Re: [Trisquel-users] Introducing the Trisquel KDE Project!

2013-03-29 Thread tedious
I second this.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 6.0: screen frozen

2013-03-29 Thread tedious
Haven't looked further into this, various reasons. :/ ptifred: What's the current status?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Introducing the Trisquel KDE Project!

2013-03-29 Thread tedious
Before this thread get's too many replies.. I appreciate that you're willing to put effort into a project, but do you think this would be the best approach? As mentioned above, you could possibly assist with Triskel. I suggest posting here or asking in IRC how to get started. When you have

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 6.0: screen frozen

2013-03-15 Thread tedious
Welcome to the Trisquel forums! :D What kind of video card do you have?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 6.0: screen frozen

2013-03-15 Thread tedious
According to this post[1], the Nouveau driver should work for that card. But on the 3.8 kernel, it seems that Trisquel 6.0 includes the 3.2 kernel[2]. Thanks for the links, lembas. I was about to ask someone to help with that. :p [1] http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_itempx=MTI2NTI

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 6.0: screen frozen

2013-03-15 Thread tedious
Hmm.. Could you run the command below in the terminal and post the output? uname -a

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 6.0: screen frozen

2013-03-15 Thread tedious
Can you get into a tty? (CTRL+ALT+F1-6, I think 6 works too..) This post seems to have a possible work around.[1] Could you try the steps listed, then attempt to run Celestia again? [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/993187/comments/14

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 6.0: screen frozen

2013-03-15 Thread tedious
Still looking through some comments on that page. It may take quite a few moments. :o (Working on stuff, and tons of comments) In the mean time, if anyone has any ideas, please post. Thanks for your patience with this, ptifred.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Just found a delicious irony sandwich from Microsoft...

2013-03-08 Thread tedious
[sarcasm] They're clearly implying that they'll be more than happy to port *and* release the free software games on their new platform. [/sarcasm] Or, someone doesn't like royalties. ;p (At the end of the vid, in super tiny letters, are the game names)

Re: [Trisquel-users] String to change?

2013-03-08 Thread tedious
Found this after a quick duckduckgo search, http://askubuntu.com/questions/140742/how-do-i-change-the-desktop-name-on-the-unity-panel#140756

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 6 missed another deadline. Is this project dead?

2013-02-22 Thread tedious
It is what it is, I'm not concerned.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Backup your stuff - NOW!

2012-12-13 Thread tedious
Thank you for the reminder. It's not something I usually think about, even though I've had family members lose their data due to hdd crashes.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Tegskywalker needs help

2012-10-12 Thread tedious
Posts like this are unnecessary and counter productive. I request this thread be removed or locked.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Relyant on adobe flash player, anyway to increase the performance of gnash?

2012-09-28 Thread tedious
A few questions. :-) So, from what I gather, you mainly use the proprietary flash b/c of the online school, correct? Are there quizzes that require flash? I'm taking an online course that uses either flash or html5 for videos and stuff, and after I fully watch each vid, it marks it as

Re: [Trisquel-users] Relyant on adobe flash player, anyway to increase the performance of gnash?

2012-09-28 Thread tedious
Link: https://www.thelearningodyssey.com/# Since it has to do with interactive stuff, I'm out of ideas. :p (Didn't have many to begin with, but, I tried) If you do decide to send them an email regarding this issue, perhaps a member here could assist you in wording it. I've been to the IRC

Re: [Trisquel-users] Would the apc from apc.io require anything non-free?

2012-08-03 Thread tedious
I've been e-mailing their support, and it seems good news may come about. I had previously asked them what driver would be used for the video, hoping to know the name so I could search for it and in turn finding if it's Free or not. Keyword 'hoping'. To which they replied on the 27th of

Re: [Trisquel-users] Would the apc from apc.io require anything non-free?

2012-07-27 Thread tedious
) This is the conversation I had on their IRC[3] a moment earlier. (Couldn't find IRC logs..) tedious: Hi, would it be safe to assume that Replicant 2.3 is based on Android 2.3? paulk-desktop: tedious, hi! definitely yes we're base on CyanogenMod 7 for Replicant 2.3 currently, on CyanogenMod 7.2 that's

Re: [Trisquel-users] Status on Loongson processor?

2012-02-07 Thread tedious
Was a bit excited this morning when I received a reply from someone in sales at Lemote. Part of the email: Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 10:10 PM Yeeloong 8133 notebook would release next month, and we would update any news on it for you. Also, it seems the page for the laptop was updated

Re: [Trisquel-users] Wireless Mini USB Trisquel

2012-02-07 Thread tedious
It indeed uses the Realtek RTL8188CUS chipset. Contacted the company behind them previously about it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Wireless Mini USB Trisquel

2012-02-07 Thread tedious
Sent some emails to a few companies regarding the chipsets used in some mini wifi adapters, when I get a reply I'll post back here.

Re: [Trisquel-users] nvidia GeForce 450 GTS driver

2012-01-04 Thread tedious
*Chimes in* I understand where you're coming from, I used to be there. However, something that changed my way of thinking about software was when I learned what Free Software(Libre Sotware) was, and learned that Open Source software wasn't the same thing. These helped.

Re: [Trisquel-users] NVIDIA Graphics, binutils, ld

2011-11-10 Thread tedious
Look at it this way, proprietary software restricts in many ways, But hey it gives lots of features, right!, like be-dazzled steel handcuffs with a built in wifi detector. I, don't want to assist you placing those shiny cuffs on. Now to my response to some of your post. :-) '''Tone:'''

Re: [Trisquel-users] I want to buy a shirt but need to ask a brief question

2011-09-22 Thread tedious
Hmm, The Zazzle one seems ok, not sure if they're pretty much the same or not, I would remove the back and shrink the logo on the front by a wee bit. Perhaps someone with more Trisquel fashion forte could interject.

[Trisquel-users] Best way to present Trisquel to people

2011-09-22 Thread tedious
Not sure how to go about it, and I don't want to leave a bad impression on people. In the future I hope to sell some computers with Trisquel or another fully free distro. So, what are some things I can speak on while presenting it? I can explain libre/free software to an extent, the

[Trisquel-users] Spammer... bsat

2011-08-26 Thread tedious
https://trisquel.info/en/users/bsat *face palms* Is there another way to report? :o

Re: [Trisquel-users] Using Linux causes girl to drop out of college

2011-08-05 Thread tedious
IMHO, regardless of what the issue someone has with GNU/Linux is and how they choose to vent, as a community we might not want to be so quick to bash. (Community in this sense being the GNU/Linux users as a whole) (But, what the media said did make me slightly upset/angry) And. going