+1
It's been ready since mid Noveember!
Trisquel 6 is already GNOME3, but in Fallback mode, with, I think, the
Debian GNOME indicator applet.
01/01/2013 05:04 PM, Fabian Rodriguez wrote:
Hi all
I hope the new year finds you well and brings more energy and
interesting projects to all.
While testing Trisquel 6 I was wondering, how
I don't know why you'd need anything Unity to run GNOME; the non-Ubuntu
GNOME distros just have gdm.
-Dave
Until this message, I had been considering a move to identi.ca or maybe
adding it, but keeping twitter.
-Dave H.
On 12/28/2012 02:53 PM, tegskywal...@hotmail.com wrote:
What will you do when Identi.ca goes away? Are you going to use Pump.io
instead?
With pump.io under a permissive license, it may as well be Twitter.
I'll just stay where I am.
to use Ubuntu are advised to use 12.04 until the next LTS release.
The choice of login greeter and of desktop should be independent?
-Dave
On 12/21/2012 06:01 PM, viniciu...@rocketmail.com wrote:
Apparently the reason is LightDM doesn't work with Orca.
In Trisquel 5.5 and Ubuntu 11.10, lightdm is not accessible with orca.
On 12/21/2012 11:02 PM, viniciu...@rocketmail.com wrote:
Thanks for the correction. That was the excuse for Trisquel 5.5. Not
sure about 6 then.
In the terminal:
sudo service bluetooth stop
I hope not, as I'm one of those weird people who like a real keyboard
and the option of running his operating system and apps of choice.
On 12/11/2012 05:07 PM, tegskywal...@hotmail.com wrote:
Saw this on the news today in their predictions:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/100265077
They see
You should be able to log into your ekiga.net account with any sip phone
client; I've done this with linphone.
Agreed!
On 12/10/2012 10:35 AM, tegskywal...@hotmail.com wrote:
Oh and being compatible with Ubuntu PPAs is a BIG bonus.
in place.
Cheers,
Dave H.
On 12/05/2012 09:20 AM, m...@posteo.de wrote:
what is the best approach to install trisquel to a new machine?
once trisquel 6.0 is released, i definitely wanna go for it.
for the time being should i install trisquel 5.5 or 6.0 alpha?
will either of the two
Today, I updated my Trisquel 6.0 system with
sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade. While doing the
upgrade part, I got some warnings, shown below. I haven't discovered
what, if anything, broke, but maybe these warnings are of some concern?
Best,
Dave Hunt
Setting up
HaHaHa; no.
On 11/30/2012 05:27 PM, tegskywal...@hotmail.com wrote:
lol kidflash as bostname. You pedo bro?
I'm listening to the 96 k stream in ABrowser 17; it sounds great!
The network install should let you take just what you need.
Hi,
If one were to do this, then decide to use an application like abrowser,
could she just type
startx
in that session, and have a gui untill next boot?
-Dave
On 11/21/2012 07:13 AM, Stefano wrote:
The text option in GRUB will do...
You must modify the value
I'm running the Trisquel 6.0 Beta, dated 12-November. It's using
3.2.0-31-generic
According to
uname -a
Trisquel is derived from Ubuntu, which is a bit like Debian Testing.
We're using the Linux Libre kernel, not the Ubuntu or Debian, however.
Abrowser is more up-to-date than iceweasel (in Wheezy, anyway).
Startup and shutdown times are still a bit longer than those of Ubuntu.
lands on the indicator applet.
Great Job, All!
-Dave
Trisquel 6 (12-November), and find that Orca
screen reader works fine; cannot test the magnification, high-contrast,
inverse, or on-screen keyboard.
Thanks for your interest in the accessibility,
Dave
, and add what is
necessary for accessibility support. Would a switch to LXDE also
address the freedom concerns that keep GNOME Shell from being the default?
Cheers,
Dave H.
On 11/12/2012 09:15 AM, b...@benwen.info wrote:
The fallback mode, which is what the default Trisquel DE is based
, as-is, happens to work on this machine; am lucky, I guess; LOL.
Even though Shell works, I prefer something leaner, and would likely
go to LXDE if I had to make a switch.
Cheers,
Dave Hunt
On 11/12/2012 02:36 PM, aliasb...@gmail.com wrote:
Ubuntu is Unity and Ubuntu Class, but each
English. I think I can safely leave this alone.
