I already thought it was banned... oh you mean the drink! Yeah I can see were
you are going with that.
Don't need to ban it but at least make it very undesirable.
This a thousand times over! The apparent crime he did was to even question
the structure of the legal system. That is still taboo it appears.
If it is like my T400, it has to do with the Wifi driver. When I am running
with the Wifi on it will not shut down until I use the physical Wifi switch
to isolate it.
Might not be a solution for you but that is what works for me.
High five for the dad joke!
Do that or just use Lynx/Links/Elinks. No graphics, no problem!
Congratulations on the move, I hope you enjoy it for years to come. I know I
have.
Yep it was out yesterday. All good now, carry on.
You can customize the look a fair bit, MATE and the old Gnome interface from
T7 are both great setups.
Horrah! Kudos to all the folk involved. A wonderful piece of work here. Also
I can finally install it on a Libreboot system from the GUI, had been having
lots of trouble with that for the past few months.
Depends on what you are doing. If you are passing files over to people still
using Windows then it would just be a good will to scan for any issues -
these viruses would would have come into the system externally than be
infected via Trisquel.
I do not know of any Libre AV for Windows so I
Doesn't Signal usually use Google play services to make the contact links? I
know there is a Libre version (https://fdroid.eutopia.cz/) but it uses a
different server backend to make it work.
Am I missing something here?
I have said for a while that I feel Purism has some good intentions but they
mess up the message so badly some times.
Their business interests butt up against the moral ones and they let the
business side win.
I'm sure if they could make fully-Libre hardware they will be the first to
jump
I am somewhat hopeful that they decide to bite the bullet and jump T8
straight to LTS 18.04 base.
It also solves a lot of security issues that plagued the old extension
system.
I had this happen years back with a Windows partition (I was young and
foolish!). I recall it was a big with GRUB and one that cannot be fixed
without installing a newer version from somewhere.
That said, you should do like I did and take it as a sign that you should
stay clear of that non-
Great to see this happening. I got a T400 off you a few months back and it
has been wonderful. My daily driver.
Will purchase off you again. 10 out of 10.
Absolutely. I think they kind of mean well but really they are a VERY long
way from complete. Purism is a little better but they are in the same boat.
Lots to be done.
I had this issue years back and I never could solve it. Figured it was just
another one of Microsoft's little silly technical choices that was designed
to lessen the non-windows experience.
Was one of the reasons I moved to free software.
Yep that is correct. I was too focused on the libre firmware instead of speed
I guess. ;)
Apart from the dates... ditto.
T400 from Minifree, 4GB RAM and 160GB HDD. The high RPM HDD does make it feel
a lot more snappy than I was expecting, an upgrade to an SSD will be glorious
on this thing.
It definitely pack a lot of punch performance wise. I am used to a Core Duo
1.4Ghz mach
That looks fantastic! I agree with you, as cool as Youtube-DL is - the
terminal keeps a lot of people away from it.
Ouch... but true. *high five*
Normally I would say "Don't go near it!" but I'm assuming it is just a brief
lapse by Ruben.
We can try but I'm not to optimistic about it. They are just interesting in
selling "A powerful Linux laptop" rather than a laptop that respects users
rights.
Yeah, it took me about 5 minutes of looking before I figured out its
location.
Microsoft even used something similar for a while on their awful Surface RT
tablets. That has been dropped as well.
Thank you so much for doing this. Just ordered mine yesterday! Great to see
these freedom loving machines getting some exposure.
Next time I speak with Zammit I will see what his take on it is. So far great
news!
We live in interesting times. Their opinion comes from a state of media
driven fear, it can be very hard to reason with these people other than
playing the long game of pointing out just how unlikely their paranoid
thoughts are to actually be the case.
My partner always thinks I'm "hacking"
See 2016 isn't so bad after all. Thanks to everyone involved! I will give my
Xmas donation a bit earlier this year. ;) Would have done it anyway.
Exactly. MS would rather make 'open source' software in an effort to squeeze
Oracle/Amazon/IBM our of the picture than to keep it proprietary and lose
business.
This is a power play, nothing more.
