[Trisquel-users] IRC Clients--was Re: How is Abrowser different from Firefox?

2012-03-02 Thread Dave Hunt
I use pidgin for my irc and text messaging needs. For my limited purposes, there's nothing it doesn't do. -Dave H. On 03/02/2012 03:16 PM, myself...@gmail.com wrote: I never ever used any IRC client before. Maybe it is the time to try some.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Documentation/Publicity help needed.

2012-02-19 Thread Dave Hunt
Agreed! It's far too easy to say now isn't the right time or here is not the right place. -D. H. On 02/17/2012 11:52 PM, sirgr...@member.fsf.org wrote: I would have to disagree. I think we should be advocating for free software at all times. I think saying now isn't just the right time is

Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Documentation/Publicity help needed.

2012-02-19 Thread Dave Hunt
Certainly, in any headlines, we should stick to what Trisquel can do. When it's time for details, we can talk about what Trisquel won't , rather than can't, do, why, and appropriate alternatives. Best Regards, Dave H. On 02/18/2012 09:51 AM, mgerv...@mailoo.org wrote: I say

Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Documentation/Publicity help needed.

2012-02-19 Thread Dave Hunt
+1 A little expression of gratitude to your donors costs nothing and may go a long way. Also, consider giving progress reports on what is being done with the contribution. Nobody wants the impression that her donation is going into some sort of 'money sink'. -Dave On 02/18/2012 09:58

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel XFCE

2012-02-17 Thread Dave Hunt
-possible gnome 2.32 has to offer. That is, if someone can make the latest lightdm or gdm as accessible as the previous. In Ubuntu 11.10, lightdm is not accessible. Since I am the only user on this machine, this matters little, but, maybe it's fixed in 12.04? Cheers, Dave Hunt On 02/17/2012

Re: [Trisquel-users] Evolution Email stopped working for me

2012-02-07 Thread Dave Hunt
What do you mean by ineffective in this context? -Dave On 02/07/2012 11:29 AM, mikko.viinam...@students.turkuamk.fi wrote: Alpine might be ugly but it is very effective, much more so than any graphical client.

Re: [Trisquel-users] how i can configure openbox on trisquel 5.0

2012-02-05 Thread Dave Hunt
You offer a good, simple explanation of what's done by the window manager, and what's done in a desktop environment, with the link to more detail. Thanks, Dave On 02/05/2012 11:24 AM, danyaren...@googlemail.com wrote: A window manager will only manage your windows, so you have to rely

Re: [Trisquel-users] Would you be interested in a trisquel-unity metapackage?

2012-02-05 Thread Dave Hunt
as the default, since it is the most-accessible at present? Cheerio, Dave On 02/05/2012 04:18 PM, tegskywal...@hotmail.com wrote: Would you guys ever be interested in a trisquel-unity metapackage for the Unity experience on Trisquel 5.5 and above? It would be Unity 2d and have the Trisquel

Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Evolution Email stopped working for me

2012-02-05 Thread Dave Hunt
And there is thunderbird and terminal clients like alpine or mutt. On Feb 5, 2012, at 7:44 PM, mgerv...@mailoo.org wrote: What about seamonkey? What about reinstall evolution?

[Trisquel-users] Vimeo--was Re: Webm, A Browser, and youtube?

2011-11-19 Thread Dave Hunt
. Besides Linternamagica, I have the adblock-plus extension active. Disabling this extension does not help. Thanks for any suggestions, Dave On 10/27/2011 03:25 AM, Ivaylo Valkov wrote: В 23:52 +0300 на 26.10.2011 (ср), Mampir написа: There are various Greasemonkey scripts that can be used

[Trisquel-users] Unable to change default searching engine in abrowser

2011-11-16 Thread Dave Hunt
When I change the value of browser.search.defaultenginename in 'about:config' and restart the browser, my default search engine is forced back to duckduckgo ssl. Is this a bug in a browser 7.0? Thanks, Dave

Re: [Trisquel-users] Epiphany Browser somehow installed, broke Web Browser launcher