-Dave
On 11/08/2012 10:48 PM, sirgr...@member.fsf.org wrote:
I have found two solutions you may try. First is try installing with no
internet connection. The second is longer. You have to just leave the
install going for a few hours
(and successful) attempt, I installed without
plugging into my network. All went well. On restart, after install, I
did a sudo apt-get update, and noticed that all the mirrors were
reached, but transmission seemed slow. Maybe the installer hung up on
some time-out?
Best,
Dave
You can reinstall, but make sure that your '/home' partition gest
mounted, but not formatted. When you set up your initial user, make
sure her/his name is same as in original install. Note, you'll have to
use the advanced partition setup.
-Dave
I had a brief look at the up-coming Trisquel 6 release, dated
6-November, and found that abrowser is at 16.
-Dave H.
On 11/06/2012 03:09 PM, tegskywal...@hotmail.com wrote:
It may be best to not use Abrowser, considering it is now two versions
behind and Ruben isn't making the effort
One could probably get away with running Mozilla browser 10 and not have
issues.
-Dave
On 11/06/2012 03:40 PM, onp...@gmail.com wrote:
IceCat is 2 versions behind, too, you know...
Considering that there's a new version of Firefox every two months now,
2 versions isn't all that far
,
Dave
,
and many other GNU/Linux systems run as they should. Is there some
additional configuration I can do, after install, perhaps, to get this
indicator to show?
Thanks,
Dave Hunt
If the 4.0 images that are written with the 'dd' command aren't
bootable, you may have to use a tool like the usb creator from another
version or a tool like unetbootin. The latter is available in a ppa,
but there may be free software concerns with using it. Nonetheless, I
have done, as a
When I was playing with the 21-October I18N image, I had to manually
define all those shortcuts, including 'alt+tab', 'alt+f2', and 'alt+f1'.
An update undid my shortcuts; I couldn't even use the terminal
launcher shortcut to set things up again in system settings. Not sure
what package(s)
I think you can just take any picture you like, and convert it to
'.face.png' in your home directory; next time you login, your new pic
will be the icon.
It is the result of having done
'sudo apt-get update' and
'sudo apt-get update'
I don't know what specific package(sZ) did this.
Thanks,
Dave
On 10/23/2012 07:28 PM, aliasb...@gmail.com wrote:
Do you know what packages you've installed/updated/removed before this
happens in order
Thanks for the reminder re: Trisquel having the network installer; I'd
forgotten. I wonder if it can be made to talk, as the Debian net
installer can? I did a Deb install, with speech feedback, it's fantastic!
Cheers,
Dave
Gnome control center, to redefine the shortcuts.
After I log in, focus sits in the Orca window, and cannot be moved.
Is there a bug tracker for this coming version?
Cheers,
Dave Hunt
like
Vinux and Sonar.
Cheers,
Dave Hunt
On 10/22/2012 05:01 AM, Andrew M. 'Leny' Lindley wrote:
On Monday 22 October 2012 06:21:44 niyaschirayak...@gmail.com wrote:
Still why we can not have native look of gnome3?
I haven't heard exactly why for Toutatis. But in Brigantia
, with both getting support for 5 years? This seems far more
managible than rushing something every 6 months, ready or not. No
matter what we decide, someone will be unhappy. :)
Cheers,
Dave
On 10/22/2012 03:06 PM, juliu...@laposte.net wrote:
I personaly prefer stability. So, one
!
-Dave Hunt
, but nothing plays. I may have to try some youtube-dl option or
use the mobile sight. Movie player opens on the mobile site, with the
audio monaural and of horrible quality.
Dave Hunt
Supporter, Accessible Computing Foundation
http://theacf.co
On 09/15/2012 06:24 AM, and...@andrewlindley.co.uk wrote
it should do.
Any ideas?
Dave Hunt
Supporter, Accessible Computing Foundation
http://theacf.co
On 09/14/2012 06:53 PM, teodores...@lavabit.com wrote:
I have encountered the same issue, LinternaMagica doesn’t seem to work
and the Greasemonkey script Another YouTube Downloader either.
Gnash
That's the latest and current one; welcome aboard!
On 08/21/2012 10:16 PM, kidx.white-black-gam...@gmx.com wrote:
This is the Trisquel version i downloaded is this correct?
Trisquel 5.5 STS Brigantia
I think the more exposure Trisquel getss, the better, so, go ahead and
do that demo!
-Dave
On 08/22/2012 12:14 AM, kidx.white-black-gam...@gmx.com wrote:
Thanks alot i am happy i found this real happy this has t be the best
Distro i have ever seen and i will get more using this can I do
alternatives. I like to use a Greasemonkey script
called Linterna Magica for watching youtube, blip.tv, and dailymotion.
