Re: [Trisquel-users] trying to install required software for MIT opencourseware

2018-10-11 Thread figosdev
it frequently takes me to that anyway. im quite certain duckduckgo is better than google, based on a sample of every single person ive ever talked to im never quite certain that i can say anything better about it than that.

Re: [Trisquel-users] trying to install required software for MIT opencourseware

2018-10-11 Thread figosdev
i tend to use duckduckgo with javascript disabled. i find it irritating and bloated with js on. searx isnt bad so far. it would be cool if our community stopped using search engines altogether, and built our own alternatives. though i cant help thinking sooner or later we would be

Re: [Trisquel-users] Does the "Deepness of the location of a file" matter when using Flidas?

2018-10-11 Thread figosdev
good to know. a lot longer than would apply, but i actually found it difficult to believe that no client or program had a limit. one of the goals of the gnu project is to remove such arbitrary limits when possible. i believe cpu architecture gives a limit too-- but greater than 4,096.

Re: [Trisquel-users] trying to install required software for MIT opencourseware

2018-10-11 Thread figosdev
i dont know if ixquick is better than duckduckgo in any way shape or form. searx.me or yacy are alternatives? i would be interested in this communitys opinion on duckduckgo.com i disagree with nc for oer: https://freemedia.neocities.org/nc-and-nd-arent-that-great.html im not sure

Re: [Trisquel-users] Does the "Deepness of the location of a file" matter when using Flidas?

2018-10-10 Thread figosdev
try going to file:/// and then clicking on media, then the next folder, until you get to the file you wanted to open. that will save you the hassle of typos. you can probably drag the file onto the url bar (or browser window) as well. you can probably drag the file to the bookmarks bar and

Re: [Trisquel-users] Does the "Deepness of the location of a file" matter when using Flidas?

2018-10-10 Thread figosdev
this table says it doesnt have a path limit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems the filename limit is 255 bytes. youll want to show the error you got. even though the filesystem doesnt have a limit, its possible you found one in a program. this seems unlikely, but

Re: [Trisquel-users] Why is Trisquel 8 so much bigger than Trisquel 7?

2018-10-10 Thread figosdev
"the larger the program size, the more ram used which means... More battery life used." im having a difficult time figuring out the likelihood that youre right about this. it would be an interesting way to stretch the battery usage:

Re: [Trisquel-users] Why is Trisquel 8 so much bigger than Trisquel 7?

2018-10-10 Thread figosdev
its incredible how much of the iso is just locales. ive watched icons reach absurd proportions too. to the point where im like: do we even need icons? i get that some people want icons. i havent consider icons useful in ages. when the old expected size of a distro is 0.6gb (note: thats still

Re: [Trisquel-users] trying to install required software for MIT opencourseware

2018-10-10 Thread figosdev
"You should develop under CPython, and only use PyPy if some weird issue arises. This document walks you through installing both flavors." im a fan of pypy but it seems like you should be using cpython. do you have pip installed? i believe it is available in trisquel. pypy is also

Re: [Trisquel-users] Leaving Trisquel over systemd Concerns, Fantastic Project Otherwise, Thanks

2018-10-09 Thread figosdev
i really doubt your freezes are due to the libre kernel. its possible a video driver is messing you up, so i wont say dont check this, but i doubt thats what it is. i am just going to guess it is your gpu acting up. ive looked around for information on your hardware though i keep mixing that

Re: [Trisquel-users] Leaving Trisquel over systemd Concerns, Fantastic Project Otherwise, Thanks

2018-10-05 Thread figosdev
It seems like people are always replacing old software that worked with new software that doesn't. not always, but i know the feeling. feel free send me an email if you want to talk about ways to address all of this, unless you want to stay on the forum, that works too. theres a contact

Re: [Trisquel-users] Leaving Trisquel over systemd Concerns, Fantastic Project Otherwise, Thanks

2018-10-05 Thread figosdev
fair enough. also yes, i did have you mixed up with one of the guys in charge of servers at fsf. not sure how that happened, there it is. for what its worth, i agree the original post would be a lot better if it had gone in a more constructive direction. its almost like one bug was

Re: [Trisquel-users] Leaving Trisquel over systemd Concerns, Fantastic Project Otherwise, Thanks

2018-10-05 Thread figosdev
"absolutely no troubleshooting has been mentioned having been performed in this thread." there isnt enough information from the original poster to troubleshoot anything, and they expressed no interest in doing anything except migrating, so the odds of troubleshooting are going to be low.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Leaving Trisquel over systemd Concerns, Fantastic Project Otherwise, Thanks

2018-10-05 Thread figosdev
making hyperbola more newbie friendly should be trivial to do without bothering any of the hyperbola devs. what init does it use?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Leaving Trisquel over systemd Concerns, Fantastic Project Otherwise, Thanks

2018-10-05 Thread figosdev
how hard do you think it would be to maintain Trisquel 7, without systemd? I don't really care about new packages but I do care about security. What do you think would be involved? _ i was working on this (tonight) before i came to the forum. ive done a number of things with automated

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel GNU/Linux ----> Trisquel GNU/Linux-Libre

2018-09-20 Thread figosdev
you shouldnt need both "gnu" and "libre." just call it "gnu," or just call it "linux-libre." either of these names serve the purpose of talking about freedom in the name. (linux-libre explicitly, or gnu implicitly, which is the whole purpose of keeping gnu in the name in the first place.)