Gnash doesn't work well for anything, and in fact gets in the way of fallback
HTML5 players (making some streaming sites look like they don't work when
they do). I have no idea if Wine works with Skype, but it's probably not a
high priority what with a GNU binary being available.
Sure, you
Ekiga isn't good. I recommend Jitsi, Linphone or WebRTC.
All this is cross-platform. You can install in the most operating systems.
For GNU/Linux the best for small resources or old computer is Empathy and
Linphone. Jitsi is a memory and CPU hungry. Probably WebRTC in Abrowser too.
Sorry. I meant running free software that hadn't been ported to linux yet (or
ported but left unchanged otherwise.) I guess Minitube won't work?
I'm trying to mean I might add a DE every so often to the VM ( see one of my
previous posts ) so that whenever my friend hears linux my friend will not
think about a panel at the bottom, a trisquel button and a system tray.
I mean free software that hadn't been changed ( i.e. to change the OS of a
web browser so I could run windows executables ( free software of course ) ).
I'm sorry, it's just that most windows runtimes can be supplied in
linux/trisquel.
java = openjdk
flash = gnash ( maybe not though)
html5 = well, html5
.net = mono
shockwave = probaly not.
Minitube is in the repositories. Just mind the privacy implications.
And also send the template at
https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/recommending-trisquel to my friends email?
So I should first tell my friend to use Free Software Applications, wait
about 3-5 weeks, grab the ISO and make a VM, wait a week, give my friend a
LiveUSB and tell my friend to use the LiveUSB a couple times, wait 4 weeks,
and finally install?
I am not trying to move my friend to Trisquel 6.0 for the freedoms (well
atleast not just because of the freedoms) but for the fact it might be better
for my friend. My friend /*isn't that smart on computers*/ and finds Windows
too complex. My friend is looking for a laptop more simple; it's
If they don't use Flash and can live without Flash and Skype in particular
(be sure to explain what exactly Flash is and what it's used for), then
Trisquel might be just fine for them. My mom is OK with Trisquel, for
example.
If they're not OK with losing Flash and Skype (or there's some
And I could install the default settings a desktop environment anyway.
And a VM/wine works right most of the time anyway. Then again, every package
is a vulnerability.
Couldn't you just use a) Wine to run Skype (or run it in a (legit) VM) and b)
use Gnash?
Even if I am late...here are my 2 cents...
For me all boils down to this:
Trisquel Debian Ubuntu Windows / MacOS with mostly open source
Windows / MacOS with no open source used
Explanation:
- Trisquel stands for pretty much every free GNU Linux out there
- Debian stands for all those
Personally I just ask people about their use cases first. There's an awful
lot of people, like the friend who I recently influenced into using Trisquel,
for whom the many things free software _can_ do are more than they need.
Of course I always discuss the freedoms. But, people do tend to
I had been using GNU/Linux for 2 years before I discovered Trisquel.
I eased into it after I became less reliant on propietary software. By the
time I discovered Trisquel the transition wasn't a big deal since I knew the
alternatives to flash and various codecs.
Tell him about freedom. Let him choose.
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/
Users must understand it (they must be told so) and keep it in mind for the
free software movement to be a success.
That's only half of the truth.
Maybe the free software movement has to understand a few things as well.
Many members of it spend their time searching for solutions for their own
Users must understand it (they must be told so) and keep it in mind for the
free software movement to be a success.
That's only half of the truth.
Maybe the free software movement has to understand a few things as well.
Many members of it spend their time searching for solutions for their own
We have some canned promotional statements in the Documentation. Can we
better gear these statements to new users?
https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/recommending-trisquel
Telstar wrote that the specific freedoms may be too abstract for new users.
Magic says that freedom matters. Can we
A friend of mine (who uses Windows 8; I know that's awful) for some reason
doesn't understand that Windows 8 is not what my friend should have because
my friend is trying to find some laptop that's simple; my friend just doesn't
understand that Windows (or Mac) is NOT /*caps intended*/ the
I wouldn't. Turning someone off to GNU/Linux (which is used to describe
several operating systems that are rather different) would be a huge loss.
I think someone who is used to Windows needs to be introduced to something
like Ubuntu GNOME before trying Trisquel, and they need to learn about
I think onpon4 sums it up pretty well.
Free software in general, such as GIMP, is a step in the right direction. A
GNU/Linux distribution such as Ubuntu or Fedora is an even bigger step in the
right direction-- even if both have proprietary software and firmware.
I wouldn't recommend
Good thoughts fellows. I'd like to contribute something. I'm already sorry
for a lenghty answer, but I hope it give some insight.
a Previous thread here shows that many of us have switched to free software
step-by-step, many small steps after another, so I'd suggest using that
strategy.
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