Re: [Trisquel-users] My experience using Trisquel so far

2019-10-29 Thread Narcis Garcia
You talk about something like gNewSense. El 29/10/19 a les 17:13, xliang9...@live.cn ha escrit: > Trisquel is great except that the packages are outdated. If there were a > Debian-testing-based, semi-rolling edition, that would be perfect.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Getting an old version of trisquel for archiving purposes

2019-10-28 Thread Narcis Garcia
El 28/10/19 a les 7:21, xliang9...@live.cn ha escrit: > If I remember correctly, Chinese version of Wikipedia was taken down in > mid 2015, and Japanese version was taken down in late 2017 (any literate > Chinese people should be able to recognize most kanji). And all language > versions of Wikiped

Re: [Trisquel-users] Recovering old USB drive previously used with MacBook

2019-10-28 Thread Narcis Garcia
$ sudo fdisk -lu El 27/10/19 a les 13:46, stry...@disintermedia.net.nz ha escrit: > I've got an old USB hard drive that was originally formatted as a backup > drive for a MacBook. At some point, somebody carved off some space and > made a second partition, accessible by default with GNU/Linux. Th

Re: [Trisquel-users] ufw - WARN: / is world writable!

2019-10-23 Thread Narcis Garcia
With that command you change all permissions for all users. The specific command to fix this specific issue is: $ sudo chmod o-w / (this only removes writable permission to Others/world) El 23/10/19 a les 21:34, tebaldofernan...@gmx.es ha escrit: > Hello, > > I do not speak English so I write t

Re: [Trisquel-users] how do I increase the available space for this part of my harddrive?

2019-10-20 Thread Narcis Garcia
$ sudo apt-get clean Your /var tree is really heavy. What is using so many space there? Moving system unencrypted tree (sda1) to encrypted volume (sda5) is not simple. El 20/10/19 a les 0:03, a...@ncf.ca ha escrit: > Hi, > > Trisquel gave me a warning that I was running out of space in a part

Re: [Trisquel-users] Netflix Does Not Work On Firefox.

2019-10-18 Thread Narcis Garcia
+1 El 17/10/19 a les 14:42, xliang9...@live.cn ha escrit: > It's not good to post such "solutions" here (here is a community about > free/libre software, not about proprietary software, SaaSS, DRM, etc.). > The true solution is to stay far far away from such heavily > DRM-encumbered things like Ne

Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Lost password on Trisquel machine!

2019-10-17 Thread Narcis Garcia
mkl80, have you tried with "grub" username? Lcerf, did Trisquel 7 propose some default password for this funny GRUB behaviour? El 17/10/19 a les 2:31, lc...@dcc.ufmg.br ha escrit: > No, they are not.  They the GRUB user (certainly "grub") and password... > that you have certainly never known.  U

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lost password on Trisquel machine!

2019-10-16 Thread Narcis Garcia
g that I forgot, the password... Thanks anyway > El 14/10/19 a les 10:21, Narcis Garcia ha escrit:> Another alternative to external boot (works up to Trisquel v8): > > 1. Hold [Shift] key when booting computer (don't wait anything appears > on screen) > 2. You will be pre

Re: [Trisquel-users] Netflix Does Not Work On Firefox.

2019-10-15 Thread Narcis Garcia
El 15/10/19 a les 12:17, christopher.ferguson...@outlook.com ha escrit: > Hi Friends, > > It has been 3 days I am trying to Play Netflix on Firefox, but it does > not work. I am not getting any specific error codes or messages, so I am > unable to detect where I could be going wrong. Has anyone

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lost password on Trisquel machine!

2019-10-14 Thread Narcis Garcia
Another alternative to external boot (works up to Trisquel v8): 1. Hold [Shift] key when booting computer (don't wait anything appears on screen) 2. You will be presented with a black screen titled "GNU GRUB" 3. With keyboard arrows, select "Advanced options for Trisquel GNU/Linux" and press ENTER

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lost password on Trisquel machine!

2019-10-14 Thread Narcis Garcia
One possible alternative to external boot: Let's assume user accounts are called "wife" and "husband". IF "wife" account has admin/sudo rights, using this account she can explore "husband" folders and get his files. When using standard Trisquel (Mate): 1. Applications menu 2. Accessories 3. MATE

Re: [Trisquel-users] youtube-dl

2019-10-03 Thread Narcis Garcia
El 3/10/19 a les 7:12, Caleb Herbert ha escrit: > How do I keep youtube-dl up to date? I need to download a channel for > offline viewing.. > In other OS distributions I use python-pip to get up-to-date version of youtube-dl. BUT: pip searches and installs from the PyPi repository. This reposito

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

2019-10-02 Thread Narcis Garcia
I remember to have used gnome-disks in Ubuntu to resize mounted root partition (live), but I don't remember which Ubuntu version was. El 2/10/19 a les 13:05, sil...@wqoe.com ha escrit: > Hi I completed this installation with the command you provided ,thank > you.. I need to reboot to see  if all

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

2019-09-29 Thread Narcis Garcia
What error? I don't see anything below your message. El 29/9/19 a les 13:07, sil...@wqoe.com ha escrit: > Yes Its the command i done *apt-get update* just before I get this error > message... > > My objective to fully upgrade to trisquel. but I tried to  complete > apt-get update command without

Re: [Trisquel-users] Richard Stallman Does Not and Cannot Speak for the Free Software Movement

2019-09-18 Thread Narcis Garcia
El 18/9/19 a les 15:22, kopole...@riseup.net ha escrit: >>  That is hate propaganda. > > No, I was merely answering J.B. Nicholson-Owens question namely: "but > I'd like to know if anyone here has any idea what they're referring to?" > > I merely gave a verbatim list of Stallman's statements on p

Re: [Trisquel-users] Nobody lasts forever

2019-09-18 Thread Narcis Garcia
El 18/9/19 a les 11:35, Ignacio Agulló ha escrit: > > The way I see it, you are lost from the very moment you try to > defend someone's innocence - haters will inevitably profit from the > occasion to claim everybody is guilty, even you who did nothing more to > try to defend someone's innoce

Re: [Trisquel-users] Nobody lasts forever

2019-09-18 Thread Narcis Garcia
El 18/9/19 a les 1:18, onp...@riseup.net ha escrit: > I just want to point out that this didn't come out of thin air: > > https://medium.com/@selamie/remove-richard-stallman-fec6ec210794 > > RMS has been saying things like this for years, and only now he's being > held accountable. It's about tim

Re: [Trisquel-users] Richard Stallman Does Not and Cannot Speak for the Free Software Movement

2019-09-17 Thread Narcis Garcia
Then, please use this mailing list for its scope. Join to an "individuals debate" list to talk about the good and the bad of somebody that is not subscribed here. (and invite him) El 17/9/19 a les 19:45, commodore...@gmail.com ha escrit: > Everybody in the free software movement speaks for free s

Re: [Trisquel-users] Richard Stallman Does Not and Cannot Speak for the Free Software Movement

2019-09-17 Thread Narcis Garcia
The "Nobody lasts forever" thread already was off-topic. Please, stop this subject to not deploy unuseful discussion. El 17/9/19 a les 18:28, tegskywal...@hotmail.com ha escrit: > https://sfconservancy.org/news/2019/sep/16/rms-does-not-speak-for-us/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Not really for users, but very interesting: deb versus snap

2019-09-16 Thread Narcis Garcia
El 17/9/19 a les 1:27, ma...@masonhock.com ha escrit: > Ubuntu also has some > advantages, like a more user-friendly installer Isn't this installer wizard FOSS? This it could be ported to any Debian derivative distro. If Canonical is a friend of FOSS community, any enhancement found in Ubuntu sho

Re: [Trisquel-users] Azure and WSL version of Trisquel

2019-09-02 Thread Narcis Garcia
+1 El 2/9/19 a les 1:36, calmst...@posteo.de ha escrit: > wouldn't want to give legitimacy to Windows or Azure

Re: [Trisquel-users] Improve html5 live video streaming

2019-08-30 Thread Narcis Garcia
I don't know about tweaking that stream preload parameter, but think that you have the option to download the video file and play it offline. El 30/8/19 a les 14:23, gnu...@openmailbox.org ha escrit: > Hello everyone, > > So, when I watch real-time live video streams on the browser, sometimes >

[Trisquel-users] How to get a Libre distro from Devuan

2019-08-10 Thread Narcis Garcia
Taken from https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng Missatge reenviat Assumpte: Re: [DNG] Future of gNewSense: Debian or Devuan? Data: Fri, 9 Aug 2019 20:50:18 + De: aitor_czr A: dng lists.dyne.org Hi, On 1/8/19 17:45, fsmithred via Dng w

Re: [Trisquel-users] Apparently corrupted hard drive -- advice wanted

2019-08-07 Thread Narcis Garcia
1. Create a bootable USB pendrive, flashing Trisquel Mini in it. 2. Boot from USB pendrive (you should press a special key while booting) 3. Mount internal drive from this "live" session and backup your data 4. Run "sudo fsck -kccy" on your internal drive El 8/8/19 a les 3:05, jimgarr...@posteo.n

Re: [Trisquel-users] Best practices: updating Trisquel

2019-08-04 Thread Narcis Garcia
This means that some old package depended on these. Maybe old package was uninstalled, or maybe new version now is not depending on these. Consequence is, if no software currently need these packages, they can be removed. El 4/8/19 a les 9:05, an...@ockers.eu ha escrit: > The following packages

Re: [Trisquel-users] Off-topic: The end of Freedom in GitHub

2019-08-03 Thread Narcis Garcia
Is cuban people allowed to participate in Fedora development, sames as UK people do? Software is one side, project is the other side. El 4/8/19 a les 6:57, enduz...@riseup.net ha escrit: > How is this any different from Fedora's export ban? You can use Fedora > in Cuba (the Cubans do not prohibit

Re: [Trisquel-users] (urgent?)

2019-08-02 Thread Narcis Garcia
This mailing list... Noise hides important matters. Lack of original messages quoted makes difficult to follow conversations, and them become irrelevant. El 3/8/19 a les 3:01, gnu...@openmailbox.org ha escrit: > I understand but again, if it is Off-Topic, it should be tagged as > Off-Topic. Sim

Re: [Trisquel-users] Off-topic: The end of Freedom in GitHub

2019-07-31 Thread Narcis Garcia
You decide your refusals. Microsoft/Github decide their refusals. What freedoms decide Trisquel project to deny or restrict? (not only on software code context but also on participation) El 31/7/19 a les 5:13, xliang9...@live.cn ha escrit: > I don't violate Freedom 0 if I deny someone to access

Re: [Trisquel-users] Off-topic: The end of Freedom in GitHub

2019-07-31 Thread Narcis Garcia
notabug.org service uses gogs.io software framagit.org service uses gitlab.com software El 31/7/19 a les 3:09, e...@disroot.org ha escrit: > https://notabug.org/hp/gogs/issues/236 > > I think it would be a better option using https://framagit.org

Re: [Trisquel-users] Off-topic: The end of Freedom in GitHub

2019-07-30 Thread Narcis Garcia
I understand that article talks about denying use of services, and about using currently hosted projects to exclude some people participation. https://github.com/1995parham/github-do-not-ban-us Important projects are still hosted in Github.com and are affected by this political exclusion: https:/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Off-topic: The end of Freedom in GitHub

2019-07-30 Thread Narcis Garcia
Sure, you are free (for example) to select your project members by race, and anti-racist people are free to migrate to another platform. Let's fitght to keep freedom on platform selection. gitlab.org is another example for self-hosting and/or self-management. El 30/7/19 a les 7:22, xliang9...@li

Re: [Trisquel-users] What Jabber client do you all use with Trisquel and Trisquel mini?

2019-07-19 Thread Narcis Garcia
I'ts important to have OMEMO as a security feature, mainly for group conversations. El 19/7/19 a les 17:36, xliang9...@live.cn ha escrit: > Either Psi(Plus) or Pidgin is good. > > Gajim is not recommended, because it doesn't support OTR encryption any > more (new version). And likewise, Conversa

Re: [Trisquel-users] What Jabber client do you all use with Trisquel and Trisquel mini?

2019-07-19 Thread Narcis Garcia
Fix place for "sudo": wget -q https://gajim.org/gajim.key -O - | sudo apt-key add - El 19/7/19 a les 13:43, lovexd...@gmail.com ha escrit: > I want to use Jabber from my X60 with Trisquel Mini and since I am > unable to install Gajim or Dino or Psi, I am wondering what you are all > using. > >

Re: [Trisquel-users] Abrowser or IceCat?

2019-07-09 Thread Narcis Garcia
I usually setup IceCat because it's binary distributed for more GNU/Linux distros, and my customizations work in more scenarios. El 10/7/19 a les 1:29, s...@disroot.org ha escrit: > Looking for anyone's opinion here. Here we have an OS that's certified > by the FSF and GnuProject and it's native

Re: [Trisquel-users] Italian administration goes Open Source, and that will benefit Free Software

2019-07-05 Thread Narcis Garcia
You've described a common environment with Spain, France, Greece, etc. including same proverb and including Windows XP. I suppose other people can identify this in more countries too. El 4/7/19 a les 11:25, vanacksabbad...@gmail.com ha escrit: > I'm italian, so this is an amazing news for me as

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel : Wndows Server 2012 R2. Mouse pointer becomes white square.

2019-06-26 Thread Narcis Garcia
How do you reach the Server desktop? VNC connection? RDP? Which program and syntax? El 25/6/19 a les 23:23, thomas@gmail.com ha escrit: > I am a new member of this community. I have searched for an answer to my > question without success and apologize if it has already been answered > unknown

Re: [Trisquel-users] The best terminal?

2019-06-05 Thread Narcis Garcia
I use same desktop project's application: KDE -> Konsole Gnome -> Gnome-terminal Mate -> mate-terminal LXDE -> lxterminal All of them do what I need (tabs, clipboard, scroll, dark theme, keyboard shortcuts...) El 6/6/19 a les 3:01, vas19...@ya.ru ha escrit: > Thanks, but I was asking about "Term

Re: [Trisquel-users] What's the status of the "Self-Destructing Cookies" addon that is being referred to at the "Tweak your browser..."-wiki page?

2019-06-05 Thread Narcis Garcia
Mozilla foundation has deleted most of .xpi files that were published at their extensions packages repository. This can be the cause of not finding extensions on Firefox-derived web browsers. El 5/6/19 a les 15:11, s...@disroot.org ha escrit: > When clicking the install extension link I am greete

Re: [Trisquel-users] Iridium Browser

2019-05-31 Thread Narcis Garcia
As Firefox is free/libre in license, IceCat is its repackaged derivative with respectful defaults to user. As Chromium is free/libre in license, Iridium should be its repackaged derivative with respectful defaults to user. I've tried Iridium from project's repository and it doesn't seem to have a

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't grow ext4 partition with GParted running from USB

2019-05-17 Thread Narcis Garcia
El 16/5/19 a les 18:20, stry...@disintermedia.net.nz ha escrit: > Narcis Garcia: >> If you format in Ext4 with Trisquel 8, you will not have metadata_csum. > > But format in Ext4 with Trisquel 8 (or 7) is exactly what I did! Is it > possible this was added somehow when

Re: [Trisquel-users] how to encrypt a USB stick

2019-05-15 Thread Narcis Garcia
Portable application for Windows = Portable viruses And viruses I'm sure aren't Libre. El 15/5/19 a les 21:30, m...@magicalandroid.me ha escrit: > Best way would be have a "portable" app on the usb stick itself, although > I am not entirely sure if libre ones exist ( not sure, but something > li

Re: [Trisquel-users] how to encrypt a USB stick

2019-05-15 Thread Narcis Garcia
El 15/5/19 a les 19:24, kerda...@disroot.org ha escrit: > thanks Narcis. I used that tutorial to encrypt my USB very easily. The > one downside is that it only offered to encrypt it for GNU/Linux. So if > I have a lapse in judgement and try to plug it into Windows or MacOS I > won't be able to use

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't grow ext4 partition with GParted running from USB

2019-05-15 Thread Narcis Garcia
El 15/5/19 a les 9:04, stry...@disintermedia.net.nz ha escrit: > Narcis Garcia: >> You have here a guide to remove unsupported feature (metadata_csum) from > a mounted partition > > Thanks for the link, but what is "metadata_csum" and if I remove it, > what are th

Re: [Trisquel-users] how to encrypt a USB stick

2019-05-14 Thread Narcis Garcia
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-encrypt-a-usb-flash-drive-with-gnome-disks/ El 14/5/19 a les 13:36, kerda...@disroot.org ha escrit: > Thanks for the tip, Narcis. I installed it but I'm not sure how to use > it for this purpose. I will try to find some tutorials for it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't grow ext4 partition with GParted running from USB

2019-05-13 Thread Narcis Garcia
You have here a guide to remove unsupported feature (metadata_csum) from a mounted partition, booting from affected OS: https://wiki.openvz.org/Installation_on_Debian_9 After this, you'll can use Trisquel 8 for desired actions over this modern Ext4 partition. El 13/5/19 a les 13:25, stry...@disi

Re: [Trisquel-users] how to encrypt a USB stick

2019-05-13 Thread Narcis Garcia
Did you try this? gnome-disk-utility It's very easy for GUI partitioning and encryption. El 13/5/19 a les 10:23, kerda...@disroot.org ha escrit: > I understand that the best way to encrypt a USB flash drive is to have > an encrypted partition with the files and then an un-encrypted partition > w

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel doesn't start after entering encryption password (system is librebooted thinkpad x60 tablet)

2019-05-10 Thread Narcis Garcia
You can select recovery boot options (or edit boot entry to avoid splash/quiet options) and see more details of next process. El 10/5/19 a les 0:36, eydi...@gmail.com ha escrit: > I'm sure this has been answered in another post but after searching I > couldn't find it. I haven't had any problems

Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Why isn't python3-distutils available for installation?

2019-04-29 Thread Narcis Garcia
In my humble opinion, better policy is to only remove that Suggest line when repackaging, instead of discarding whole package. El 29/4/19 a les 20:10, lc...@dcc.ufmg.br ha escrit: > I believe it was removed because it suggests the installation of > proprietary Python modules.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Password protected directory

2019-04-29 Thread Narcis Garcia
If you can't separate this as an independent encrypted partition, the solution is a disk image (encrypted) mounted with ploop. When you need to access to protected directory, you only mount image file with ploop, and will need unlocking password. Once this is done, you will have transparent access

Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel has a propritary program in its repos

2019-04-27 Thread Narcis Garcia
El 28/4/19 a les 1:02, Mason Hock ha escrit: >> there is a problem with trisquel and that it has aseprite in the repo i >> just wanted to notify people of this mistake >> >> http://dev.aseprite.org/2016/09/01/new-source-code-license/ > > It looks like only version 1.1.8 and onward is proprietary

Re: [Trisquel-users] How do I connect to Private Internet Access?

2019-04-26 Thread Narcis Garcia
Have in mind that this name, Private Internet Access (PIA), is a registered trademark of an ISP company; not a protocol or security convention at all. El 26/4/19 a les 7:17, Cal ha escrit: > The official PIA client is not yet free/libre software. > > https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/helpdes

Re: [Trisquel-users] VirtualBox, Eclipse Java

2019-04-23 Thread Narcis Garcia
It's libvirt that uses Qemu and other virtualization software (KVM, XEN, OpenVZ, LXC, VirtualBox). El 23/4/19 a les 11:58, Adonay Felipe Nogueira ha escrit: > If I'm not mistaken, QEMU uses libvirt.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 net install - full disk encryptiption not working

2019-04-23 Thread Narcis Garcia
I've done this with manual partitioning: Partition for /boot unencrypted (enough with 512MiB) Partition for / encrypted This is not «full disk encryption» but it's the widest one in an easy way for GUI users. El 22/4/19 a les 22:28, skinhap...@protonmail.com ha escrit: > I'm pretty sure Trisquel

Re: [Trisquel-users] Best way to watch Youtube videos?

2019-04-18 Thread Narcis Garcia
minitube? El 18/4/19 a les 18:39, kerda...@disroot.org ha escrit: > I am using Invidious after reading this great thread. I was using > Hooktube and then they got a cease and desist letter from YouTube, so > apparently they were spooked and switched to using normal YT embeds. Is > this an inevitab

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to migrate from Ubuntu 18.04

2019-04-17 Thread Narcis Garcia
making a new /etc El 16/4/19 a les 8:15, Narcis Garcia ha escrit: > Thank you; I'll try to do with some strategy like this. > Each OS installer should support installing from an application, without > booting its CD/DVD. > > > El 16/4/19 a les 4:16, ulises.sanc...@safe-m

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hello everyone! I have a question about this part of Trisquel GNU/Linux

2019-04-16 Thread Narcis Garcia
ve some legacy computers (32-bit CPU without PAE) > running i386 version of Debian testing..." > > Narcis Garcia: (To nadebula.1984): "I don't know what are you answering > to; for x86 platform Debian. currently requires i686 compatible > processors." > > Me:

Re: [Trisquel-users] VirtualBox, Eclipse Java

2019-04-16 Thread Narcis Garcia
Proprietary software can modify FOSS applications preferences: Imagine its documentation is in HTML format or online, and that software needs relaxed privacy settings for your browser. It could make you modify these security/privacy preferences and, once proprietary software is removed, these pref

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to migrate from Ubuntu 18.04

2019-04-15 Thread Narcis Garcia
Thank you; I'll try to do with some strategy like this. Each OS installer should support installing from an application, without booting its CD/DVD. El 16/4/19 a les 4:16, ulises.sanc...@safe-mail.net ha escrit: > I recommend to make a backup. If you can not or do not want, downsize > said partit

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hello everyone! I have a question about this part of Trisquel GNU/Linux

2019-04-15 Thread Narcis Garcia
I don't see what are you answering to, but I remember that this list thread was related to supported processors by Linux kernels. El 16/4/19 a les 3:14, ja...@bluehome.net ha escrit: > "currently requires i686 compatible processors." > > Perhaps; but the name of the architecture (in the package m

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hello everyone! I have a question about this part of Trisquel GNU/Linux

2019-04-15 Thread Narcis Garcia
I don't know what are you answering to; for x86 platform Debian currently requires i686 compatible processors. https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#i386-is-now-almost-i686 Next version (Debian 10) will keep this architecture, but I don't know about the

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to migrate from Ubuntu 18.04

2019-04-15 Thread Narcis Garcia
Yes, I can make this request, but that someone will be a totally unexperienced user. El 15/4/19 a les 16:00, xliang9...@live.cn ha escrit: > Is it possible to ask someone who have physical access to that computer > to do it?

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to migrate from Ubuntu 18.04

2019-04-15 Thread Narcis Garcia
Is there a procedure to reinstall as Trisquel, without formatting root partition? (scenario is single partition in a single disk) Thank you. El 15/4/19 a les 15:06, ja...@bluehome.net ha escrit: > To crossgrade over you have to be using the same Ubunutu version as what > Trisquel is based on. Th

[Trisquel-users] How to migrate from Ubuntu 18.04

2019-04-15 Thread Narcis Garcia
Hello, I need to migrate an Ubuntu 18.04 to Trisquel, I only have VNC and SSH access to that computer, and its hard disk has a huge amount of data (can't format ~ erase). I've open this issue because published procedure for Ubuntu 12 is not working (I've tried manual commands instead of running wh