Cheers,
Dave
On 08/22/2012 01:42 AM, kidx.white-black-gam...@gmx.com wrote:
Thanks for the info on this it really helps is there a Linux
broadcasting site like
If you like grease, salt, and a slight metalic flavor.
LOL,
Dave
On 08/21/2012 02:29 AM, kendell clark wrote:
ah, isn't spam lovely?
like.
HTH,
Dave
On 08/21/2012 11:09 AM, Fabian Rodriguez wrote:
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Hash: SHA1
Hi,
I've been meaning to post about this since 5.5 came out. Every USB key
I've created with the startup disk creator utility or via dd needs these
steps to boot:
1- Boot from
Just run GNOME 3 in fallback.
On 08/15/2012 02:37 AM, igor.zo...@tatz.com.ua wrote:
I never got gnash to play sound anywhere, and have to use linternamagica.
-Dave
On 08/15/2012 12:17 PM, a...@parspixel.com wrote:
There's no problem with youtube actually. Gnash plays the non-webm
videos just fine. The problem is with other sites.
I'd say, being logged into a paid account, while you're playing, is a
reasonable compromise.
-Dave
On 08/01/2012 04:52 PM, tegskywal...@hotmail.com wrote:
Say there was no DRM but the game required you to be logged in at all
times to their server to verify the game was paid for. Would
for the root filesystem, 4 gb for swap, and the
remaining space for /home. If you think, for instance, /var may get
extra-big, it might be a good idea to choose the manual option and make
/ bigger, which would make /home a little smaller.
-Dave
On 07/10/2012 11:42 AM, clem11...@gmail.com
For the right price, I'd consider buying this service.
-Dave
On 07/10/2012 11:55 AM, danieldelaho...@gmail.com wrote:
You mention some people don;t have the time to flash and configure the
phone themselves. Here's where I think there might be an opportunity,
flash the phone for people
run Gnome 2.32 in 512 mb ram, and not
suffered much. Not sure how Gnome 3.4 and beyond would run.
Cheers,
Dave H.
On 07/05/2012 10:07 AM, rodolfobar...@hotmail.com wrote:
What do you think of netbooks eCAFÉ ™ EX HD? the price of notebooks is
contained, is around 200 euros...
TECHNICAL
That machine sounds comparable to my Asus. I wouldn't want to do big
compiles or lots of audio processing, but, for everyday work, it's all I
need. The Asus is all vanilla Intel, and Gnome Shell even works.
-Dave
On 07/05/2012 10:35 AM, zw...@member.fsf.org wrote:
I am using Trisquel
In a smart phone, any of these issues would be a deal breaker for me.
Looks like I'd have to sacrifice a little freedom if I were to start
using one of these things.
-Dave
On 07/03/2012 11:08 AM, sirgr...@member.fsf.org wrote:
* Battery life (may be because I got the phone used
Hi,
You could move /etc/init/gdm.conf somewhere else. When you reboot, the
x display will not start.
HTH,
Dave
On 06/30/2012 10:37 AM, veiso...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello everybody!
I have a question, how to boot in terminal without starting gdm, x11 on
5.5 version?
I do not want
I suppose you can avoid the transaction charges by working in bitcoins?
I think the FSF accepts bitcoin donations. At some point, they have
to be converted to cash; this is mysterious to me.
Cheers,
Dave
On 06/29/2012 01:30 AM, ch...@thinkpenguin.com wrote:
I think in general
I think the next lts should have fallback as default, with unity 2d,
unity 3d, and shell available. Maybe the installer can be made such
that it offers to install these other desktops and set one as default
for the installed system and user?
-Dave
On 06/27/2012 07:38 PM, tegskywal
Before removing gnome components, be sure you disable the accessibility.
If you don't want the login greeter to use orca, you can change this
by hitting 'alt+ctrl+tab' while on the login screen. Turn off the
accessibility here, as well as on your desktop, after logging in. You
can
I think you're addressing me?
I do not have the subject piece of hardware, but just offered the 'live
cd' comment as a bit of general advice. My experience before the days
of live media was very frustrating.
-Dave Hunt
On 06/27/2012 01:20 PM, sirgr...@member.fsf.org wrote:
I agree
What advantage would Mate offer that Gnome does not?
-Dave H.
On 06/25/2012 04:27 PM, johannesdesilenti...@gmail.com wrote:
Rather than using Gnome 3, I think Trisquel should move towards the most
stable and usable MATE desktop environment, similar to Linux Mint's
latest release
Good question!
I don't see any problems with Gnome 3's classic or shell mode, and
switch between the two often.
-Dave H.