Note Microsoft never say Free software or GNU as it would push the ethics,
even when they shi
While that would be cool technology wise and to some degree security wise.
But that would be yet another example of why the Linux kernel should have
been moved over to GPLv3. On GPLv2 MS would still be able to ship it without
allowing people to modify their local version.
Having a short video/audio clip with a brief explanation would be fairly cool
to do. There could be longer form stuff (Stallman speech audio) but best not
to over do it and clog up the data pipes.
I will look into seeing if I can figure something out video wise but with my
usual schedule, d
Purism forked it into PureOS as well, basically Trisquel with Cinnamon on
top. Not sure if they have kept it entirely intact as Purism do appear to
favor modern conveniences a bit in place of pure freedom - at least at the
hardware level.
Also I agree, if one doesn't like the situation eith
With those kind of conditions, glad to see them go.
The one think I really like about Trisquel is the slower release cycle, the
it will be done when it is done mentality. Ubuntu is its own thing, we would
all be best to ignore its movements.
Not having the push an shove to be out on an exact date on an exact minute so
that there can be the
Can't like this post enough. The technology talk while nice can drown out the
really important issues.
Krita, it is perfect for these tablets.
I will say that personally, I do still use a smart phone (no Google, only
f-droid stuff) but that is part a requirement of my job and secondly - this
is one point where I am directly trading privacy for convenience. Having a
phone in an emergency situation (it has happened before) was literal
At the last Free software Melbourne (Australia) meetup - we had a great show
and tell session for a load of great programs.
The ones we covered where as follows.
Screen ruler - You can place an on ruler on you screen so that you can easily
measure elements.
Red shift - Allows the screen to r
I guess it really depends on how they are handled, if the Trisquel team want
to maintain snap packages then why not? It is still free software so the
issue is only with the technology and not the ethics.
MS doesn't care what operating system you run so long as you are using and
paying for their tools/services.
They Embrace Libre OS's/iOS/Android because they want to get people locked
into their ecosystem. Anything to make money as you said.
The lack of USB support should be the most shining example of where they are
up to in terms of functionality. It is a long way behind but it is still a
very interesting project. The fact that it is GPLv3 however means that there
is a potentially very bright future ahead in terms of guaranteei
So far there is no public plan to support X11 applications. Not only is that
a bigger technical problem, I don't think they want to show too much love to
the competition as it will eventually make their software look bad.
The idea of building a program using non-GPL tools is just horrifying. Even
having the option to close up the tool chain means eventually somebody will
try and close it.
I cannot speak for Stallman, I don't like to associate software/hardware to
'does Stallman run X?' - it makes the movement more a cult that worships
certain people rather than the work and philosophy that is present.
If I was offered a choice of Intel/AMD X86 systems OR lowRISC then I would
It is also way a nice thing to give credit where it is due even if it doesn't
relate the specifics of the immediate project code.
This topic cuts to the very core of free software. There is no doubt that
these games are non-free in every sense. The issue for people is that do they
want to be locked into this poor deal for the sake of entertainment?
There should be no debate expect for each individuals decision on what t
This is a huge problem with most game engines. They can liberate their code,
and I am forever grateful to those that do it; but most engines now have an
extensive web of dependencies on other non-free programs.
Be in the programming systems or the more high level stuff like audio/physics
fr
Same here, NoScript is your friend. It is also the reason why I can't read
anything of Forbes. :P
It doesn't even have to be non-free, non-free just makes it easier to hide
it's functionality. Just having any program load without users knowledge is a
very bad trait to have.
LibreJS is okay but can still allow malicious code to run provided it has the
right license, I mean how many peopl
Firstly, While lowRISC is a cool project for what it is, OpenRISC is a better
project. lowRISC is under the BSD-pushover license and is able to be locked
down by various manufacturers. OpenRISC is GPL and needs all modifications to
be published.
Secondly, we focus on Free software/free hard
Thank you very much! *high five*
There is a term for this in the skeptics community, the Gish Gallop. There
was a creationist Duane Gish who used to debate people by simply bombarding
the other side with an excess of false arguments or misinformation with out
allowing time for a full response, this was also exacerbated by ma
Rooting devices on GNU/Linux systems some times is so much harder than it
should be! And that is even when you ignore the freedom side of the software!
