[Trisquel-users] trisquel 9 roadmap

2019-11-22 Thread mason
For anyone who would like to track the status of Trisquel 9 (or even better, would like to help), here is a list and description of everything that needs to be done before Trisquel 9 is released. https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/status-package-helpers-etiona signature.asc Description: PGP

Re: [Trisquel-users] Support request upgrade Trisquel 7 to 8

2019-11-21 Thread mason
> when entering what you suggest I get an error message that "autoremove" > is an invalid option. Nothing else happens. Why? I'm not sure. Double check that you typed everything correctly, and if you get the same error, please copy/paste the exact error message here. signature.asc Description:

Re: [Trisquel-users] Are there easily measurable images of the earth with Trisquel Flidas?

2019-12-03 Thread mason
> Marble seems to be exactly what I'm looking for. Great, I'm glad it's working for you. > I would like to pay you back for your help but I'm an only an old > unprosperous IT student who is struggling to get out of digital > illiteracy with the burden of little time and a flat learning curve. I

Re: [Trisquel-users] Cyrillic text on python graphs, is that an OS issue?

2019-12-09 Thread mason
> I get rectangles instead of letters. > import matplotlib.pyplot as plt > > # calculating x and y > > plt.figure(1) > plt.clf() > plt.plot(x,y) > plt.text(0.5,0.5,'Привет!') I don't know how to use matplotlib. I was able to import it after installing `python3-matplotlib`, but in order to

Re: [Trisquel-users] How can Trisquel's boot time be so fast?

2019-12-09 Thread mason
> I've had Debian installed on my Laptop before and after entering my > LUKS password, it took an estimated 10-20 seconds or so to reach > lightdm. With Trisquel, it's a matter of one or two seconds! That's > absolutely nuts and I don't understand why that would be the case. > Were any special

Re: [Trisquel-users] How can Trisquel's boot time be so fast?

2019-12-09 Thread mason
> Your Debian system might have been starting more services while booting, > or one particular service was holding everything up. It's hard to say > since it sounds like you've since erased thew Debian system. For future reference though, after booting you can run $ systemd-analyze blame To

Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't install Jami from their repo

2019-12-12 Thread mason
> However, I'm unsure of the best way to fix the problem. That Jami repo > doesn't appear in /etc/apt/sources.list What is the output of $ ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d ? signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [Trisquel-users] Why does Trisquel take to much time to release a new version?

2019-12-13 Thread mason
> As far as I know, Trisquel just strips down proprietary software from > an Ubuntu release. > > We should be able to identify and delete all proprietary software just > by running a script. > > Then a new Trisquel version should be published within hours of an > Ubuntu release. > > What am I

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel and the Enlightenment Window Manager

2019-12-15 Thread mason
> However, E17 isn't a couple of years old, > it's almost a decade old (released in 2012), so that doesn't explain it. > It could be that Ubuntu have decided for some reason not to bother > packaging any newer versions, but left E17 in their repos for backwards > compatibility (people upgrading

Re: [Trisquel-users] Why does Trisquel take to much time to release a new version?

2019-12-17 Thread mason
> We have debated this before. How trisquel gets provided has to mean > somewhere in the chain a waste of resources takes place. The adding > and removing of non free software. Yes we have, and I have already explained that Ubuntu does *not* add non-free software to Debian, so there is no "adding

Re: [Trisquel-users] Spotify - or the like - in privacy

2019-12-06 Thread mason
> It doesn't seem to be possible to use spotify etc in complete privacy. Hell no. (See attachment) > What could be the *most* private way to use spotify (or a similar service)? If you want something similar to Spotify without the freedom and privacy issues, maybe Nuclear would work for you.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Cyrillic text on python graphs, is that an OS issue?

