I thought so too... I was getting a bit suspicious though after the
prolonged silence. Today I started receiving messages from Drupal once
more. Hurray!
> Bros
This isn't very inclusive.
The blight of ChaosEsqueTeam has returned!
> I've been using Tor likely longer than you.
> The Tor devs dislike me.
I can see why.
> > You're just making the Tor network worse for others.
> Good. By using it how it was intended: to maintain anonymity.
> By uploading a 4gb ISO every so often I b
On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 21:26:21 -0500, Patrick
wrote:
> On 11/28/2015 09:04 PM, onp...@riseup.net wrote:
> > Hm... by my calculations, assuming the most you can transfer is 15
> > Mb/second, the absolute limit to the amount of data you could transfer
> > is about 173 GB in a day. This is assuming
Guess what time it is!
Reinstallation time, that's what.
On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 18:29:06 +0100 (CET), elking...@dailyanarchist.com wrote:
> If you're the only person selling sunscreen in the desert and there is high
> demand for your product then you should charge as much as you can possibly
> get for it.
I thought you were joking here. Then I visited
> I just sent the message and no. They are quite busy so we can only wait.
> This is certainly something that must be straightened out asap.
And then Francis showed up and straightened it out ASAP. Ah, the Internet.
> I know one of my drives is in
> FAT32, so there's that.
Somehow I doubt this. I do all my backups in FAT for compatibility and I've
never had any problems.
> Yeah, it stays on but the screen is black.
Try Ctrl+Alt+F1 or Ctrl+Alt+F2.
How long do you wait before giving up?
> I also observed the feud between chris and fchmmr (obviously the man behind
> minifree)
i...@gluglug.org.uk, in fact.
Have you received a reply? I sent my query about a month ago, and either they
haven't gotten round to it yet, or they've just forgotten. Although to be fair,
the guys at the Lab are probably busy people.
On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 07:43:17 +0100 (CET), nishi...@tutanota.de wrote:
> Hi, as I learn from you guys as well as GNU, I realize that
>
> *no one promise and/or protect your privacy/security entirely _for_ you.*
>
> At most what they try hard was to provide an opportunity for you. One should
On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 01:50:20 +0100 (CET), binzip...@gmail.com wrote:
> I apologise if this sequence of dumb decisions and my lack of memory makes
> you cringe, mad or have any other negative response.
> So a couple of days ago my laptop ran out of power whilst i was playing a
> game. My comput
> Extremely high are the words you've been looking for I guess..
> If you are in the United Swines of AMurica
The United Snakes of AmeriKKKa are the words you've been looking for I guess..
> but it here ->
> https://shop.libiquity.com/product/taurinus-x200
I will but it there ;)
Even though I
> Secondly, I'm also impressed because Libreboot T400 didn't even receive
> the Respects Your Freedom certification yet
I actually sent an e-mail to the FSF's Licensing and Compliance Lab about this
asking whether the Libreboot T400 was actually RYF-certified yet or not, since
it is not listed on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYV-qYeWPkk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tym0MObFpTI
> The trisqueltrollsquad is not a group of users. I have never said such a
> thing.
Yes you did! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnTmBjk-M0c
Badum tss.
By croot I assume you mean chroot. There can still only be one root at a time
in the given environment.
I believe he was referring to root in the filesystem (/, of which there can
only be one), not a user with root powers.
In what way is this superior to simply using full disk encryption?
> I wasn't wrong about you not using trisquel was I? Why don't you tell us
> all why you don't... The reasons you gave me was that Debian is more popular
> and that you need video drivers for your gaming...
Being right about one thing doesn't make you right about everything. As for the
latter cl
> So what are you doing here then?
I was Trisquel user for several months. I joined the forum some time into my
Trisquel adventure. I remain because I enjoy partaking in the discussion and
helping GNUbies when I can. I use GNU/Linux and free software generally. I
think that gives me license enough
That is indeed normal behaviour. I do not consider that having my GRUB
configuration 'messed up'. My question still stands: in what way do kernel
updates mess up his GRUB configuration? Even though it runs an update-grub,
this does not affect the contents of /etc/default/grub, the primary
configura
> Everytime there is an update on 3.13,
> it messes my grub confguration.
This shouldn't happen. Care to elaborate?
This thread is about Coreboot support for the Chromebook, not Parabola support
for ARM.
> Is it accessible? Can Orca function flawlessly in it?
