What are they doing? They seem to be moving closer and closer to being the
next Apple. Programs are apps, they have a dedicated die-hard fan base
(look up OMG Ubuntu) and are acting more and more like a proprietary software
company. They are even making Ubuntu phone and Ubuntu TV.
I live here. That's the problem. I have no way out. They are imposing
restiction and non-privacy on me. THAT'S the problem.
If you go onto http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop and put your mouse over the
computer screen it will go to the for developers photo and you can see it
running a non-free programmer's text editor called Sublime Text. I hate that
it is non-free, it's *so* beautiful.
Not exactly, but I spend most of my tube time on it. For instance, there is a
web browser, Usenet reader, mail client, IRC program, etc. with Emacs so it
conceivably can be started at boot. M-x term brings up the shell, so..
Yeah, I have showed them User Liberation. Hopefully all this Free Software
everywhere (I use only Free Software on my computers) will convince them that
they need to change their ways.
Yeah. You're right. I don't watch TV, ever, so it is more of their problem.
They also use Netflix, which I don't like much either.
There is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of it's kernels
I looked it up, it looks gorgeous. Maybe I'll start using vim more.
Business can thrive on freedom. That's why hardware manufacturers (with the
possible exception of Apple) don't prevent people from taking apart and
hardware hacking their PC's.
Dirty vim user on Trisquel forums! THIS IS CODE RED, I REPEAT THIS IS CODE
RED.
Just kidding ;)
I live with my family. Every single television in our house is now a Smart
TV.
I hate this, I'm scared. I tried to tell them, they wouldn't listen. First it
was you're parinoid and I proved to them that it collects personal data and
they said I've got nothing to hide.
Can any Trisquelers
Emacs is not installed by default, but the plus CD is an iso you can get from
their sourceforge that has Emacs 23.something and other goodies. Dragora
doesn't have an 'official' repository, but there are user ones. I saw that
one repo had the new Emacs, but not for my architecture. I just
Guix is hackable in Guile/Scheme, versatile (reliable less prone to package
management problems), etc. I think it was hackability mostly. If your entire
system is configurable in the best programming language in the world (Lisp),
this will encourage people to work on it more. And RMS is/was
It seems like he is building a cathedral. Why can't he release early?
Although it is possible that is is just SO innovative that it needs to be
unveiled when it's ready.
I am excited about this. Of course, 20k will be old-ish, but if more users
contribute, BLAG can release new versions very quickly because Fedora is 98%
free.
Is it OK to install on a computer, for web browsing? I have BLAG 14k on a
laptop and was wondering if BLAG 20k alpha is in a usable state.
My *real* laptop runs the *true* GNU operating system, Emacs.
There is a MATE version. I took the Live DVD for a spin, and it's great.
It's their choice. They can give up their freedom if they want to. But if you
care about them, you will try to protect them.
The Hurd is to today as Linux is to 2004.
There is the ultimate free GNU/Linux-libre distro, GNU Guix. Try it, it's
great!
Agreed. I used Parabola for a while, but it was an overkill for my machine,
which I use mostly for Emacs and stuff. I now web browse on a Trisquel
desktop and use Dragora without a GUI on my laptop.
I am posting this from Dragora GNU/Linux-libre. Hello!
I was wondering, what do you consider to be the strengths and weaknesses of
Trisquel vs gNewSense vs Dragora vs Parabola vs other FSF approved? I am not
trying to start a flame or holy war, just some information that could guide
I'll start first.
Parabola is if you like to have the bleeding edge of everything, and want to
configure your environment yourself.
Trisquel is no-nonsense for home work. Works out of the box, if you're into
that sort of thing.
gNewSense is Trisquel, but more stable and tested. Use this if
My choices:
1: Enlightenment
2: KDE 4
3: Xfce
4: Gnome 3
By the time the Hurd is finished, Linux will be, like, 45% non-free software,
and users of 100% free distros (myself included) would end up having to
compromise functionality for freedom even more than we do now.
The Hurd is written by people who care about freedom, so he Hurd will never
Thanks for the heads up. My Trisquel laptop is not on the Internet yet
(Nonfree firmware was needed for my wireless card, so I ordered a USB network
adapter from ThinkPenguin), but I will make sure to watch out for that.
Also, I think I have heard of JavaScript being insecure, so may be the
My Realtek RTL8188CE wireless card on my laptop won't work in Trisquel. I
checked on h-node.org and found out it is incompatible with free software. I
want to get on the internet on this thing. It worked in other distros with no
non-free software installed, so i think it is run by non-free
Thanks, Magic Banana, i'll look into the ThinkPenguin USB wifi adapters.
i'm just saying, the Ubuntu main repos include and endorse proprietery
software, and I don't want that.
Well, freedom is my top priority, and I won't sacrifice freedom for new
software with a new Ubuntu Precise PPA.
I mostly want GNU packages, and building from source isn't really hard.
Are there any ppas for GNU?
Also, just out of curiosity, how much time would it take to make a community
I added ppa:dns/gnu but some updates wouldn't install
I have been using Trisquel 6 and love it (who doesn't love FSF support?), but
I noticed that most packages are old. This is probobly because Trisqueal
takes a snapshot of the Ubuntu repo and filters it, but is there any way to
get the newer versions of software?
Maybe the Trisquel team
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