2011-11-14 Thread Dave Hunt
Maybe the quickest fix would be to make a dummy package called Firefox, in the Trisquel repos, that has a browser as its only dependency, and otherwise does nothing? -Dave

Re: [Trisquel-users] Epiphany Browser somehow installed, broke Web Browser launcher

2011-11-13 Thread Dave Hunt
, make sure that abrowser is selected. HTH, Dave On Nov 13, 2011, at 6:52 PM, nickjwal...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I just installed Trisquel 5 (great job by the way, best one yet!) and I wanted to do some Java homework so I installed Emacs, OpenJDK-jre, OpenJDK-jdk, and IcedTea. I

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't view other partitions or removable media?

2011-11-08 Thread Dave Hunt
, or with volumes not recognized by my system, it is only accessible with disk utility. -Dave H. On 11/08/2011 11:02 PM, ssjgok...@gmail.com wrote: I've been having problems trying to view and access removable media and other partitions through nautilus. I'll insert a disc and won't get any

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing GNOME 3 and Shell in Trisquel 5 Dagda

2011-11-06 Thread Dave Hunt
Hi, If you depend on the assistive tools, such as gnome-orca, do not do this procedure. After making the suggested changes, I had a system in which no application was accessible anymore. HTH, Dave On 11/06/2011 04:22 PM, chrishal...@gmail.com wrote: Looks good, but if it goes wrong

Re: [Trisquel-users] Gnome Shell to work without 3D acceleration...

2011-11-05 Thread Dave Hunt
This is good, if it works. We'd have Unity 2D and Gnome Shell 2 D as options. This assumes Unity is available to the whole GNU/Linux community, not Ubuntu-specific. Best Regards, Dave Hunt AIM,Facebook,Twitter:wx1gdave YIM:wx1g

Re: [Trisquel-users] Webm, A Browser, and youtube?

2011-10-26 Thread Dave Hunt
to the mobile youtube site, where videos sound horrible and often get cut off at about the 10-minute mark.  Cheers, Dave

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing a Driver

2011-10-06 Thread Dave Hunt
to mention it again. Best Regards, Dave Hunt On 10/06/2011 06:42 PM, sirgr...@member.fsf.org wrote: If you read the license file this is a non-free driver. We can't help you with installing non-free software.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Text Selection in abrowser 7.0 not working?

2011-10-04 Thread Dave Hunt
wanted to share articles, using the headlines as titles. Maybe this site disables the selection for its own purposes? I notice, it has its own 'share' frame, with links for twitter, facebook, ping.fm, etc. Cheers, Dave On 10/04/2011 02:58 PM, chrishal...@gmail.com wrote: Dave Hunt, those

[Trisquel-users] Suggesting a package for inclusion?

2011-10-04 Thread Dave Hunt
I use this text-based microblogging client, http://floodgap.com/software/ttytter/ and think it would be a great thing to have packaged in the Trisquel repository. The licenses for it and its dependencies look like they pass muster. Thoughts? Dave Hunt

[Trisquel-users] Sticky Preference in Mozilla Browser?

2011-10-03 Thread Dave Hunt
this be fixed? Thanks, Dave Hunt Sip:w...@ekiga.net

Re: [Trisquel-users] Sticky Preference in Mozilla Browser?

2011-10-03 Thread Dave Hunt
What a sense of accomplishment this gives me; lol. Glad to help, Dave On 10/03/2011 01:00 PM, danieldelaho...@gmail.com wrote: I think you've just spotted a bug Dave. I tried the same thing just now on Trisquel 5 with ABrowser 7.0.1 and it does the same thing. The Show my Windows

[Trisquel-users] Text Selection in abrowser 7.0 not working?

2011-10-03 Thread Dave Hunt
not to be on the 'edit' menu. In browser preferences, I have turned on the check box for 'navigate web pages with cursor keys'. Have I found another bug? Cheers, Dave

Re: [Trisquel-users] OT: How To Configure Router for SIP Phone?