Yes. Orca should work fine- or at least as well as in GNOME 2, which served
Trisquel well for a long time.
> Is it optimized for hardware without 3D acceleration?
It does not require 3D acceleration.
> Is it easy(ier) to maintain?
Yes. It
The mailing list is working fine for me. In fact, I post solely by mailing
list, and have been doing so the entire time I have been a member of the
Trisquel community.
You should log in to the mailman configuration panel at
http://listas.trisquel.info/ and review your settings- especially things l
> Debian will remain 100% free
Debian is a distribution of free *software*. The Debian project should not
concern itself with the issue of free culture, which is an entirely separate
issue -or at least it should not take such precedence that free software is
rejected due to dependency on non-free
> Here is a recent log for Calinou, you can ask him yourself he won't deny
> it. In this log shows he is now using fedora instead of debian and uses non
> free video drivers for games. Why you people are even in the trisquel forums
> or chat rooms is beyond me. I guess because you can't feed you
> Be a man and dump your debian and install a 100% libre distro
If you hadn't noticed, Debian is already 100% free by default. My Debian system
is also 100% free. I do not use the non-free repositories. I have not used
them, do not use them, and will never use them.
I use Debian. I do not use Tri
> Letter case matters, Alliance =/= alliance. Package names are always lower
> case.
Not necessarily. A friend of mine uses Arch, and when he tried to install
figlet, the package was not found. Turns out it is (or at least was) FIGlet,
which is coincidentally the only package I've ever seen with
-- Concerning Defaults --
I would replace Trisquel's current GNOME fallback-based desktop with MATE.
Trisquel tries to present an accessible, traditional, and user-friendly desktop
experience, and I still think that GNOME 2 itself is the way to do it, rather
than having to fight GNOME 3 into shape
> If it is not an option, I hope MATE but Nautilus should replace Caja. C'mon,
> we have dozens of plugins in Nautilus ready to be installed in synaptic, we
> can using those do everything in nautilus with a single right click. Caja is
> still very much behind in that department.
Nautilus is
> There are differing views. The FSF is concerned whether the code and
> documentation are free, so depending on whether the docu is bundled, they
> might call it free.
Although I use Debian, I actually agree with the FSF line on this issue. It
makes sense that *tools* (software, etc.) be free
> And when I debate people on the reasons they think other distros or certain
> non free software is better, or why certain security mechanisms or certain
> software choices should not be changed, i'm the one who is considered being
> rude and offtopic.
Ever heard of a thing called persecution
> Any more questions supertramp83, the non free debian gamer?
Evidence?
And even if he was a 'non-free Debian gamer', why should it matter? I don't see
him recommending non-free software. Unlike you, it should be noted, who prefers
a good dose of Winblows over GNU/Linux any day. Not only is this
Really? That I was not expecting.. The only Trisquel-specific metapackages I
could think of off the top of my head were triskel and trisquel. Oh well. I
stand corrected.
Interestingly enough, there is no 'Trisquel Mini' section in the
packages.trisquel.info/belenos package collection overview.
With MATE as default DE, and Xfce for Trisquel Mini.
> A more organised, formal and coordinated decision might have been better.
Indeed it might.
> Apology accepted :)
... Captain Needa ;)
> I'm happy to see my family reunited here. Moxalt my daddy, Sup3rTram my
> lawyer-in-law and my step-mommy Heather. The very first time we met was with
> my first distro she was there!! The Linux Header!! Luv u Header!
Oh. I am sincerely sorry. I now correctly recognise you a
Magic Banana answered the first question concerning the MATE installation. It
is quite easy, and instructions can be found at the
https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/installing-mate page.
As to the second question, converting to Trisquel Mini, you can't really
'convert' to Trisquel Mini. Rather, Trisque
> I could be very wrong here but, if Trisquel's official repositories
> don't include MATE desktop, isn't that because of MATE not being free
> software back then when it was evaluated for inclusion?
No. It was because there was no Ubuntu MATE distribution at the time. MATE was
somewhat new. Since
Next time you should wait a bit longer before rushing to shut stuff down the
day after you launch it. These things take time to grow.
Also, there are hardly enough users of Trisquel in general to warrant
separate-language channels on IRC, unlike Debian for instance.
You could also have edited the
On Sat, 31 Oct 2015 04:39:06 +0100 (CET), stry...@disintermedia.net.nz wrote:
> In installed mate-desktop using apt-get install. I checked in synaptic, and
> a number of mate-related packages are now marked as installed (although some
> optional looking ones like themes etc are not). Is this all
Tehnoetic time.