2019-12-07 Thread mason
> I want to have Cyrillic text on python graphs. > but I can not do it with python 3 on Trisquel, even if I use same > commands. What did you try and what was the result? signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel 9 roadmap

2019-12-03 Thread mason
> Lite Software offers a seemingly curated, de-mystified list of > "popular" apps and other installs. > https://www.linuxliteos.com/manual/software.html#installsoftware Yes, it is based on manual curation. The source code contains a hard coded list of applications to recommend.[1] Much of it is

Re: [Trisquel-users] Jami version in the Trisquel 8 repos is still called Ring

2019-12-03 Thread mason
> my ufw is set to only allow dns http and https so wen i lunch jami it > wont connect to the internet I see. I'm not sure which port Jami uses, and I don't have time to look into it right now. Maybe strypey can help, since he uses Jami, but it might be worth asking the Jami team for help here:

Re: [Trisquel-users] Recommended Way to Install Python3.8 on a VM?

2019-12-15 Thread mason
> I'm not a very experienced user, and I had been trying to install Python > 3.8 this afternoon, a process which I partially succeeded in after much > frustration. > There is no pip, and python-pip had no "installation candidate" pip searches and installs software from the PyPi repository, which

Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Internet connection problem

2019-10-20 Thread mason
> Since I have the same Wifi chipset (AR9271), I installed the latest > updates to see. Here is the related entry in > /var/log/apt/history.log: Thanks for saving me the trouble of breaking my own Internet in order to get this information. Hopefully reinstalling the previous version of

Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Internet connection problem

2019-10-20 Thread mason
On 10/20, lc...@dcc.ufmg.br wrote: > Deleting both sections of > /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf and executing > 'systemctl restart NetworkManager' does not solve any > of the two problems (the DNS not being automatically > configured with Ethernet, the Wifi adapter never > connecting to

[Trisquel-users] don't upgrade to backported network-manager or wpa-supplicant

2019-10-20 Thread mason
If you use the backports repository (i.e. if there are uncommented lines containing the word "backports" in /etc/apt/sources.list), don't upgrade to the recently backported versions of network-manager and wpasupplicant until this issue[1] is fixed. [1]

Re: [Trisquel-users] how do I increase the available space for this part of my harddrive?

2019-10-20 Thread mason
> Or instead of encrypting the home directory encrypt the entire drive. > That requires using the netinstall image IIRC, you have this backward. The netinstaller offers to encrypt the home directory, and the graphical installer offers to encrypt the entire disk. > which, last I checked, has

Re: [Trisquel-users] Internet connection problem

2019-10-20 Thread mason
> The solution I found: add >nameserver 8.8.8.8 > to file /etc/resolv.conf Does this survive a reboot? signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Internet connection problem

2019-10-20 Thread mason
> Nothing unexpected: I have to choose the GVT-989C_nomap network by > hand, the password is asked but, again, the connection is never > established. I see no relevant difference in dmesg's output. I > detect no relevant difference in NetworkManager's log either but maybe > you will: Neither do

Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Internet connection problem

2019-10-20 Thread mason
> Given the problem with DNS, I would bet on a problem > relating to "disabling sending hostname on DHCP > requests". In that case, it is the changes made to nm-setting-ip4-config.c and nms-ifcfg-rh-writer.c that are causing the issue, which can only be reverted by recompiling. What happens if

Re: [Trisquel-users] don't upgrade to backported network-manager or wpa-supplicant

2019-10-20 Thread mason
> If you use the backports repository (i.e. if there are uncommented > lines containing the word "backports" in /etc/apt/sources.list), don't > upgrade to the recently backported versions of network-manager and > wpasupplicant until this issue[1] is fixed. If you have already upgraded and need to

Re: [Trisquel-users] Internet connection problem

2019-10-20 Thread mason
> Is there perhaps a bug in the update of the > network manager? Possibly. Run $ apt policy network manager And see if the "Installed:" field says "1.10.6-2ubuntu1+8.0trisquel1" to confirm that you received the update I think you received. This is a recent change so prevent network-manager

Re: [Trisquel-users] Jami version in the Trisquel 8 repos is still called Ring

2019-10-27 Thread mason
> I understand that backporting adds a lot of work that I don't have the > skills to volunteer for (although I'm willing to learn with some > mentorship). It would probably take less time for me to do it myself, but if you are really willing to learn how to do it, I would much prefer to take the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Unstable?

