I wouldn't recommend Deluge. The proxy support is broken and has been left as
such for years now, meaning you think you are safely redirecting traffic over
proxy/vpn but actually aren't.
For the web, I advocate Abrowser simply on the basis of being a very
straightforward, obvious name and logo without anything off-putting or
requiring explanation.
For email clients, I would vote for Evolution. Since LibreOffice
unfortunately lacks an Outlook equivalent, users have to look elsewhere for
that. Evolution fits the bill nearly perfectly, handling email, but also
contacts, calendar, tasks, and some basic note-taking functions, together
Elaborating further on my previous response, I think Claws Mail also has an
unnecessarily strange and off-putting name and logo.
Claws are sharp instruments of imposing harm. In everyday speech, the word
when applied to people is harshly negative: "Get your claws off my such and
such."
The word "weasel" in Iceweasel makes the name a problem. Weasels are
unpopular animals, and one of the common definitions of the word "weasel" is
of an untrustworthy, dishonest, even cowardly person.
The issue of offensive, off-putting, confusing, obscure, or simply irrelevant
names
I wish Abrowser would adopt the name and icon of the late Iceweasel, this may
seem superficial but a nice name and icon are nice. I also wish, if at all
possible of course, that this browser would be the solution to at least some
of our privacy headaches. Of course, we can each of us edit
Unfortunately, any WebKit browser is currently insecure on just about any
distro that isn't rolling-release. A user who is interested in using Midori
on Trisquel can fix that by installing the WebKit PPA. Maybe Trisquel could
merge that PPA in with its repository as well, but I don't know if
Dillo for Trisquel mini is my two cents.
It does have its limitations, but those limitations make it safer for
newbies.
I also like Sylpheed for email.
Yes, there should be a Trisquel mini version again. But Midori should only be
the default browser again when this crucial bug is fixed:
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/trouble-ssl-midori-trisquel-mini
And Trisquel mini should contain Claws as email program, it is better than
Sylpheed.
I also tried Jitsi, it didn't work as well as I would like, with crapbook in
particular.
IceCat+LibreJS
Links2
Icedove+enigmail
Pidgin+otr
Transmission
I like this, but I prefer qBittorrent instead of Transmission.
But Midori is incompatible with Firefox extensions!
+224232 for the monkey of the sea
I'd rather not promote Chromium, because wouldn't that help legitimize
Google's own surveillance browser?
grimlok
It'd be nice to see Midori as an option:
https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Midori
I still drop in Seamonkey, it has everything in one. add some addons and good
-Pidgin with OTR
I think that these apps included by default (for Internet) are fine:
-IceCat with LibreJS
-Icedove with Enigmail
-Pidgin
-Ekiga
-Transmission
Seamonkey? Still strong as I see, I use it much. irc, editor in it.
what about filezilla? I know the password issue thing
iptraf
mtr
I use Abrowser mostly so I think I agree with that being the default. Icecat
is good too if updated often enough...
Icedove should be the email client because it is an easy one to use. Claws is
too difficult for beginners.
Hexchat would make a good irc chat addition. not that it is
In theory, you don't have to use a desktop app in order to encrypt your mail.
In a web application, javascript can take care of this - and no, I'm not
talking about proprietary, automatically executed javascript. A libre browser
plugin could do the job.
Javascript encrypts your text and
Me neither.
Judging from the FAQ, I'd need to create a SIP account.
The steps should be manageable for me, but not for say my parents.
Also I'm not sure I can remotely control another PC with Ring, but Jitsi has
that (with minor issues here and there, but acceptable).
What about Ring? It looks promising, but I haven't tried it.
IceCat
IceDove
qBittorrent
unar
Bluefish editor
meet.jit.si is OK, but unreliable:
It worked fine once, and not at all another one.
That was a fine way to make free software unattractive to the person I was
trying to reach. The first time made an impression though, but the second
impression was more impactful.
As for Jitsi itself, when
> There's got to be an alternative to closed-source Skype and WhatsApp.
Yes... it's called Jitsi. Or you can use Pidgin. Either through any XMPP
server, or in the case of Jitsi, through meet.jit.si (I gather that the
latter is easier, but haven't tried it yet).
We have a small disagreement I think is worth a bit of discussion...:
-Ekiga: since, like, 2009, everytime I install a new system I look for Ekiga,
install it if absent, and try to make it work... and fail. Still, I am
willing to give it more chances. There's got to be an alternative to
Lynx
* Ekiga? I vote no. I've never managed to get it to work, and WebRTC systems
like Meet.jit.si and Palava.tv make a local app for voice/ video chat
obselete. Put Ekiga in the repos for anyone who knows how to use it and wants
to.
* I vote for Transmission. It's always worked fine for me and
I know very few people who use offline email clients at all. IceDove would be
a better choice than Thunderbird, and also provides support XMPP and IRC. A
client for GNU Social and other free code social media apps would be great,
but I can't suggest one.
-I suppose we'll need the Remmina/Vinagre duo again.
-A softphone, like Ekiga.
-A downloader. Ever hated the emule/bitTorrent dilemma - rather than
Transmission, I would like Shareaza.
-FileZilla.
-Evolution or Icedove? I'm all for Icedove.
-A RSS reader, I suppose it will be Liferea. Yes,
I'm kinda confused. It says the Ubuntu "license check" but Chromium has been
in Ubuntu for a long time now. Plus, many of these posts are from 2009 and it
is almost 2017. Its a shame that there are still issues (or they say there
are) and there are less alternatives for Trisquel.
I would go for:
- icecat
- claws mail
- pidgin
- deluge
- liferea
- weechat (with or without gui frontend)
- ekiga
Two thumbs up to Alberto. I think we have to consider usability concerns like
availability of help, multi-lingual options, ease of setup and use, and
accessibility.
I agree with albertoefg, lightweightness might not be prior #1 in default
roll. IMHO accessibility and language supp goes before in the default roll.
However, I do see a case for trisquel-mini. Even there a basic feeling of
trisquel is is good to be kept. Going dwm + uzbl + mc + st might not
Is Chromium in a better place from a libre perspective than it was years ago?
I think there are more things to look at that just how heavy in resources it
is.
Being really important the language documentation and support.
Thunderbird/Icedove has a lot of help in many languages.
Not everyone speaks english, and even people who understand it a little don't
always like
icedove/thunderbird for email, calendar, tasklists, etc... Thunderbird and
abrowser can both can handle rss. Thumbs up for deluge. Is electrum still a
reasonable default?
Ok, low resources. Yet we’re talking about Trisquel Mate, aren’t we?
Tails dropped Claws Mail in favor of Thunderbird on Gnome, that’s why I
didn’t think of ClawsMail.
or IceCat
https://trisquel.info/fr/forum/please-contritube-trisquel-8
Actually :
- Abrowser
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