> Who is running the #trisquel irc ?
quidam or aklis. Probably quidam.
Sorry. I went back and read your post properly, and have no idea by the clear
light of day why I interpreted it as an attack last night. Sorry again.
We are all capable of douchebaggery of the highest order, it seems.
On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 19:57:55 +0100 (CET),
someonedidnotlikeitsothisishowitlooks...@opmbx.org wrote:
> Secondary? If you'r asking why I put
> someonedidnotlikeitsothisishowitlooksnow as e-mail address It's because you
> (moxalt) complain about it.
Calm down. I'm not out to
supertramp: that's a whole lotta lot lot! I have 313 mb in var..
ifconfig, iwconfig, wpa_supplicant, and dhclient are all I need ;)
Exactly. If OP wants to follow KISS, OP shouldn't use GNOME.
Xfce + Claws Mail is the way to go.
make clean removes any intermediate or output files from your source / build
tree. However, it only affects the source / build tree; it does not touch the
rest of the filesystem and so will not remove previously installed software.
If you're lucky, running make uninstall will work. It's up to the
Apt-get purge only removes system-wide configuration files, not settings stored
in users' home directories. You have to delete those manually.
> You've read the rest of this thread, yes? You understand that we're
> discussing a laptop, not a server, yes?
Why the viciously sarcastic tone? You asked for help, the above post gave you
some. Just because you see some command-line stuff that is a step more
complicated and requires a bit of u
Why the secondary e-mail address? someonedidnotlikeitsothisishowitlooksnow as
opposed to cooloutac? I've been wondering about that for a bit.
> Anyway, I see no benefit in a witch-hunting.
Exactly. So what if they use non-free firmware! As long as they continue to be
constructive members of the community and do not recommend non-free software to
anyone it shouldn't even matter what they do in private. It's their freedom at
stake, not ou
I have a simple request- can you prove that Calinou and SuperTramp are using
non-free Debian systems? Just using Debian is not evidence enough. I use
Debian, but I don't necessarily use non-free software.
Stuff that they supposedly said in IRC (without logs) is not very trustworthy
evidence, espec
It's easy on the eyes. Plus, cute giraffe! With books, of all things!
> Hopefully, sooner rather than later, hardware manufacturers will start being
> more environmentally responsible and making devices that last, and can be
> repaired and kept running for decades.
If only capitalism worked like that...
Planned obsolescence, proprietary software, total disregar
> Nice, but fully bugged.
roflmao
It's not been down for me much either. I suppose I've been lucky with all the
big complaints the good peeps of Trisquel have had- I never had any problems
with Abrowser, IceCat, or Linux. The website has never been down for me either.
Even if we're not being directly targeted, we should resist state surveillance.
The existence of enormous compendiums of information on the citizenry is in
itself dangerous.
Security should ideally be government-proof. Aim for that goal, and you'll be
more than prepared for the common-or-garden sc
> I apologise if any part of this posting comes across as grumpy or
> ungrateful. I know most everyone involved in developing software for
> GNU/Linux is doing their best, and that most of them are unpaid. I appreciate
> what your work, and your ethical commitment, I really do. But I am beyond
> fr
Trisquel could just as easily have forked from Debian main, and still be
equally user-friendly. What is the advantage (this is addressed to the thread
now) of forking from Ubuntu as opposed to Debian? Why fork from an absolutely
heinous distribution when one could fork from the Debian project itsel
How about this?
Screenies attached.
> I have successfully switched to XFCE a month ago. It was indeed hard,
> and I indeed had to keep an eye on what I was doing (and to tell you the
> truth, I almost messed everything up).
Well, my switch wasn't anywhere near as hard as yours; I just followed the Xfce
installation instructions on t
There was one GNU-compatible real-time kernel released under the GPLv2-
RTLinux. However, the website's been down for some time now. I think the
project's been abandoned. There is an FTP repository from which you can
download the source for RTLinux (here: ftp://ftp.rtlinux-gpl.org/pub/rtlinux),
but
Vista not being able to boot is a good thing: http://badvista.fsf.org/. Is
there anything you need it for? If so, we can help you find free replacements.
