[Trisquel-users] Libreboot T400, what do you think about this computer ?

2015-11-27 Thread ashok . biollay
Hello, I just got an email (from DefectiveByDesign and FSF) that mention this computer. What do you think about this computer ?

[Trisquel-users] Re : Purism computer (possibly as free as FSF encourage)

2015-02-17 Thread ashok . biollay
Thank you for your answers. I will read the other discussion. Actually, when I see the price, I wonder if it's worth.

[Trisquel-users] Purism computer (possibly as free as FSF encourage)

2015-02-16 Thread ashok . biollay
Hello, everybody, Have you heard about this computer ? http://puri.sm/products What do you think about it ? as free as it should ?

[Trisquel-users] How to download this video (from Australia) ?

2015-02-02 Thread ashok . biollay
Hello, everybody, On [url=http://www.sbs.com.au/movies/video/28997699932/The-Globe-Collector]this page[/url] there is a viedo. I see that it's 7 minutes 9 seconds long, but I can neither read nor download it. I suppose there is DRM so that we can read it only from Australia (a priori).

Re: [Trisquel-users] Some general questions about Trisquel

2015-01-02 Thread ashok . biollay
Yes, don't hesitate to visit the different sections of the forum (if you speak also French and Spanish, or want to learn these two languages ;) ). If you know some other German-speaking people who want to discover Trisquel, if they can come here, I don't mind. ;)

Re: [Trisquel-users] Stallman uses Trisquel GNU/Linux for computation.

2015-01-02 Thread ashok . biollay
I don't use yet gNewSense, but want to try it later. Is it in a bad situation ?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Some general questions about Trisquel

2015-01-02 Thread ashok . biollay
Oh ! I just saw now : there is even a Romanian-speaking section !

[Trisquel-users] How to share files with ChatZilla ?

2014-12-22 Thread ashok . biollay
Hello, everybody, I use Trisquel 6.0, with Firefox and Chatzilla. I talk with some people that use mibbit on a closed cat (we're given the passowrd). I have several questions : - I can change my nicknanes. It means anyone can change it. It anyone can take my nickname. What to do so that

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 will be released next week.

2014-11-24 Thread ashok . biollay
Okay, thanks. I will send him an email.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 will be released next week.

2014-11-23 Thread ashok . biollay
Yes, I understood that 50$ is the discount. I asked : if I buy two laptops, is the discount 100$ ? [If I buy n laptops, is the discount 50n$ ?]

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 will be released next week.

2014-11-19 Thread ashok . biollay
Is there the same offer if I choose Trisquel 6.0 ? What if I buy several laptops ? fixed 50$ or 50$ a laptop ? Still possible to come to London and pay cash ?

Re: [Trisquel-users] When is proprietary software bad?

2014-09-04 Thread ashok . biollay
Just a question : Are there ethical arguments that justify to use proprietary softwares rather than free softwares ?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Laser Printer compatible with Trisquel or totally free distributions ?

2014-08-26 Thread ashok . biollay
Thanks ! good job ! then new comers have the possibility to choose more appropriate (free) printers. ^^

Re: [Trisquel-users] Laser Printer compatible with Trisquel or totally free distributions ?

2014-08-23 Thread ashok . biollay
Thank you for your answer. I will buy them soon (just time to spare money).

Re: [Trisquel-users] Laser Printer compatible with Trisquel or totally free distributions ?

2014-08-22 Thread ashok . biollay
Okay, I will just use link the printer and the computer together. Then, I especially print black-white pdf (texts ; maybe with LaTex mathematics symbols, music sheets). I rarely print pictures. I rarely print in colours.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Laser Printer compatible with Trisquel or totally free distributions ?

2014-08-20 Thread ashok . biollay
For example, if I buy, on ThinkPenguin.Com : - this computer (with Trisquel 6 / 7 / ...) and - this printer, will it (be possible to make them) work together ? The idea is to use one computer with Trisquel (without any proprietary software) and any peripheral (printer, mouse, external hard

Re: [Trisquel-users] Munich gives up on GNU/Linux and free/open source software

2014-08-20 Thread ashok . biollay
I hope they will keep using GNU/Linux and not come back to proprietary operating systems. Would be good that others towns and cities adopt Trisquel. ^^

Re: [Trisquel-users] Laser Printer compatible with Trisquel or totally free distributions ?

