Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't get math to work in PDF

2018-01-25 Thread robert . kirkpatrick
I tried the file from the first link you posted. I can't get it to work with Evince, either. I just tried it at the office on my work PC, and I *am* able to get it to work with Adobe Acrobat. I wonder if the interactive form in the file uses a proprietary extension of the PDF format?

Re: [Trisquel-users] What's wrong with DOCX?

2018-01-24 Thread robert . kirkpatrick
> In my experience, OOXML files don't work well on LibreOffice, probably because of those > things MB mentioned. Everything always seems to render differently between MS Office > and LibreOffice. That's been my experience as well, e.g. presentations created in PowerPoint don't look right

Re: [Trisquel-users] Hot news - Major flaw in Intel CPUs

2018-01-04 Thread robert . kirkpatrick
There are two distinct, albeit related, CPU vulnerabilities making recent news. One of them, "Meltdown," is Intel-specific. The other, "Spectre," is present in all recent Intel, AMD, and ARM CPUs (and potentially, any CPU that uses branch prediction and speculative execution). Meltdown

Re: [Trisquel-users] TALOS II Secure Workstation, from Raptor Engineering

2017-08-24 Thread robert . kirkpatrick
I think this is actually very exciting news. This is a high-power system in which the mainboard and CPU will run with a full stack of libre software and firmware, and the price is much more reasonable than that of the original TALOS. Granted, it's still above many consumers' price points,

Re: [Trisquel-users] GNU R IDE

2017-07-17 Thread robert . kirkpatrick
I use RStudio, the desktop edition of which is licensed under the AGPL: https://www.rstudio.com/ . I have collaborators who use gedit and emacs. If you're already comfortable using emacs with LaTeX, then emacs sounds like a good choice for you.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Wich is your favorite libre game?

2017-03-28 Thread robert . kirkpatrick
Nethack. http://nethack.org/

Re: [Trisquel-users] The future of Libre Computing: Crowd Funding Campaign Starts Now

2016-08-25 Thread robert . kirkpatrick
101% funded! Luke and Chris: Congratulations, gentlemen, on a job well-done.

Re: [Trisquel-users] The future of Libre Computing: Crowd Funding Campaign Starts Now

2016-08-23 Thread robert . kirkpatrick
Count me in as a backer! Good to see you fighting the good fight on other message-boards, Luke.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Distorted desktop graphics after system crash

2016-08-10 Thread robert . kirkpatrick
One of the great things about going to a public web forum for technical help is that the answers to your questions are out there for anyone else encountering a similar problem. Trying to run VirtualBox under Trisquel 7 was the trigger for the problem that is the raison d'ĂȘtre of this

Re: [Trisquel-users] Conflicting packages and libqt4-opengl-dev

2016-08-02 Thread robert . kirkpatrick
Thanks for the tip. It didn't make things work, but it helped me diagnose the problem. The problem is that at some point I had installed a dependency of a dependency from upstream, making it a more recent version than what's compatible with some other libraries in the Trisquel repository.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Distorted desktop graphics after system crash

2016-07-24 Thread robert . kirkpatrick
Got it. Thanks for your help.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Distorted desktop graphics after system crash

2016-07-24 Thread robert . kirkpatrick
> You do know that files starting with a dot are hidden by default in the file browser? Indeed I do. But ls -a in my home directory doesn't show .compton.conf .

Re: [Trisquel-users] Distorted desktop graphics after system crash

2016-07-24 Thread robert . kirkpatrick
killall compton did the trick. Thanks! Now, if I understand you, I should be expecting to find a .compton.conf file in the home directory, right? I don't see one. Should I disable shadows in /etc/compton.conf instead?