2019-10-27 Thread mason
> First problem: it seems Lightdm is not installed, but > Synaptic says Lightdm is installed. Do you have the > same problem? Is lightdm-gtk-greeter installed? (Tip: you might find it faster to run $ apt policy lightdm-gtk-greeter than to open up and look through synaptic.) signature.asc

Re: [Trisquel-users] Jami version in the Trisquel 8 repos is still called Ring

2019-10-27 Thread mason
> There is already a package helper for ring, so you'll be modifying > helpers/make-ring[2] with your preferred text editor. Sorry, link [2] is wrong. (Before I saw that there was already a package helper for ring I was going to suggest using the one for gutenprint as a template.) Here is the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Abiword in Trisquel Mini 8.0 is broken

2019-10-18 Thread mason
> Even the commend line doesn't provide any additional > feedback when this happens since the output I quote is > given before the error happens when I start typing: > > [quote]$ abiword > > ** (abiword:1622): WARNING **: Error retrieving > accessibility bus address: >

Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : don't upgrade to backported network-manager or wpa-supplicant

2019-10-20 Thread mason
> Then, chaosmonk's commands will work. Well, except > that he forgot to mention that NetworkManager must be > restarted at the end: > $ systemctl restart NetworkManager Good catch, thank you. > @chaosmonk: downgrading only NetworkManager was > sufficient for my system, but I imagine the reason

Re: [Trisquel-users] Ubuntu Studio As Base for Next Trisquel? Trisquelize for Ubuntu Studio?

2019-10-21 Thread mason
> Hey chaosmonk, a (very) big audio software release hopefully will be out > soon, Ardour v.6, it will have major changes in Ardour's base, do you > think it will be possible to backport it into Trisquel 9? Probably. I'll give it a shot once it's released. signature.asc Description: PGP

Re: [Trisquel-users] Internet connection problem

2019-10-21 Thread mason
> After typing $ apt policy network manager, I have: Sorry, typo: $ sudo apt install network-manager signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [Trisquel-users] Weird text display distortions in ABrowser on Trisquel 8

2019-10-21 Thread mason
>> maybe you need also need a newer kernel to support the newer >> graphics stack? > > I doubt that's the problem. I'm using Jxself's linux-libre repos. > According to uname -r, my current kernel is: 4.19.72-gnu-rt26 Sorry strypey, I wish I could be more help. The only instance I can find of

Re: [Trisquel-users] Internet connection problem

2019-10-21 Thread mason
> Thank you, but after typing sudo apt install network-manager, I have: > > network-manager is already the latest version > (1.10.6-2ubuntu1+8.0trisquel1). Did you run $ sudo apt install network-manager or $ sudo apt install network-manager=1.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 ? signature.asc

Re: [Trisquel-users] Workspace switcher crashed

2019-10-14 Thread mason
> In any case, after this message appeared, the workspace switcher was > gone from the panel. But more importantly, the area that shows which > programs are open, enabling minimization and maximization of programs > and switching between programs, is blank. There is no way to see a > list of the

Re: [Trisquel-users] don't upgrade to backported network-manager or wpa-supplicant

2019-10-25 Thread mason
> when i connect to my wifi router, TrisQuel communicate this, seen from > wireshark.. it had never never happend before.. > --- > 102019-10-25 06:20:21,169100247 127.0.0.1 127.0.1.1 DNS > 76 Standard > query 0xa3a6 A ntp.ubuntu.com > > 11

Re: [Trisquel-users] GAPCOIN Math Crypto-Currency for TRISQUEL Users

2019-10-28 Thread mason
> *How much is gap btw? https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39911/0399111848/fy201710-k.htm#s42E9BC0846355B49898FCDAAE361EC8B signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Unstable?