Also, if you want to permanently remove it from your system.
sudo apt-get remove gnome-orca
I have been using these adaptors for the last 2 years or so and have had no
issues at all. Range is fairly good and the speed is more than acceptable.
As for the stability of the drivers, I haven't really noticed any big issues
with them. They work when needed and don't get in the way.
I found it odd in light of these events just how much the Mint Team where
changing (or not updating) the underlying tech. Really worrying even if it is
software I don't use.
I merely assumed it was Ubuntu with a different desktop engine and a
different package manager layout.
When ever MS talks about their security/privacy they are very aware to avoid
ever making solid commitments about what they provide.
If instance, they will talk about their 'Windows Hello' facial recognition
system and how amazing the technology is; but they will never commit to any
real low
Wow that licence really sucks. It is simple toys like this that could be used
as a brilliant introduction to programming for beginners.
Shame really, it could have been something really cool. (Pun slightly
intended :P )
This is actually a really good point. The vacuum they leave in other counties
has allowed others to take up the torch and to fill the gap but that is not
an excellent solution.
Direct Links to files.
Ogg Theora 1080p Video -
https://archive.org/download/CompromiseInFreeSoftware/CompromiseInFreeSoftware-1080.ogv
Ogg Theora 720p Video -
https://archive.org/download/CompromiseInFreeSoftware/CompromiseInFreeSoftware-720.ogv
Ogg Vorbis Audio -
https://archive.org/d
You don't necessarily have to do this. If you end up using Trisquel or any
other Distro full time then just be happy with that.
Shopping around across all the distros can lead to a negative emotional
impact as the idea that you may have missed something in another distro can
lead to a feeli
This is why I am producing some talks for people, ones that focus on the main
issues that are present today followed up with the best solution we have -
free software. If people are aware of the issues, the solution will be much
more welcoming.
That is just proof it is working. If it wasn't for the GNU/Linux language - I
don't think I would have found the free software movement when I did.
I see this as the same issue I have with Systemd. I don't have one.
Is the technology free? If yes then that is what really matters. ZFS, if it
works then great but I have no reason to complain.
Embrace, Extend, Extingush.
I wish it was something we had made up about MS but those are the direct
words from Microsoft leaked emails from 1998.
It is very confusing to people, I have seen Android described many times as
'Linux but not Linux'. GNU/Linux is very direct, Android mentioned in
relation to Linux unfortunatly causes people to think it is the GNU system as
well even though it isn't related. Linux is a very cool and powerful
Roll on Ian.
I won't comment on the issues of what lead to this event as there just isn't
enough information yet. That said we do need to look into it to get to the
bottom of issue regardless of what it was.
I don't so much hope for defeat, I hope they change their ways and liberate
their technology. If that is not possible then defeat is the only other
option.
This was what I was thinking. It is better for us to band together and
improve a project to further greatness than further fragmentation. While I
can see the potential for a slightly different flavour of Trisquel to be
added to the current ISO's but even then it would have to be a fairly big
Personally I have tried to dual boot Trisquel and Windows only once - The
installation found the other partition and set it up Grub immediately failed
to ever boot Windows.
I didn't really think much of it as it was done as an experiment. I never did
figure out a solution to it, wasn't real
Brian Lunduke - formally of Linux Action show fame - did this excellent
interview with several people for the FS community in regards to if we need
compromise in free software (guess where Stallman stands? :P ).
http://lunduke.com/2015/12/16/need-for-compromise-in-free-software-with-richard-s
Came here to say this, I have the same issue if I run Trisquel on a 2010 Mac
Mini - the Nouveua drivers just simply didn't support the chipset very well.
Exactly, Free software isn't just great for freedom it is actually just
genuinely great software. Krita for instance is astoundingly good, it is
amazing that it is free software.
Exactly, it is a very bad thing to put your content into a patented or even
worse a DRM based format; But it shouldn't be a reason for you to not decode
it into a libre system/format. DVD for example is a terrible format but
because we can decode it with free software - we can at least use it
Always fun to see what the browser is pushing out. Safari, Firefox, Internet
Explorer - very cool add-on - one of the defaults for any of installs.
Everyone should give it a try.
This feels like an area of hardware where the input/out of the networking
chips should be sand boxed with only very limited functionality. Essentially,
while it could ask for microphone/GPS information it should be up to the OS
to determine what it does and does not send/receive. If there are
Thank you for this! I am a little tired of it constantly reading when I log
in. Trying to logic with *asterisk* *asterisk* *asterisk* *asterisk*
*asterisk* coming out of the speaker isn't always welcome. :P
Very cool work indeed.
"3. "Copy" popular games especial the easier ones. (e.g. Five nights at
Freddy, Slender)"
I went to PAX AU last weekend (big hall of corporate marketing really) and I
was surprised at just how little originality is left in the games industry,
even the 'indie' developers just pushing out mos
They have a very poor track record, almost every Chinese designed phone I
have checked calls back to home eventually. It does suck that this happens
but at least it is reporting back to a government other than your own or its
allies.
Essentially it is a more security focused. Tor available at any times, Libre
JS as standard plus a few changes to the configuration. Very cool project.
Couldn't donate much but more than happy to help out the cause.
I suppose to real big difference is that the Libre kernel won't recommend any
non-free drivers where as the Debian one will. It doesn't included them from
the get go and still needs user intervention to install them but Linux-libre
won't even do that.
That is all cool. Always good to let off some steam once in a while, always
interesting to read through any way.
Onward and upwards.
Completely agree, while a new system like this isn't very complete and still
has issues - it is a great step gap until we have a even more free solution.
Sorry but that is propritary software and we won't help you with installation
of a restrictive product of the nature. We won't to give you more freedoms
not keep you couped up in the digital jail just for the sake of convienience.
Why not try a libre ulternative like InkScape, this is a truel
Most Libre music players such as Rhythmbox/Amarok usually support these older
devices. Here is an older tutorial but it should give you an idea that it
works.
https://www.howtoforge.com/linux_rhythmbox_ipod
Broken websites, DVD playback, mp3 and m4a can all very easily be played back
with Libre software. Technology isn't a big issue except when it comes to
DRM.
Is this for an iPod touch or an iPod classic? The classic doesn't need to be
modified although I would highly recommend Rockbox OS as it is a brilliant
free software media system for the classics.
IPod touch and all ios devices are locked down to the extreme and there is
nothing you can do
Just a piece of advice, make sure to use a thick vinyl sticker as normal ones
will just show the Apple logo shinning through. I have a Copyleft over mine
but I needed 4 layers to dull the logo significantly.
No definetly not Libre in any sense. Use propritary software to run, the code
they send is propritary and is one of the worst examples of DRM.
I can see the appeal of a platform like that (it is a rented library I
suppose) but there are so many issues presented.
I think you mean NSA/Micro$$soft Bugindows Snooping edition.
One idea I had was that we should outreach to other Libre distros, ones that
no longer have the time and effort to maintain an entire system to
themselves. Essentially combine forces to get more work towards a more
singular goal.
It has been a thought I have pondered for a while, one that p
I have no issue with the forum or wiki. While yes things can be improved
there is nothing really important missing.
The biggest feature of a forum is the community, everything else is just
minor details.
And here is your second.
https://stallman.org/guantanamero.ogg
The page on his site explains it all.
https://stallman.org/guantanamero.html
This has happened a few times in the Skeptics community, I know that is why
there is the James Randy Education Fund million dollar challenge. Here in
Australia our Skeptics group (well the Sydney one) received several million
dollars anonymously from a multi millionaire. It can happen it just
Maybe one day they will, it will take a huge change on MS's part and adopting
a new business model that actually encourages people to use their software
rather than lock them into it.
The commercially available part was a given, the freedoms part actually could
be an issue seeing as this is based off AMDs open parts.
Yet another example of Open doesn't necessarily mean free.
Text to make it easier for everyone.
"Say Hello to MIAOW, the First Open Source Graphics Processor
By Alexander Hellemans
While open-source hardware is already available for CPUs, researchers from
the Vertical Research Group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have
announced at the Hot Ch
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