[Trisquel-users] New to Trisquel

2013-09-25 Thread miguel . guasch
Hello all, Today I finally did it. I downloaded the Trisquel iso file and am looking forward to installing it on my personal laptop once I get home. I am trying to learn as much as I can about software libre, and Trisquel was just great when I tried it out. Hopefully my experience with it

Re: [Trisquel-users] "Secret" 3G Intel Chip Gives Snoops Backdoor PC Access

2013-09-26 Thread Miguel Guasch
On 09/26/2013 06:13 PM, fernando.ne...@mail.ru wrote: (It never ends...) http://www.prisonplanet.com/secret-3g-intel-chip-gives-snoops-backdoor-pc-access.html (And, this is what I'm talking about, when I call everyone's attention to also the *hardware* that we use... - https://trisquel.inf

Re: [Trisquel-users] "Secret" 3G Intel Chip Gives Snoops Backdoor PC Access

2013-09-28 Thread Miguel Guasch
Every time I read things like these, I am so tempted to buy a yeeloong notebook.. How is the status on the MIPS architecture? -Miguel On 09/28/2013 06:25 AM, n...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: Answering my own question... http://www.eteknix.com/expert-says-nsa-have-backdoors-built-into-intel-and-a

Re: [Trisquel-users] Video Stream For GNU 30th Birthday

2013-09-28 Thread Miguel Guasch
On 09/28/2013 09:49 PM, zatr...@riseup.net wrote: Happy GNU-Day! Nobel Peace Prize nomination, anyone?! (= I second the motion :-)

Re: [Trisquel-users] "Million dollar" question concerning the hardware we use

2013-09-29 Thread Miguel Guasch
Thanks for the links! Do you know where I could find more videos/audios on lectures/speeches by RMS? On 09/29/2013 02:54 AM, fernando.ne...@mail.ru wrote: Ah. Nice... :) RMS ended up (inadvertently) answering my question, in his lecture given at the GNU's 30th anniversary celebrations. (So, t

Re: [Trisquel-users] "Million dollar" question concerning the hardware we use

2013-09-29 Thread Miguel Guasch
On 09/29/2013 10:15 AM, mikko.viinam...@students.turkuamk.fi wrote: >Thanks for the links! Do you know where I could find more videos/audios on lectures/speeches by RMS? Here's some older material http://audio-video.gnu.org/ And if you don't mind the privacy implications I'm sure you can find

[Trisquel-users] vPro technology and thinkpads

2013-09-29 Thread Miguel Guasch
Hi all, I'd like to ask you guys if you knew a bit about this vPro technology as a possible method of remote control. I've always thought that thinkpads were great for GNU/Linux, asides from the intel wireless card, and just now it dawned upon me that most of them have vPro technologies, which

Re: [Trisquel-users] vPro technology and thinkpads

2013-09-29 Thread Miguel Guasch
On 09/29/2013 01:00 PM, da...@qq.com wrote: vpro in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq-mHC9JYwY Incredible... This is really saddening. Does this "only" work on windows ? What about account priviledges in GNU/Linux? How does it know exactly which computer to connect to? Does the "cli

Re: [Trisquel-users] vPro technology and thinkpads

2013-09-29 Thread Miguel Guasch
What really impresses me is that people complain a lot about apple, me being the first. But still, look at the processor the macbook airs are using: i5-4250u - no vPro, no TXT On 09/29/2013 01:17 PM, Miguel Guasch wrote: On 09/29/2013 01:00 PM, da...@qq.com wrote: vpro in action: https

Re: [Trisquel-users] vPro technology and thinkpads

2013-09-29 Thread miguel . guasch
This is excellent information! I think the WLAN card slot wouldn't be a viable solution because of the BIOS whitelisting? Still, the USB option is there. I've ordered an Atheros USB WLAN card from thinkpenguin. This more or less solves, or at least helps, against vPro. But what about TXT? It

Re: [Trisquel-users] vPro technology and thinkpads

2013-09-29 Thread miguel . guasch
Oh, and btw. This kind of information is very valuable. We should update it in h-node or a valid equivalent :-) On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 07:00:04 +0200 oralfl...@lavabit.com wrote: >Luckily for free software users, vPro can be avoided by removing >the built-in >WLAN card, which requires proprietary

Re: [Trisquel-users] vPro technology and thinkpads

2013-09-30 Thread miguel . guasch
Hi Chris, Thanks for your very detailed answer. It really helped clear things up for me. I'm really glad that there is a company out there, yours, which is not only offering good hardware compatible with libre software, but also taking an active position in these discussions. Things like