2019-10-28 Thread mason
> hello @chaosmonk I find https://packages.ubuntu.com/ > I grab the file from here Yes, for example, get lightdm-gtk-greeter from here: https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/lightdm-gtk-greeter Click on your architecture, and download the deb. Install it with $ sudo dpkg -i /path/to/file.deb or

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Unstable?

2019-10-29 Thread mason
> I got a WLAN Card which needs a Firmware that is Not included. In Startup > etiona says that the Firmware can not ne loaded, wait and retry with no > time Limit and CPU stucks. What is the firmware you need? Is it free? signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Unstable?

2019-10-29 Thread mason
> I have used gdebi, but Lightdm greeter doesn't open is config window. So lightdm and lightdm-gtk-greeter are both installed, but it doesn't work? What happens? Black screen? TTY? Does startx work? Does slim work? > The SliM project has been abandoned (last release was 2013 and is not

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Unstable?

2019-10-29 Thread mason
> > The SliM project has been abandoned (last release was 2013 and is not > fully compatible with systemd, including logind sessions. > > The version in Etiona works, even with systemd (I briefly used it until I > got LightDM working). GDM is in the repo too, though I haven't tested it yet.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Jami version in the Trisquel 8 repos is still called Ring

2019-10-29 Thread mason
> Is there a generic version of them on the wiki? If you want to get > more people involved in Trisquel dev, it might help to make it very > easy to find a list of entry level tasks like this, with links to > detailed information on how to carry them out. The contributing guide I linked to is the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Unstable?

2019-10-29 Thread mason
On 10/29, equimanth...@tiscali.it wrote: > If I open the Lightdm settings from the Lxde menu I need to type my > password and nothing happen. That's a separate package: lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings. Make sure you have that installed too. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [Trisquel-users] Jami version in the Trisquel 8 repos is still called Ring

2019-10-29 Thread mason
> > I would appreciate being able to communicate with you on Jabber, > > Matrix, or the fediverse if you use any of these. > > Jabber is usually the best way to reach me. I'll send you a message. I sent a message to your jabber.org address. If you didn't receive it let me know. signature.asc

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Unstable?

2019-10-29 Thread mason
> No, the Firmware isn't free, it also didnt Work with trisquel 8. I > Never used the WLAN Card since I installed trisquel. I don't think non-free firmware will work with Trisquel's kernel. My understanding is that Linux-libre cannot load non-free firmware. This is not by design, but an

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Unstable?

2019-10-28 Thread mason
> is not possible to install lightdm-gtk-greeter, the package is missing, and also abiword is missing too... I see, these packages have not yet been pushed to the repo. > what if I "take" the packages from Flidas? I would instead grab the Bionic debs from packages.ubuntu.com and install

Re: [Trisquel-users] Weird text display distortions in ABrowser on Trisquel 8

2019-10-22 Thread mason
> But I may be able to solve the problem by installing a different web > browser, with different dependencies, or use a Firefox-based browser > as an AppImage. You might look into LibreWolf.[1] It's a Firefox fork which supposedly prevents all unsolicited connections. According to their

Re: [Trisquel-users] Ubuntu Studio As Base for Next Trisquel? Trisquelize for Ubuntu Studio?

2019-10-22 Thread mason
> Perhaps a blog post could be written about a potential Trisquel Studio > for the front page of Trisquel.info, linking to that wiki page? I > would be happy to write the copy if Chaosmonk could give me a list of > bullet points on what ought to be included / not included in the > piece. Samples

Re: [Trisquel-users] Internet connection problem

2019-10-22 Thread mason
> I did only run sudo apt install network-manager. This will install the newest known version (the broken version, since you'll need to run another "apt update" to for the package manager to be aware of the recent version that fixes the problem). To revert to the old version you need to run $

