Re: [Trisquel-users] 3D Printer

2017-07-12 Thread sleepruim
I have a Reprap (Prusa i3) which I built myself. Took about four evenings to complete it. Runs on an Arduino Mega. Bought the DIY set for 450 euro. Great learning experience for constructing, simple soldering and programming.

Re: [Trisquel-users] 3D Printer

2017-07-12 Thread sleepruim
Well the firmware it runs on (Marlin 3d printer firmware) is gpl3: https://github.com/MarlinFirmware/Marlin I use slic3r and printrun for printing which are also gpl3 (and in the debian stretch repos)

Re: [Trisquel-users] How to be free

2017-08-10 Thread sleepruim
I have not owned a mobile phone for two years but I encountered the following “inconvinience”: During my holiday my daughter and I were cycling in the Alps in Italy and during a descent she fell. Result: Severe bleeding from the abdomen and 6 teeth missing I sure was glad someone with s

Re: [Trisquel-users] Parabola Gnu/Linux

2017-09-06 Thread sleepruim
I have installed it many times, often with problems. Strangely the easiest way I found is to install Arch and migrate it to Parabola. The Parabola website has documentation on how to do that.

Re: [Trisquel-users] my family want me to install non-free software

2015-01-16 Thread sleepruim
Hi all, I am sort of in the same situation as the topic starter. I have been using GNU/Linux for a while now. Started with Ubuntu, but switched to Mint after the Amazon implementations. Now I started reading the fsf and RMS websites and I agree with their points of view. I wanted to try one

Re: [Trisquel-users] my family want me to install non-free software

2015-01-16 Thread sleepruim
Thanks for your comments! Regarding citrix, I need a progam to open .ica files. Citrix has GNU versions available, just not libre. Thanks for the list of games, i will have a look. I know about some of them, but I'm a bit worried about letting my kid play doom already ;-) I will continue my

Re: [Trisquel-users] my family want me to install non-free software

2015-01-17 Thread sleepruim
Thanks Heather and Magic banana! installed Minetest and Celestia. I will show him tonight! He has played Minecraft (installed it on a Rasp) and he loves it so I'm sure he will be pleased. He likes platform games so I showed him Commander Keen. I found Clonekeen as a replacement: http://cl

Re: [Trisquel-users] I need orientation for buying an Arduino

2016-12-30 Thread sleepruim
Hi, I have some experience with the Arduino. I teach kids at school how to use Arduino's. I am using laptops with Debian installed. The Arduino is then connected to the laptop trough serial USB and we use the official Arduino IDE (which is in the Debian repo's as well as Parabola and I suspec

Re: [Trisquel-users] I need orientation for buying an Arduino

2016-12-30 Thread sleepruim
I have been searching for an as-free-as-posible SBC for some time. I own: - Beaglebone Black - Beaglebone Green - Beaglebone Green wifi - Olimex Lime - Olimex Lime2 - Raspberry Pi 2 - Raspberry Pi 3 - Odroid C2 - Raspberry Pi Zero - Banana Pi - Orange Pi plus - I have ordered an Eoma86 I have be

Re: [Trisquel-users] Openmailbox is out of service?

2017-01-03 Thread sleepruim
I had the same problem but for me it is solved and working again

Re: [Trisquel-users] I need orientation for buying an Arduino

2017-02-07 Thread sleepruim
From the parabola mailinglist: http://crna.cc/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Easy guide to secure and privacy respecting VPN

2017-02-07 Thread sleepruim
I use riseup and Bitmask but for the last few days I am heaving trouble logging in. I get a "wrong username or password" error. Does anybody have the same error? I can log into my account from the riseup website bit not from the bitmask app

Re: [Trisquel-users] Has anyone ever flashed a replicant phone before?

2017-04-18 Thread sleepruim
I did (on an S2), it was easy, just followed the steps and it worked perfectly. I was a bit worried before I started but I had no problem whatsoever.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel and Ubuntu Phone

2015-10-02 Thread sleepruim
Found this. Thought it might be interesting: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/seeed/rephone-kit-worlds-first-open-source-and-modular-p?ref=hero_thanks

Re: [Trisquel-users] Does the raspberry pi and its accessories meet free software/hardware standards?

2016-02-07 Thread sleepruim
Got a question. I am teaching programming on schools (age 7-11). Up until now I had been using the computers available on the schools but now I was asked by a school to form a complete program. The school was thinking about ipads Using this article ( http://www.fastcodesign.com/305134

Re: [Trisquel-users] Does the raspberry pi and its accessories meet free software/hardware standards?

2016-02-07 Thread sleepruim
Thanks for the suggestion. I own a BBB so I'll have a look at it (the parabola stuff), only thing that could be a potential problem is the price. People know of the Pi so if I suggest an "expensive version of the Pi" (if you know what I am saying) I must have a good story. Free software is us