2011-10-01 Thread Dave Hunt
Thanks! I made another sip account on iptel.org, where I do not seem to need forwarding. So far, I've used only its echo test account. Instead of ekiga client, I'm using linphone. Cheers, Dave Hunt sip:w...@iptel.org On 09/30/2011 05:12 AM, lluvia_lis...@lavabit.com wrote: Have you

[Trisquel-users] OT: How To Configure Router for SIP Phone?

2011-09-29 Thread Dave Hunt
latency. an anyone suggest router setup that may allow me to make SIP audio/video calls on my home network? Thanks, Dave

Re: [Trisquel-users] Blocking Facebook buttons and content

2011-09-26 Thread Dave Hunt
Hi, Not sure I'm yet ready to block the entire facebook domain, but, would like to get rid of those in-line share frames that include buttons for fb, g+, and others. I can share, manually, without the clutter. Maybe this extension or addblock plus can help? Best, Dave Hunt On 09

Re: [Trisquel-users] Free Online Backup

2011-09-25 Thread Dave Hunt
Am also watching Syncany; looks impressive. Till then, I'm keeping data local. I had been a fan of Dropbox. Cheers, Dave On 09/25/2011 11:36 AM, adrian.malac...@member.fsf.org wrote: Syncany looks impressive. It's free, works with various types of storage such as FTP (i.e. you don't

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Mini on Asus Eee 900

2011-09-23 Thread Dave Hunt
I have an Asus netbook, on which the wifi works, ootb, with Trisquel 5, I18N Edition. -Dave On 09/23/2011 10:34 AM, lev.lazins...@gmail.com wrote: Just a quick question though does the wifi work out the box on your eee-pc? Or at all?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Cannot activate Desktop effects

2011-09-22 Thread Dave Hunt
of the repo to add. To use your added repo, first do sudo apt-get update, to refresh the database. HTH, Dave Hunt On 22/09/11 04:59, zachar...@uymail.com wrote: wel, its kinda weird, since in ubuntu, i usually get notification to install nvidia drivers at first boot... isnt there any

Re: [Trisquel-users] Cannot Get To Bottom Panel with Accessibility

2011-09-22 Thread Dave Hunt
you suggest below, that is, to add metacity --replace in the startup apps for my session. I assume this is what you mean by gconf? Best Regards, Dave Hunt On 22/09/11 08:08, magicban...@gmail.com wrote: I believe this changes the default window manager for all users of the system

Re: [Trisquel-users] Cannot Get To Bottom Panel with Accessibility

2011-09-21 Thread Dave Hunt
the command on each login. I'm running a thumb drive installation of Trisquel, in which orca settings and other files persist across sessions. Thanks for your help, Dave Hunt On 20/09/11 13:17, da...@sognus.com wrote: Hi! I suspect that shortcut works as desired when using the standard

Re: [Trisquel-users] Cannot Get To Bottom Panel with Accessibility

2011-09-21 Thread Dave Hunt
, on the Trisquel usb? Thanks, Dave Hunt On 21/09/11 14:47, magicban...@gmail.com wrote: In the Visual Effects tab of the Appearance window you can open from the System/Preferences menu, select None. If your Live system is persistent, this setting will be saved.

[Trisquel-users] Solved--Re: Cannot Get To Bottom Panel with Accessibility

2011-09-21 Thread Dave Hunt
I replaced gnome-wm with metacity in both /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/classic-gnome.session and /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/gnome.session. This seems to have fixed the access to the panel. Thanks, Dave On 21/09/11 16:46, magicban...@gmail.com wrote: I am not sure. One way

Re: [Trisquel-users] Cannot Get To Bottom Panel with Accessibility

2011-09-20 Thread Dave Hunt
Thanks! I was doing the live session from a flash drive installation. The shortcut is not bound; I looked in Keyboard Shortcuts. Can you check your live session; is it bound there, as well as in your installed system? Thanks, Dave Hunt. On 20/09/11 08:36, Mampir wrote: I don't use

[Trisquel-users] Cannot Get To Bottom Panel with Accessibility

2011-09-19 Thread Dave Hunt
keystroke 'ctrl+alt+tab'? If Trisquel has moved this shortcut, what is it? Thanks for your help! Dave Hunt

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