Re: [Trisquel-users] Jami version in the Trisquel 8 repos is still called Ring

2019-10-23 Thread mason
> On this page,[1] you should be able to click on the link that says > "Ubuntu 16.04 (64-bit)" or "Ubuntu 16.04 (32 bit)" (depending on your > architecture). In case for some reason you can't see these links (although I can see them just fine in Icecat with JS blocked, so I can't think of a

Re: [Trisquel-users] Jami version in the Trisquel 8 repos is still called Ring

2019-10-23 Thread mason
> The Trisquel 8 repos have a version of Jami so old it's still got the > Ring branding. It's really not helpful to have this kind of thing in > the repos. Is it possible to backport a newer version? If not, it > probably makes sense to just remove it from the repos Ubuntu 16.04 (and thus

Re: [Trisquel-users] Jami version in the Trisquel 8 repos is still called Ring

2019-10-23 Thread mason
> Also, I went to the Jami download page to try to add > their repo, so I can get a more updated version, but > I'm a bit confused. They only have manual install > instructions for various versions of Ubuntu, Debian, > and Fedora On this page,[1] you should be able to click on the link that says

Re: [Trisquel-users] Abiword in Trisquel Mini 8.0 is broken

2019-10-18 Thread mason
> But I might have found the root of the problem: As long as I am typing > without errors everything is fine. But as soon as I ignore any misspelled > word and start typing the next anyway then I can't delete any letter and > program freezes. Therefore, I disabled the on the fly spell check and

Re: [Trisquel-users] Ubuntu Studio As Base for Next Trisquel? Trisquelize for Ubuntu Studio?

2019-10-19 Thread mason
> Ubuntu Studio 19.10 has been released. Maybe backport some of these changes? The only packages that I backport from Ubuntu Studio are ubuntustudio-controls and ubuntustudio-menu. I backport these from the Ubuntu Studio PPA, not from Ubuntu's repositories, so our versions of these two packages

Re: [Trisquel-users] Weird text display distortions in ABrowser on Trisquel 8

2019-10-19 Thread mason
> Thanks for the tip. I installed that package, shut down the laptop, and > booted up again. Sadly, the issue seems to be persisting :( Is there > anything I need to do to activate that package or get ABrowser to use it? Sorry, I misremembered. It was this thread[1] that led me to believe this

Re: [Trisquel-users] Abiword in Trisquel Mini 8.0 is broken

2019-10-17 Thread mason
> Only the Abiword version available in the repository breaks as soon as > I want to delete any character when I type in any text. Can you be a little more specific about how it "breaks"? Does it just crash, or does it become glitchy in some other way? To troubleshoot, can you please open a

Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Internet connection problem

2019-10-26 Thread mason
> If I 'sudo apt-mark unhold network-manager', the Update Manager still > proposes me the version 1.10.6-2ubuntu1+8.0trisquel2 of > NetworkManager... If you really did use "unhold", then this is the expected behavior. Change it to "hold" in order to prevent upgrades to network-manager. If you

Re: [Trisquel-users] don't upgrade to backported network-manager or wpa-supplicant

2019-10-25 Thread mason
> i started synaptic and searched for anything with "ntp" and uninstalled one/all.. > packets/programs named with any-thing like ntp.. > one.. program synaptic found: ntpdate > in this update on the 24-10-2019 there where a ntp update. Do you did not have ntp installed, but there was a ntp

Re: [Trisquel-users] Re : Internet connection problem

2019-10-26 Thread mason
> I really meant "unhold" (no typo).I do not think it is OK to still > have the normally proposed version of NetworkManager (well, normal for > those who enabled flidas-backports) "break the Internet" of many > users. Sorry, I misunderstood you. It sounds you had already successfully "held" the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Ubuntu Studio As Base for Next Trisquel? Trisquelize for Ubuntu Studio?

