hi kokomo_joe,
I don't know if there are any trackers specifically for free software.
The Trisquel tracker is usually out-of-date and is a closed tracker,
same for gNewSense and other GNU/Linux trackers.
gnufreeme wrote:
My question is: Where's a good place to host the torrent files? I
haven't had a website in a long time and I'm not sure of the various
freedom concerns with online file hosting. I don't want to
accidentally promote some unethical jacka$$ and earn the ire of the
Trisquel
Hi kokomo_joe,
Got your PM, but I wasn't sure if your Trisquel email address was active
or not.
You can email me at firstn...@roffey.org (replace firstname with my name).
Andrew.
Hi! To hopefully answer some of your questions:
1) What version of Ubuntu is Trisquel 7 based on?
It is based on 14.04, which is currently the latest release of Ubuntu
released in April.
3) I'd like to migrate all settings from abrowser to icecat. Is
there a simple way to do this (browsing
noordinaryspider:
I have been invited to participate in a virtual conference that
requires Blackboard software and I was curious if there was some
sort of a workaround I could use. I can't get past the unsupported
operating system unsupported Java page and am fine with reduced
You could also try spoofing your user-agent and see if that fixes the issue:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/websites-say-firefox-outdated-or-incompatible
Andrew.
bm-2cwce5abrzcyn1hzwsb33z4btaxgamtogq:
Anonymous means I can't pay.
Does it? You could use a host that accepts Bitcoin. Just register to one
with a fake name and address.
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Trade#Web_Hosting
Andrew.
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