I think the alternative Trisquel desktops in general (such as Xfce and LXDE,
but not including KDE or GNOME obviously) just have problems with this sort of
thing all over. Xfce (which I've had extensive experience with, although I've
never used LXDE) under Trisquel cannot mount or unmount drives du
So USB images written with Startup Disk Creator are messed up and don't work,
while images written with dd work wonderfully.
The answer to your question is simple- just use dd from now on!
gNewSense community? Such a thing exists? ;)
> With deference, I can comprehend your dissatisfaction yet the issue is with
> the portable PCs industry.
This is what you get when you try to be polite through Google Translate.
> That is the reason we incorporate the video (with nice looking host)
> disclosing how to source a decent tablet.
'
> Showing ways to the community to contribute is vital. (sending email to
> Ruben seems the only way?)
Trisquel is a small project. Most of the actual 'development' work (not that
there's much of that, since we just grab the free packages from select Ubuntu
releases and the security updates too, i
Purge LightDM and Xfce, set the GRUB Linux parameter to 'text' just to be safe,
reboot, and reinstall lightdm, xfce4, and xfce4-goodies. Be sure to get rid of
any configuration files beforehand.
When in doubt, re-install.
If you don't want to reinstall for some reason, at least give us the logs s
I don't ever upvote or downvote either (I can't anyway; I post by mail). If I
have a disagreement with something, I'll say it.
Unless you configure automatic updates, itself something of an 'advanced task',
you must still launch the update program regularly yourself.
> it's silly to have more lines in the license than the script itself...
So GNU Hello basically.
The first official release just came out.
If actually implemented as part of a screen reading system, it could provide
truly awesome speech. Orca's currently at the Microsoft Sam stage of shittiness
when it comes to speech... as are basically all text-to-speech things right now.
> its not libre to me, if it automatically will load non free modules,
What are you on about? The Debian kernel doesn't automatically load non-free
modules. By default, only free modules are installed, and only free modules are
available. If one wishes to install proprietary modules, one can enabl
> The actual disk is about 100 times than volatile memory such as RAM.
100 times what than volatile memory?
> 'sync' simply forces the data in buffer to be written onto the disk.
So it is a good thing to do. Thanks for the info.
You know, spam doesn't even annoy me that much when it's actually
*intelligible*.
I believe sync just updates.. things. To me, dd feels incomplete without it. I
was first taught dd by the Debian documentation, and the 'sync' was there. It's
probably there for a reason.
- green man
I donated. Always happy to help the cause :)
Congratulations on making up with Francis by the way.
> Don't forget to sudo update-grub / sudo update-grub2 (I am not sure which
> one is the right one, so I do both, lol).
Both update-grub and update-grub2 are identical in function. They are both
stubs for running grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg. It doesn't matter which
you use. I run update-g
# dd if= of=/dev/ bs=4M;sync
Just to be on the safe side ;)
Try removing ~/.config. Applications should return to their default settings,
including the GNOME panel.
Programs being launched faster and things generally starting faster is the main
advantage. On my brother's ASUS Zenbook UX51VZ (with 8GB RAM, an i7 quad-core,
and a 256GB SSD) GNOME shell starts in about two seconds. When I installed
GNOME shell on my computer (an ASUS N43SL with 4GB RAM, an i5 qua
+1
This shouldn't even be possible- the GUI shouldn't allow you delete the last
remaining panel, only create new ones from it. How did you achieve this,
exactly?
Have you made any progress on the ARM front? If so, I'd be happy to donate.
It's all very well to tell people to sit tight, stop whining, and content
themselves with non-free boot software until the holy grail of a free ARM
laptop arrives, but in the meantime, I will take the option that allows me to
be as free as possible. Currently (and I'm sorry to say this) that option
Straight from the lips of Saint Ignucius.
Has LibertyBSD been sent to the FSF for certification? If so, why was it
rejected?
Or in GIMP, for that matter.
Since I don't work with files of any significant size, that's not a problem for
me. If it was, and I wanted compatibility with Windows but not necessarily
anything else, I would use NTFS. It is a problem though.
This isn't that strange. My fan doesn't turn on when the computer starts
either- it starts churning when things get hot. The fan should vary speed and
power depending on recorded temperatures.
Does your fan *never* turn on? Or just not instantly? If the latter is the
case, it is probably because y
A screenshot function built in to the operating system is a software component
in the end of the day- and due to the proprietary nature of the operating
system the developers would be able to simply remove the screenshot feature or
tamper with its functioning so that one could not take pictures of
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