On 06/25/2012 08:17 PM, daemo...@orcon.net.nz wrote:
Why so much hate for Gnome 3?
Thank you!
The command does not play the sound; returns with error:
failed to play sound data or file not found
-Dave
On 06/15/2012 04:35 AM, mikko.viinam...@students.turkuamk.fi wrote:
/usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play --id=desktop-login --description=GNOME Login
Yes, I have. The box is checked, and the following command is in the
field for 'command':
/usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play --id=desktop-login --description=GNOME Login
Thanks!
Dave
On 06/15/2012 04:39 AM, robsanc...@hushmail.com wrote:
Have you tried StartSystem SettingsStartup
This one does work, thanks! I'll fix Startup Applications accordingly.
-Dave
On 06/15/2012 01:09 PM, mikko.viinam...@students.turkuamk.fi wrote:
Does this work?
/usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play -f
/usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/desktop-login.ogg
Having changed my default alert sound, I seem to have lost the music
that plays at login. Resetting the alert sound back to the factory
default does not bring it back. Anyone know how to get this back?
Thanks,
Dave
Hi,
If you want to disable the automatic startup of orca, go to Universal
Access, in the Gnome Control Center. On the 'Seeing' tab, you can
toggle the Screen Reader setting off. Also, you can remove orca from
your system with
sudo apt-get remove gnome-orca
HTH,
Dave Hunt
(user
I think, if you put an image called '.face.png' in your home directory,
it will be the photo used in the login greeter.
-Dave
On 06/08/2012 08:31 AM, yee...@gmail.com wrote:
In Trisquel 5.5 a photo is taken during installation, if you like, and
used for the login screen.
I didn't set
Guess I didn't listen carefully enough; thought it was '.face.png'.
The gnomes also seem to have removed a gui way to set up the desktop
sound theme.
Cheers,
Dave
On 06/08/2012 10:38 AM, magicban...@gmail.com wrote:
Geeky method: resize/rescale the image you want to 96x96 pixels
I prefer a nice, clean forum. Why do I need to see a pic of the poster,
and know how many cups of Ubuntu, and which roast she's had on the day
of posting ?
-Dave
On 06/07/2012 03:20 AM, yee...@gmail.com wrote:
For example, login using OpenID. Being able to have a signature.
Smileys
Hi,
You should be able to run nautilus as root and copy into that window
from another. use:
nagksu nautilus /lib/firmware, in the 'run' dialogue, to open the root
file manager.
-Dave H.
On 06/06/2012 11:20 AM, rga...@gmail.com wrote:
I am having difficulty pasting files of firmware
When you press 'alt+f2', you get a text entry box where you can enter a
single command line, for instance, the name of a program and its options.
HTH,
Dave H.
On 06/06/2012 11:48 AM, rga...@gmail.com wrote:
Many thanks - that was swift as Trisquel..
I am very lost then - what
Would people who build their own kernels have to buy their own keys?
I'd guess the key used to sign the stock Trisquel, for instance, image
wouldn't work with any image of a kernel with patches applied, parts
removed, etc?
-Dave
On 06/04/2012 01:17 PM, magicban...@gmail.com wrote
I play '.pls' and '.m3u' streams with exaile; movie player also works.
This in Dagda and Brigantia.
HTH,
Dave
On 06/03/2012 02:31 AM, Aniyan Rajan wrote:
Yes, I understand that and I know about multiverse in ubuntu. But debian
lists that package in the free repository. I went through
Glad to hear that; hoping you use and enjoy Trisquel.
-Dave H.
On 05/15/2012 03:34 PM, joshualtan...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for the replies. I encountered some errors along the way but
managed to resolve them.
Thanks, everyone! I think the command line tool, pdftk, is his best
bet, and it's in the repositories. He can pass the output from pdftk to
poppler utils, and have text or html.
Cheers,
Dave
I know what you mean; thanks!
I prefer the mailing list, but no matter which one uses (forum or
mailing list), the content should be same. I've noticed that links and
possible quoted text, posted to the forum, don't make it to the list.
Not sure what issues there from list to forum.
-Dave H.
On 05/04/2012 12:43 PM
, such as 'super+a' for the application
chooser, 'super+1' through 'super+9' for the first 9 apps on the dash,
would be helpful. What Magic Banana has done with key bindings makes me
think this is possible, but, where to start?
Cheers,
Dave Hunt
On 05/03/2012 01:41 PM, magicban
Trisquel 6.0 is ready for building, your mileage won't vary so
much.