2019-10-22 Thread mason
> I've probably said this elsewhere, but with the performance of the > Mate desktop, Trisquel-Mini is a bit redundant. To be fair, in addition to a different desktop environment, Trisquel Mini also has different default applications (Midori instead of Abrowser, Abiword instead of LibreOffice

Re: [Trisquel-users] Antwort: Support request upgrade Trisquel 7 to 8

2019-11-20 Thread mason
> That did it for me -- now I have a different problem > because I need space on my hard disk, either change > partition size or delete stuff, let's see. $ sudo apt autoremove && sudo apt clean might help. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [Trisquel-users] Antwort: Support request upgrade Trisquel 7 to 8

2019-11-19 Thread mason
> In my understanding, I would have to change the > repositories, is that right? In other words, and more > basic: How /do/ I upgrade from Trisquel 7 to Trisquel 8 > without re-install? Edit /etc/apt/sources.list as root $ sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list and replace every occurance of "belenos"

Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel 9 roadmap

2019-11-25 Thread mason
> And especially, I'm looking forward to Trisquel's new software center. I've reviewed various alternative apt frontends. The only ones that I liked were apper and mx-package-installer, neither of which is a suitable replacement for gnome-app-install: apper does not distinguish between

Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel 9 roadmap

2019-11-26 Thread mason
> Then what about gnome-software? I see that gnome-software has least > issues to fix. Just disable snap integration and fix certain > GTK-related issues. (Maybe a few more works need to be done, such as > removing any ambiguous "free" in the license areas.) Generally, > purifying gnome-software

Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel 9 roadmap

2019-11-26 Thread mason
> It works just fine on Fedora 31. Just Start Typing! The last version of Fedora that I tried was 29, I think. After a fresh install, I launched gnome-software, and it was unable to find any applications. I eventually found a workaround (I forget what it was), and got applications to show up,

Re: [Trisquel-users] Replace the Wifi Card of a Dell XPS 15

2019-11-29 Thread mason
> Thank you very much guys, the laptop was gifted to me and doesn't have a > Ethernet port so I'm forced to use the WiFi module in order to connect > the device on Internet Can you give us more information about the laptop (make/model)? That will help us figure out what your options are as far

Re: [Trisquel-users] rtl8723be wifi card

2019-11-30 Thread mason
> Unfortunately, HP notebooks are heavily encumbered by whitelist > restrictions. Unless this series has ath5k/9k cards approved by HP's > firmware, it's impossible to replace the WLAN card with a free/libre > one. Do you have a list of which laptop manufacturers do and don't impose whitelist

Re: [Trisquel-users] Jami version in the Trisquel 8 repos is still called Ring

2019-11-30 Thread mason
> are you guys planing to backport jami anytime soon or i just go and > install from the .deb file You might as well install from a .deb file. If/when Trisquel provides a newer version than whatever you install now, the package manager will know to upgrade. signature.asc Description: PGP

Re: [Trisquel-users] rtl8723be wifi card

2019-11-30 Thread mason
> i have a notebook hp (G4) with a pci wifi card who need a non-free > software rtl8723be driver Some Realtek WiFi cards do work without non-free firmware. A friend of mine has an rtl8188ee, which is functional, though not always reliable, with Trisquel. I have not tested the rtl8723be, so I

Re: [Trisquel-users] [Brother HL-L2320D]: Printer Does Not Install

2019-11-30 Thread mason
> My initial hunch is that 3-5~ubuntu1 may not be up to date with the > latest developments that have incorporated drivers for Brother printers, > such as the Brother HL-L 2320D I got my Brother printer working by running "system-config-printer". It provides a configuration wizard which searches

Re: [Trisquel-users] Are there easily measurable images of the earth with Trisquel Flidas?

