Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 9 Graphical ISO available for testing

2020-06-10 Thread fvalvarez
There's maybe something with Atom processors and their chipset, because in my HP mini (as stated earlier) the problem is the same and the CPU is intel Atom.

Re: [Trisquel-users] SSD drives and Trisquel

2020-06-10 Thread fvalvarez
Relax, it's a myth: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2925173/debunked-your-ssd-wont-lose-data-if-left-unplugged-after-all.html On the other hand, I won't trust the SSD to archive data. Always make a HDD backup of your important files. But please don't use a 10-year old HDD from your old

Re: [Trisquel-users] More specific categories

2020-06-10 Thread fvalvarez
I agree. There is no big influx of topics, thus easier to catch and if I like to find something specific I just use forum search.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 9 Graphical ISO available for testing

2020-06-04 Thread fvalvarez
Hello, Tried trisquel mini 9.0. On HP-Mini 110, when I select "Try trisquel mini" it hangs before loading a desktop environment with blinking cursor and no error message. I tried the boot media on the other laptop and it boots fine, although it is with the damned ATI radeon chip, so

Re: [Trisquel-users] strange UFW blocks on startup

2020-05-27 Thread fvalvarez
Thank you for your reassurance.

Re: [Trisquel-users] strange UFW blocks on startup

2020-05-24 Thread fvalvarez
Also ran rkhunter script. Found something: [16:49:19] /usr/bin/lwp-request[ Warning ] [16:49:19] Warning: The command '/usr/bin/lwp-request' has been replaced by a script: /usr/bin/lwp-request: a /usr/bin/perl -w script, ASCII text executable Info: Found an

[Trisquel-users] strange UFW blocks on startup

2020-05-24 Thread fvalvarez
Hello, need some security advice. When I booted my trisquel MINI today I got this in dmesg: [ 161.844271] wlp7s0: associated [ 161.983982] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlp7s0: link becomes ready [ 162.183763] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlp7s0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.2 DST=224.0.0.252 LEN=53

Re: [Trisquel-users] 2530p laptop question

2020-05-17 Thread fvalvarez
I find it difficult to pick a laptop which is has 1. Libre hardware (or no whitelist for wifis and no old unsupported ATI graphics, even a "B-gold" grade from h-node) 2. a CPU without spyware (like intel AMT, ME or AMD PSP) 3. good build quality As far as I know AMD processors are PSP free

[Trisquel-users] 2530p laptop question

2020-05-17 Thread fvalvarez
Hello, My laptop is dying and I found a very cheap HP elitebook 2530p. I looked up here: https://h-node.org/notebooks/view/en/1496/Compaq-2530p/1/1/undef/undef/undef/undef/compatibility/undef/undef/2530p According to h-node, it should work with trisquel except for wireless card. But the

Re: [Trisquel-users] enigmail gone after upgrade

2020-05-03 Thread fvalvarez
Thanks for info, updated again, everything works here too.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Best libre-alternative to FortiClient VPN?

2020-04-29 Thread fvalvarez
Hello, Strongswan is an opensource VPN client which supports IPSec protocol, which FortiNet uses. Maybe this will help you: https://forum.fortinet.com/tm.aspx?m=179755 https://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/Fortinet

Re: [Trisquel-users] Best & Easiest Installation VPN ?

2020-04-29 Thread fvalvarez
Are you really sure it's computer model (hardware) related issue? Have you tried openvpn? I don't know about mullvad, but I use a free proton vpn, downloaded a server config (udp) and connect via openvpn command: sudo openvpn servercfg.ovpn Unfortunately I couldn't set it up with network

Re: [Trisquel-users] enigmail gone after upgrade

2020-04-29 Thread fvalvarez
If you need to use a file sharing service, this site: https://www.privacytools.io/software/file-sharing/ recommends a few alternatives to wetransfer with good privacy practices. I don't know if they are libre, but it's is worth to check them out: https://send.firefox.com/

Re: [Trisquel-users] enigmail gone after upgrade

2020-04-28 Thread fvalvarez
>Yes, I noticed that too. Well, it’s deactivated by default so it’s not that a problem. Although, it’ll be cleaner to completely have it removed. It is activated by default. See Masaru Suzuqi's reply above : > also found the addon, and it was enabled by default. In my icedove it was enabled

Re: [Trisquel-users] enigmail gone after upgrade

2020-04-28 Thread fvalvarez
Thank you Sasaki. Downgraded to Icedove 52.9.1 via your recommended method, but also had to downgrade enigmail to 2.0.8 (the latest compatible). Rather old version I'd say, but now enigmail works. Unfortunately the newest icedove with the newest enigmail plugin from mozilla website does not

Re: [Trisquel-users] enigmail gone after upgrade

2020-04-28 Thread fvalvarez
Can anybody please tell me is it possible to rollback a Trisquel update? Or just downgrade Icedove? Enigmail is very important for me.