2014-08-20 Thread ashok . biollay
Ah !?! isn't there a way to make them (laser printer and trisquel) work together ? I don't want to come back to inkjet printers.

[Trisquel-users] Laser Printer compatible with Trisquel or totally free distributions ?

2014-08-05 Thread ashok . biollay
Hello, everybody, On the website ThinkPenguin.Com I see that the only laser printer is a priori not compatible with Trisquel. Do you know some laser printers (with ou without color) that are compatible with Triquel or with one of these recommended distributions ? Just another little

Re: [Trisquel-users] Laser Printer compatible with Trisquel or totally free distributions ?

2014-08-05 Thread ashok . biollay
Thank you for your answer. I found these laser printers : - 01 : Brother Industries, Ltd DCP-7020 (B-partial compatibility), - 02 : Lexmark E332n (A-Full compatibility), - 03 : Lexmark E260d (A-Full compatibility), - 04 : Canon imageRUNNER 2530i (B-partial compatibility), - 05 : HP LaserJet

Re: [Trisquel-users] Ututo gnu linux

2014-07-23 Thread ashok . biollay
Their website seems to be back. There a was a period where we couldn't access it. Voy a descargar.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Seven!!!

2014-07-23 Thread ashok . biollay
After your great job, it seems we can already try Trisquel 7.0.

[Trisquel-users] WordPress, DruPal, Joomla! or any other CMS ?

2014-07-13 Thread ashok . biollay
Hello, everybody, I read in several sites that WordPress is rather advised for beginners. And you which CMS do you prefer and why ? Which one would you choose as a librist ? (for free softwares and free sharing)

Re: [Trisquel-users] WordPress, DruPal, Joomla! or any other CMS ?

2014-07-13 Thread ashok . biollay
I was told that, with Joomla!, many plugins are privating (proprietary ; user-subjugating software ; unfree). Is it the same with WordPress and DruPal ?

[Trisquel-users] Re : how do I remove pages from a pdf?

2014-04-24 Thread ashok . biollay
So, why is it in Trisquel repository ?

[Trisquel-users] Re : Storing passwords

2014-04-13 Thread ashok . biollay
I use no software. All passwords in my head.

[Trisquel-users] Canonical is goint to close Ubuntu One

2014-04-03 Thread ashok . biollay
Hello, everybody, http://news.slashdot.org/story/14/04/02/1355244/canonical-shutting-down-ubuntu-one-file-services I uploaded some files there. Where else can I upload files ? (I look for sites which are for freedom and free sharing)

[Trisquel-users] Re : Replicant ?

2014-02-07 Thread ashok . biollay
I forgot one question : Are you satisfied of Replicant ? With Replicant can you do everything you wanted ? - send and receive calls and messages, - alarms, - time, - transmit open formats files (ogg, ogv, webm, pdf, etc.), - change your alarm/call/message sound, - have and save

[Trisquel-users] What is a file .ics ? and with which free software to open such files ?

2013-12-03 Thread ashok . biollay
Hello, everybody, What is the ics format ? and which free software can open such files ?

[Trisquel-users] Re : Replicant ?

2013-12-03 Thread ashok . biollay
If we install a non-free firmware now, will it be later possible to replace it by a free firmware ?

[Trisquel-users] Re : What is a file .ics ? and with which free software to open such files ?

2013-12-03 Thread ashok . biollay
Thank you for your answer. I can open it with the free software KOrganizer.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Replicant ?

2013-12-03 Thread ashok . biollay
Thank for your answer. Should I buy now a Nexus S ? should I wait a moment (your developers team will bring something new (?), new advices, new free firmwares) ? When I will buy one mobile phone (where Replicant can installed), I will comme here and ask where to begin, how to change it.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Accountancy free softwares ?

2013-11-11 Thread ashok . biollay
Okay, the society where I will learn accountancy use Cresus (proprietary...). I can't change it. But I can learn a free software at the same time as Cresus. And then I will tell them : Stop liking Cresus, start loving GNUCash (or any other free accountancy software). Twisted

[Trisquel-users] Accountancy free softwares ?

2013-11-05 Thread ashok . biollay
Hello everybody, I don't know a lot about accountancy but I will probably learn the grounds of it, or more. I would like to know which free software we can use for accountancy, with Trisquel 6.0 . I ask this question because I know that... probably, if I learn accountancy in a society

[Trisquel-users] Re : Replicant ?

2013-10-29 Thread ashok . biollay
Okay, if a buy one of the mobile phones that I can install Replicant on, which (mobile phone) do you advise me ? When I will have one, I will come here and say Hey, I bought today a mobile phone (for example a Samsung S3) ! What's the first step to install Replicant ? Possibly only with

[Trisquel-users] Re : Replicant ?

2013-10-29 Thread ashok . biollay
For my part, I won't miss a proprietay software/firmware/hardware/bios. Internet on a mobile phone is not important for me. Between freedom and prison, I choose freedom. But using something that is linked with google disturbs me. It's not for nothing that I left all google applications

[Trisquel-users] Replicant ?

2013-10-25 Thread ashok . biollay
Hello everybody, This topic is not directly linked with Trisquel. But it is about freedom with mobile phones. Do you know http://replicant.us/ ? Have you ever tried ? You know... I want to use free softwares, free OS on computers. But why should I stay with proprietary softwares on mobile

[Trisquel-users] Re : Replicant ?

2013-10-25 Thread ashok . biollay
Hello, fbit, Thank you for your answer. 3G and WiFi are not necessary for me on a mobile phone. But, anyway, are there WiFi card for Samsung phones that are compatible with free firmwares ? It seems that all phones listed require non-free firmware. Is there a key/way to do with free

[Trisquel-users] Re : Is Think Penguin capable of making a computer that RMS can use?

2013-10-24 Thread ashok . biollay
Someone tried this one : http://www.tekmote.nl/epages/61504599.sf/nl_NL/?ObjectPath=/Shops/61504599/Products/CFL-003-B

[Trisquel-users] Re : [OT] Eben Moglen: Snowden and the Future

2013-10-18 Thread ashok . biollay
I am waiting for the next parts.

[Trisquel-users] Re : How do you get your music?

2013-10-15 Thread ashok . biollay
I download from YouTube (and some others websites like this) with ViewTube, but also with peer-to-peer. When I buy a music disc, I can rip it.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Sound doesn't work. How to identify and lose the problem ?

2013-10-08 Thread ashok . biollay
Thank you for your answers. Yes, I thought maybe about the sound card. Is there a terminal command which can test it ? We installed only Trisquel 6.0, no other operating system. What will happen if we test Linux Mint ?

[Trisquel-users] Re : Sound doesn't work. How to identify and lose the problem ?

2013-10-08 Thread ashok . biollay
What is the output tab of sound preferences ? Where to find it ?

[Trisquel-users] Re : Sound doesn't work. How to identify and lose the problem ?

2013-10-08 Thread ashok . biollay
Okay, we will test Linux Mint (I have the DVD-ISO). But, whatever happens, we will stay on Trisquel.

[Trisquel-users] Sound doesn't work. How to identify and lose the problem ?

2013-10-07 Thread ashok . biollay
Hello everybody, A friend received an old computer (laptop) from one of his friends. There was Window Vista, and the computer (hard disc) was totally full. We decided to replace (with DVD ISO) Windows Vista by Trisquel 6.0 . But his computer blocked regularly or was very slow. I went to a

[Trisquel-users] Re : Have we to protect ourselves against keyloggers ?

2013-09-11 Thread ashok . biollay
Thank you for your very detailed answer, Chris. I applicate most of your recommandations. I have never yet been asked to give my computer or any password to authorities.

[Trisquel-users] Re : trouble opening a pdf

2013-09-11 Thread ashok . biollay
Maybe it's the intended content. ^^

[Trisquel-users] Have we to protect ourselves against keyloggers ?

2013-09-10 Thread ashok . biollay
Hello, everybody, I started reading about what keyloggers are. It seems that they can remember what we typed, for example our passwords. Do we need, on Trisquel, to protect ourselves against keyloggers ? if yes, how ? is the danger very important ? (someone find our passwords with a

[Trisquel-users] Where is there hardware (computers) which has no compatibility problem with free OS ?