2019-12-02 Thread mason
> One of the things I mostly miss of my old operating systems is that > with them I could use Google Earth with its ruler that allowed me to > measure, almost to the inch, the distance between two points of the > images it showed. > > Is there any Trisquel Flidas compatible application that allows

Re: [Trisquel-users] Installing Trisquel 8 Mini on tablet

2019-12-01 Thread mason
> Is it possible to install on tablet Trisquel 8 Mini with GNURootDebian > or similar? What is the architecture of the device? If it is x86 then it might be possible, but I'm don't really know. If it is ARM, then it cannot run Trisquel 8, but may be able to run Trisquel 9 once it is released.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Jami version in the Trisquel 8 repos is still called Ring

2019-12-02 Thread mason
> cause this is about jami i will ask one more question here! > i have installed it with the .deb but i dont know how > to set it up with my ufw firewall > it looks like its connecting with too many ip address > im a bit confused about what should i withelist > if one of u is using it and have set

Re: [Trisquel-users] Antwort: Support request upgrade Trisquel 7 to 8

2019-11-23 Thread mason
> After double-check, I get the following error: > > E: Ungültige Operation autoremove > Literally translated, this means "invalid operation autoremove". Hm. What if you change "apt" to "apt-get"? signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel 9 roadmap

2019-11-23 Thread mason
> Thank you for compiling this. I have wanted to help but I have been > having trouble getting started. I dont't know where to begin with > creating a package helper and havent had time to try. Apologies! If you look at the wiki page, you'll see that some of the missing packages specify where the

Re: [Trisquel-users] best player

2019-11-28 Thread mason
> what is the best music player and the best video player who follow the > GPL3? vlc doesn't follow the 3°, isn't?? VLC uses GPLv2+, so it can be distributed under the terms of GPLv2 or GPLv3. Even if it could only be distributed under the terms of GPLv2 (as is the case with Linux), it would

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 does not boot after updating and upgrading

2019-11-29 Thread mason
> So if that table is correct, how to I downgrade to 4.14, and how do I > make sure I only get updates to that version, rather than newer kernel > versions? If you are using jxself's repo, run $ sudo apt install linux-libre-4.14 which is a metapackage that always depends on the latest 4.14

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 does not boot after updating and upgrading

2019-11-29 Thread mason
> Quick questions, since I ran ... > > sudo apt purge linux-image-5.4.0-gnu > > ... on my 32-bit laptop, it seems unable to connect to the linux-libre > repo when I apt update. Is that expected behaviour after running that > command? Would I have been better to just use 'remove' instead of >

Re: [Trisquel-users] Jami version in the Trisquel 8 repos is still called Ring

2019-11-01 Thread mason
> FWIW Linphone is another comms app that relies on E2EE to protect user > privacy. The version in the 8.0 repos is 3.6.1 and seems to have a > number of bugs when trying to add or connect to accounts on > Linphone.org. The latest version according to Wikipedia is 4.1.1. The > SFD lists a stable

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 does not boot after updating and upgrading

2019-11-28 Thread mason
> How can I find something to share here that might tell you why the > kernel is panicking with 5.4.0 but not with 5.3.12? I don't know the answer to this, but my general suggestion is that any upgrade comes with a risk of regression, so when you upgrade it should be for a reason. In general the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Replace the Wifi Card of a Dell XPS 15

2019-11-28 Thread mason
> I guys the Wifi card of my laptop works only with proprietary driver, do > you know how to replace the Wifi card of such laptop ? It depends on your laptop model. With some laptops, the proprietary BIOS will refuse to boot if it detects unauthorized hardware. If there are no BIOS

Re: [Trisquel-users] trisquel 9 roadmap

2019-11-28 Thread mason
> FYI I recently found our that the Jami devs only support the most > recent 2 Ubuntu LTS releases, so if Etiona is not released by the time > 20.04 is released, no officially released and currently supported > Trisquel version will be actively supported by Jami: >

[Trisquel-users] xmpp client recommendations

2019-11-28 Thread mason
I currently use mcabber as my XMPP client. I am generally happy with it, but it does not support OMEMO, and it does not look like it will any time soon. Does anyone know of an XMPP client which, in order of importance, * supports OMEMO * can be ergonomically navigated using only the keyboard

Re: [Trisquel-users] Recommended Music players?