Re: [Trisquel-users] enigmail gone after upgrade

2020-04-28 Thread fvalvarez
Masaru Suzuqi, please read this: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html Trisquel is one of GNU reccomended free (libre) operating system, so therefore it follows GNU recommendations. Free (libre) software must not contain any proprietary code and should not recommend proprietary

Re: [Trisquel-users] enigmail gone after upgrade

2020-04-28 Thread fvalvarez
By the way, when I was looking for a problem, I went to Icedove's addons page and found that there is an addon "FileLink" preinstalled by default. "FileLink" encourages use of WeTransfer which belongs to google, which is not libre and therefore should not be neither in icedove nor trisquel.

[Trisquel-users] enigmail gone after upgrade

2020-04-28 Thread fvalvarez
Hello. I have updated the system yesterday via apt update & apt upgrade. Now the enigmail is gone from icedove. I noticed that just before I tried to send encrypted email. When I try to open encrypted email in Icedove it gives me a message "This is an encrypted OpenPGP message. In order

Re: [Trisquel-users] open source wifi dongle?

2020-02-05 Thread fvalvarez
Reporting in. So I received this dongle: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Atheros-AR9271L-802-11n-150Mbps-USB-Wireless-WiFi-Adapter-Wifi-Antenna-for-Win/352856112189?hash=item5227dcfc3d:g:EkAAAOSwU2Jdz-h- I can confirm that it works on Trisquel, but the reception is very poor. Even with external

Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel 9 roadmap

2019-12-06 Thread fvalvarez
I've never used GNOME, only LXDE on lubuntu and now xfce on trisquel mini. As I said - old computers..

Re: [Trisquel-users] open source wifi dongle?

2019-12-04 Thread fvalvarez
Thanks guys, just ordered, will report back when it comes.

Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel 9 roadmap

2019-12-03 Thread fvalvarez
I'm no developer, just a general user, but if I had to compare 16.04 versus 18.04 - I had a lot of problems and stability issues in 18.04. For me 16.04 just works flawlessly, so I really enjoy using trisquel 8 (for more than a year now everyday) with only minor problems and I'm actually not

Re: [Trisquel-users] open source wifi dongle?

2019-12-03 Thread fvalvarez
What about this one?: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Atheros-AR9271L-802-11n-150Mbps-USB-Wireless-WiFi-Adapter-Wifi-Antenna-for-Win/352856112189?hash=item5227dcfc3d:g:EkAAAOSwU2Jdz-h- It has a same chipset ( Atheros AR9271 ) like the one from FSF page you recommended:

[Trisquel-users] open source wifi dongle?

2019-12-03 Thread fvalvarez
Hi, Can somebody recommend me a usb wifi dongle with an external antenna socket, that would work on trisquel (libre driver) ? Because I have a nice big external wifi antenna, but so far I have tried three dongles without success on trisquel (all three were advertised as "works with

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquelize script?

2019-04-07 Thread fvalvarez
Did it as chaosmonk suggested. Tried to run this script from lubuntu 16.04 LTS. The script is probably too old. It removed a lot of packages, but broke the system. After a reboot there was still lubuntu artwork and LXDE environment, any trace of trisquel. Lubuntu booted after this script,

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquelize script?

2019-04-02 Thread fvalvarez
Thank you, David! Can anybody confirm me that encrypted home folder (not encrypted disk) will work after running this script on lubuntu 16.04 LTS? I will then do it and report the results. Thanks

[Trisquel-users] Trisquelize script?

2019-04-01 Thread fvalvarez
I have read this topic: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/ubuntu-1804-and-trisquelize-script-while-trisquel-9-not-existing Can anybody point me to directions on how to "trisquelize" ubuntu? For myself I have installed it the normal and usual way. I'm very happy with it, but I have previously

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to upgrade from Trisquel mini to full

2019-03-25 Thread fvalvarez
Thank you, I just wanted to check how MATE looks and feels like. Your answer worked like a charm, thanks again.

Re: [Trisquel-users] VPN connecting to server but no connection to Internet

2019-03-25 Thread fvalvarez
So did you actually solved the problem? I use ProtonVPN via OpenVPN. It gets connected, but cannot resolve any hosts. How did you configure the netfilter?

[Trisquel-users] How to upgrade from Trisquel mini to full

2019-03-25 Thread fvalvarez
Hello, Is it possible to install MATE environment (Like full trisquel), from Trisquel mini, without reinstalling everything? If yes, then how?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel + old radeon

2019-03-25 Thread fvalvarez
Thank you jxself and Magic Banana. So actually nothing can be done, if I understand correctly. I guess nobody gonna develop an open source driver for such an old card. That's a shame. So that's it with radeon driver. But maybe you guys can help me somehow force the VESA driver to my native

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel + old radeon

2019-03-22 Thread fvalvarez
Thank you Magic Banana for suggestion. I don't think that using an old kernel is a very wise idea, although I've tried it. However as you would expect it gave me bunch of errors and did not mount the /home directory properly. The boot process dropped me into a terminal (recovery mode). I

[Trisquel-users] Trisquel + old radeon

2019-03-21 Thread fvalvarez
Hello everybody. First of all - congratulations on such awesome OS! I have never used anything more stable and reliable than trisquel. I am just overexcited about everything in it. Have been following GNU philosophy for years... Although, I suppose, nobody can get running a free (libre)