Cheers,
Dave
On 04/27/2012 02:53 PM, kendell clark wrote:
I'm not sure about the outdated look and feel, but personally as a
blind trisquel user as long as it talks I could care less about what
it looks like, as I can't
Here are the latest man pages. I have installed them on OSX and now have
access to complex.
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/
By the way, I love this picture.
Thanks for the ping back.
Here is the link to the Linux Libre laptop.
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-libre-gnu-linux-notebook
There's information on how to install, a reverse engineered b43 driver on
gNewSense.
However, the git clone command:
git clone
This from another non-fan of Unity: Agreed, make the Unity 2d
meta-package, so we don't run into issues with the limited availability
of non-free support for acceleration on some video hardware.
-Dave
On 04/23/2012 04:06 PM, j...@fsfe.org wrote:
I am not a big fan of unity or gnome
Maybe because the list mirrors the web site forum, from which most of
the messages come? If you're reading the forum on the web site, threads
may be easier to follow, especially visually, without the quoted text?
-Dave
On 04/22/2012 09:45 PM, Fabián Rodríguez wrote:
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If I haven't said so, already.
:)
-Dave
On Tue, 17 Apr 2012, g...@conetfun.com wrote:
Congrats to Ruben and all Trisquellions for this release :D
12.04?
HTH,
Dave Hunt ka1...@gmail.com
On Thu, 29 Mar 2012, Fabian Rodriguez wrote:
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Hello,
I'd like to know a bit more about accessibility in the upcoming Trisquel
5.5. I'd have some specific questions:
Is Orca included and enabled
for socializing,
taking
notes, reading, watching videos, ...
Cheers,
Dave
On Sun, 25 Mar 2012, igor.zo...@tatz.com.ua wrote:
I use Trisquel full time on my desktop. I bought a different motherboard
(and, as a consequence, a new CPU and new RAM) for it to be as free software
friendly
Hi,
I installed a beta on about March 19, and have been doing updates as soon
as update manager pushes them. Having done this, do I essentially have a
full release?
Best Regards,
Dave
.. It looks like the remaining accessibility bugs are
those in Ubuntu or Debian packages, and not things Trisquel can fix. I
look forward to more observations from you, as you continue to use and
explore the Trisquel betas.
Cheers,
Dave
of a search
for all things exaile shows the list below.
Thanks,
Dave
exaile - full featured music player written for GTK+
exaile-plugin-contextinfo - Exaile plugin for contextual information
exaile-plugin-ipod - Exaile plugin for iPod support
exaile-plugin-moodbar - Exaile plugin for moodbar
pidgin
kde-desktop or xfce-desktop, perhaps?
-Dave
On 03/16/2012 08:54 PM, nathan...@lavabit.com wrote:
Thanks, I know how to install with Synaptic, but I don't know the names
of the packages that will install the full desktops. Searching for KDE
or xfce for example gives results for a bunch
Hi,
I wish to make an account for posting content to the wiki,but cannot see
the captcha on the sign-up page. Maybe someone can help with this? I
suppose I'll have to send my account details to someone off-list?
Thanks,
Dave
works fine.
Should I build a later version of orca from sources? Load the offending
apps from some other repository? Both? Something else?
Thanks,
Dave
plan to add the gnome-volume-control applet, or is this to be
left to the user?
Cheers,
Dave
connection is
detected?
Cheers,
Dave
On 03/08/2012 11:30 AM, g...@conetfun.com wrote:
Ubuntu ships two different DEs written in two different toolkits and
that's the reason their iso is large. I think we can easily keep it
under 700.
I have the Trisquel 5.5 Beta on a flash drive. On first glance, it
already looks very much like Gnome 2, to a user of orca, at least. More
detailed account of my exploration in another message thread.
Cheers,
Dave
On 03/07/2012 12:57 AM, tegskywal...@hotmail.com wrote:
If Ruben can
). This is very inconvenient! Also, when
caps-lock is used as the orca 'modifier' key, the lock state gets passed
through to the focused app. To use the orca modifier, I have to tap the
key twice. This minor bug is in 5.0, too.
HTH,
Dave
On 03/07/2012 10:29 PM, g...@conetfun.com wrote:
you
Are you referring to the meet in Worcester Massachusetts on the 17th?
I'm hoping to attend. Rubin will be there, I think.
-Dave
On 03/04/2012 03:02 PM, nathan...@lavabit.com wrote:
Sadly I won't be able to go, but have a great time, everyone who is going.
to testing the new release,
Dave
On 03/03/2012 07:25 AM, myself...@gmail.com wrote:
Almost finished downloading. The pictures are looking good. There are
32-bit and 64-bit images as well, both compiled today.
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