2019-10-05 Thread mason
> Is that amarok or amarok 2? $ amarok --version Qt: 4.8.7 KDE Development Platform: 4.14.16 Amarok: 2.8.0 > amarok 2 has apparently been depricated and removed from Buster's > repositories, and original amarok is not available at all from Buster, > Stretch or Jessie or Sid. I'm running original

Re: [Trisquel-users] [Question] Mate Desktop Theme

2019-10-10 Thread mason
> Question: How to add Trisquel's desktop theme to other OSes? On a Debian or Debian-based system, the easiest way is probably to install Trisquel's "trisquel-gtk-theme" and "trisquel-icon-theme" packages. If you have gdebi installed, you should be able to open up these[1] links[2] and be

Re: [Trisquel-users] Compiz on Thinkpad T400 hardware

2019-10-10 Thread mason
> Can I get Compiz, with its special graphical effects for the desktop, > on Trisquel 8? $ sudo apt install compiz compiz-plugins > Is there a GUI to turn on/off particular effects like there was on > Ubuntu when I tried that OS years ago? $ sudo apt install compizconfig-settings-manager > Is

Re: [Trisquel-users] Recommended Music players?

2019-10-05 Thread mason
> I've heard good things about Clementine and Rhythmbox although for now > I've simply been using VLC Media Player. If you like text-based interfaces and vim-like keybindings, I recommend cmus. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [Trisquel-users] Recommended Music players?

2019-10-05 Thread mason
> I've recently gotten amarok running by installing the Trinity Desktop > Environment. Once that's installed, you can invoke amarok from within > Trinity, or from most other desktops by running > /opt/trinity/bin/amarokapp from a terminal. Why would you need to install Trinity? In Trisquel at

Re: [Trisquel-users] Multimedia keys on Trisquel with i3

2019-10-03 Thread mason
> I replaced them with icons I don't know it that's > affecting anything but yes they are always ordered in > the way that the windows are opened, not the workspace > #. > > so that every time I restart my computer, rhythmbox > opens on workspace 9 and is the first workspace. So far > so good,

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel Unstable?

2019-10-04 Thread mason
> I mean, Wikipedia. Trisquel's page says "Default user > interface: LXQt and MATE (9.0 or above)". I just brought this up at the meeting. quidam does not recall discussing LXDE vs LXQt. I don't know where the Wikipedia info came from, since there's not citation. I don't think dropping LXDE is

Re: [Trisquel-users] [Question] Mate Desktop Theme

2019-10-13 Thread mason
> It states that it depends on `gtk3-engines-unico` but > `gtk3-engines-unico` has no installation candidate. I guess Debian doesn't have that package. You can grab it from the Trisquel repo too. http://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/pool/main/g/gtk3-engines-unico/ If you have a 64-bit system

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lost password on Trisquel machine!

2019-10-13 Thread mason
> I have some photos in the disk, that I would like to retrieve, > particularly photos of my then pregnant wife. It is somewhat important > to us to get those unique photos that we store on that trisquel > computer. > The thing is I don't know any more, what was my password then Do you recall

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lost password on Trisquel machine!

2019-10-13 Thread mason
> Do you recall whether you encrypted your disk or home directories when > installing Trisquel? Ah. Just reread your message and saw that you were able to get into your wife's account. This means that the disk is not encrypted, which is good. That was my worry, since the graphical Trisquel

Re: [Trisquel-users] Lost password on Trisquel machine!

2019-10-13 Thread mason
> You can reset your user password by chrooting using a live CD: This is what I would suggest if the OP wanted to go back to using this system. I am under the impression that they just want to recover data from it, which can be achieved more easily by mounting the disk with graphical tools.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Weird text display distortions in ABrowser on Trisquel 8

2019-10-14 Thread mason
> Ever since I installed 64bit Trisquel 8 on my Lenovo X60 laptop, I have > been having weird issues with the display of text in ABrowser. This is a known issue with Trisquel 8 on the X60. The workaround is to install the xserver-xorg-hwe-16.04 package. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 8 does not boot after updating and upgrading

2019-12-17 Thread mason
> Would it be a good idea to have an interactive prompt from the package > manager? