Re: [Trisquel-users] NetGear PTV300 (Miracast Receiver) Firmware GPL v2

2014-07-31 Thread mdunivan
Yes. It seems that many companies such as NetGear are willing to GPL code, but that is never a fully working unit. There is always some component/piece missing. There needs to be more com

Re: [Trisquel-users] Interesting Enterprise Software Industry Overview

2014-07-30 Thread mdunivan
Redhat doesn't sell desktop computers to people who spend time working in the graphical environment...using Evolution, Numeric, Anjuta, GIMP. I don't feel servers require the same usability that a desktop PC does. I know of at least one RHEL 3.5 that is running KDE not GNOME...for Schlu

Re: [Trisquel-users] "Why the GPL doesnt focus on freedom" keynote from OSCON

2014-07-04 Thread mdunivan
The GPL,LGPL, and AGPL are for software where the Free Software Foundation has been assigned the copyright. The Apache Public license was created for Apache by Apache. The Mozilla Public license was created by Mozilla. The copyright owner controls and protects the software. The copyright o

[Trisquel-users] GNOME Panel Item : Window List Customization?

2014-07-04 Thread mdunivan
GNOME Panel widgets may not be in development any longer and the developers have denied any enhancement requests to the Window List widget such as only one button row, button max width control, and icon only buttons. However, when a panel is vertical, on the left or right of the screen, the

Re: [Trisquel-users] NetGear PTV300 (Miracast Receiver) Firmware GPL v2

2014-07-04 Thread mdunivan
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2649/~/open-source-code-for-programmers-%28gpl%29 http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GPL/PTV3000_V1.0.13_opensource.tar.bz2

[Trisquel-users] Interesting Enterprise Software Industry Overview

2014-07-04 Thread mdunivan
Here is an article I found interesting: http://marketrealist.com/2014/07/must-know-overview-software-industry-2/ Side notes: Oracle University is still using GNOME 2.20 for its desktop PC UI. Who wanted GNOME 3? What testing/studies show the changes were needed or were an improvement to

[Trisquel-users] NetGear PTV300 (Miracast Receiver) Firmware GPL v2

2014-07-04 Thread mdunivan
NetGear's Push2TV PTV300 (miracast receiver) firmware is released with the GPL v2. http://support.netgear.com/product/PTV3000#wrapper I found this exciting.

[Trisquel-users] Free Software Alternative to : Software Toolbox Top Server?

2014-06-27 Thread mdunivan
Is there a GNU Project or GLP'ed alternative to Software Toolbox's Top Server (an OPC Server)? Top Server OPC & I/O: http://toolboxopc.com/ What is OPC (The Interoperability Standard for Industrial Automation)? https://opcfoundation.org/about/what-is-opc/ There are 2 standards: OPC Classic

Re: [Trisquel-users] Free Software Alternative to Citrix Receiver?

2014-06-27 Thread mdunivan
What should one recommend to replace Citrix's XenApp Server? A server that acts as a "presentation server" for remote graphical programs, such as Writer, Calc, and Impress...or Windows graphical programs. The programs run on various remote server resources and the programs are displayed

Re: [Trisquel-users] Free Software Alternative to Citrix Receiver?

2014-06-04 Thread mdunivan
openxenmanager looks to be an admin application to manage the servers. I wasn't able to find xcp-xe in the Trisquel 7 Alpha repositories...is that the client? I was thinking more of a Free Software ICA client. The presence of the Open Xen Manager is a good sign.

[Trisquel-users] Free Software Alternative to Citrix Receiver?

2014-05-31 Thread mdunivan
Is there a Free Software program that can open .ica files so one isn't required to install Citrix Receiver? I suspect the answer is, "No.", but there is the Remmina Remote Desktop Client. With Citix's terrible amd64 GNU/Linux support, I was hoping they would have published the API document

Re: [Trisquel-users] Missing Free Firmware?

2014-05-31 Thread mdunivan
Did the message state what firmware file it couldn't find or what module was trying to look for it? Hardware drivers (kernel modules) basically program hardware chips with the firmware files to use the hardware. There are free firmware files in the Trisquel repositories that are not insta

[Trisquel-users] Trisquel Multitouch ARM Tablet?

2013-03-31 Thread mdunivan
The Linaro Project has a number of linux images. There are a number of SOC development platforms that support Linux. Canonical's Mark Shuttleworth currently has an Ubuntu phone OS preview, which one can flash to the Google Nexus 7. Neal Peacock, of Peacock Imports, completed a successful cro

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hardware Issues in Trisquel? Buy a Pre-Installed Trisquel Computer.

2013-03-28 Thread mdunivan
Maybe "best" wasn't a good word choice for fixing one's hardware issues and supporting Trisquel. If one doesn't want to deal with hardware issues, which include finding and installing the drivers for their system to run Trisquel, or selecting the proper hardware on which to run Trisquel, on

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hardware Issues in Trisquel? Buy a Pre-Installed Trisquel Computer.

2013-03-28 Thread mdunivan
GPL compatible Or acceptable to the Free Software Foundation, Software in the Public Interest, and/or Debian Foundation A GNU Project distro + Linux + X: another topic.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hardware Issues in Trisquel? Buy a Pre-Installed Trisquel Computer.

2013-03-28 Thread mdunivan
True. ZaReason doesn't list Trsiquel as a seletable operating system. One must select "other" and ask for Trisquel by name and ask that all the hardware still works. ZaReason will reply back if they can deliver. Think Penguin does list Trisquel specifically as an OS. AND through this U

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hardware Issues in Trisquel? Buy a Pre-Installed Trisquel Computer.

2013-03-28 Thread mdunivan
Please limited this thread to kernel hardware drivers.

[Trisquel-users] Sneeky Linux YouTube Trisquel 6.0 Intro

2013-03-27 Thread mdunivan
Sneeky Linux has provided a nice video of him using Trisquel 6.0. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RORdGIdJ0Y

[Trisquel-users] What's Wrong With Flash: An Explaination

2013-03-27 Thread mdunivan
What's Wrong With Flash (http://www.gnewsense.org/Main/WhyNotFlash) Using or recommending Flash is equivalent to promoting proprietary software. In addition, the audio and video codecs claim to be patented, and the complete specification for making a compatible Flash player is not available.

[Trisquel-users] Hardware Issues in Trisquel? Buy a Pre-Installed Trisquel Computer.

2013-03-26 Thread mdunivan
The best and easiest way to switch to Trisquel is to buy a computer with Trisquel pre-installed. Users new to Trisquel have enough to adjust to without dealing with hardware issues. The user experience is different, the programs names are different, and non-GNU Public License(GPL)'ed thing

Re: [Trisquel-users] Coreboot & Triquel Computers

2012-03-28 Thread mdunivan
It is difficult to understand the GNU Operating System's software development model. All the development seems to have been done at no cost to the Free Software Foundation and then the code was released under the GPL (and copyright was assigned to FSF? http://live.gnome.org/CopyrightAssignme

Re: [Trisquel-users] Coreboot & Triquel Computers

2012-03-24 Thread mdunivan
Chris and Cyberhawk thank you for the comments. Disheartening. There is over 50 motherboards in that list. They have done quite a lot of work, which doesn't seem to benefit Trisquel or the vendors that sell Trisquel Computers. "The coreboot project was started in the winter of 1999 in the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Coreboot & Triquel Computers

2012-03-18 Thread mdunivan
And, of course, ThinkPenguin sells "free" computers.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Stallman on the Linux Action Show

2012-03-17 Thread mdunivan
RMS certainly is an intelligent man and a prophet. Yet, I understand how a programmer would take issue with his philosophy. Learning how to program isn't something that a person can't do easily. Just look at the job listings for programmers and all the languages and software one needs exper

Re: [Trisquel-users] Tablets

2012-03-16 Thread mdunivan
I was thinking of the ExoPC Slate (Intel Atom Pineview-M N450) with WeTab OS--sans the fan--which was based on Meego/Tizen--with work to remove the "non-free" parts. The "short" battery life really isn't an issue for me. Eight hours sitting on the couch, plucking away at a tablet is more t

Re: [Trisquel-users] Tablets

2012-03-16 Thread mdunivan
I have been waiting years a "free" tablet. An 11.6 inch screen, solid state hard drives, and zero fans. HDMI support would be nice too.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Wireless

2012-03-14 Thread mdunivan
I do wholly agree that whenever possible one should use a fully GPL compatible/FSF approved OS and hardware drivers, but coming into this movement with a Windows machine that I switched to PCLinuxOS, then Ubuntu, then Debian, then Trisquel. I understand that the hardware one has may not ha