2013-09-10 Thread ashok . biollay
Hello, everybody, On the market, more and more computers have compatibility problems with free OS. Sometimes the wifi card must be changed. Even, sometimes you replace by a compatible wifi card on an other computer but the computer doesn't start (because of the overlocked motherboard).

[Trisquel-users] Re : Have we to protect ourselves against keyloggers ?

2013-09-10 Thread ashok . biollay
Thank you for your answers. By reading you, it seems that now we - simple users - don't need to care about this. Would it change if many more people (everybody ^^) used Linux ? (maybe the black hackers/hat would attack more Linux)

[Trisquel-users] Re : Where is there hardware (computers) which has no compatibility problem with free OS ?

2013-09-10 Thread ashok . biollay
Thank you for your answers. In summary, I was/am looking for DRM-Free hardware (computer, wifi-cards, motherboard, graphic card, printer, etc.). Some people lent me their computers in order to install Trisquel (instead of Windows8). But there was always, with their computer, at least a

[Trisquel-users] Re : How to randomize DuckduckGo ?

2013-06-22 Thread ashok . biollay
Okay, I will try IxQuick. The google results are under bias, they change according to you (your computer, what you did before) ...

[Trisquel-users] Re : How to randomize DuckduckGo ?

2013-06-21 Thread ashok . biollay
Thank you for your answers, especially the r:fr, r:de, etc. I don't know the technic of web search engines. I just move according to my librist philsophy. I have no idea how the web works, no idea about the hardware, few about code and software. Actually I trust StartPage, I trust

[Trisquel-users] How to randomize DuckduckGo ?

2013-06-20 Thread ashok . biollay
Hello, I use the web search engine DuckDuckGo for some months, but I used it only in English. For others language I use StartPage. Now I would like to use only DuckDuckGo (to live without StartPage). I have two questions : 1. How to search in others languages ? (in the parameters, I can

[Trisquel-users] Re : Which free software to use for peer-to-peer and torrent ?

2013-06-04 Thread ashok . biollay
Thank you for your answers. I installed (with Synaptic) GnuNet : When I open it, under I can read : Démon arrêté (stopped) : the file /etc/gnunetd.conf doesn't exist. Launch gnutnet-setup -d. [I translate from French to English.] When I type it in the terminal :

[Trisquel-users] Which free softwares are there to create bus/train timetable ?

2013-06-04 Thread ashok . biollay
Hello everybody, I would like to know which free softwares there are if we want to create timetable for bus/trains/etc., in order : - to have possibility to print tables, - to create graphics (up is location, right is time), - to search all relations from X (FreeCity) to Y (FreeVillage).

[Trisquel-users] Which free software to use for peer-to-peer and torrent ?

2013-06-03 Thread ashok . biollay
Hello everybody, I am a Trisquel 6.0 user on a laptop. I would like to know which free software you advise to me for : - peer-to-peer, - torrent sharing. Thank you in advance for your answers. Let's share everything in a free way.

[Trisquel-users] Re : pdf or epub ? what are good points and bad points ?

2013-05-21 Thread ashok . biollay
Both. I tried both (FB2 and txt2).

[Trisquel-users] Re : pdf or epub ? what are good points and bad points ?

2013-05-18 Thread ashok . biollay
Thank you, I installed it and will try.

[Trisquel-users] pdf or epub ? what are good points and bad points ?

2013-05-16 Thread ashok . biollay
Hello, I often download pdf files about many topics. It seems that some people prefer the epub format. Why ? What are the reasons to prefer epub rather than pdf ? What are the reasons to prefer pdf rather than epub ? Thank you in advance for your answers.

[Trisquel-users] Re : pdf or epub ? what are good points and bad points ?

2013-05-16 Thread ashok . biollay
Thank you for your answers. I think I will stay with pdf, and because I am learning now how to make tex files (learning LaTeX language). I use no iPhone or any mobile phone like it. I didn't know FB2. FB2 or PDF ? ^^

[Trisquel-users] Re : Looking for a free software to edit sheet music (solfic writing)

2013-03-20 Thread ashok . biollay
Thank you for your answers. I'll try these three free softwares.

[Trisquel-users] Re : Looking for a free software to edit sheet music (solfic writing)

2013-03-19 Thread ashok . biollay
Hello, Khany, Thank you for the answer ! this free software seems to be very good ! P.S. : I didn't know this librist song.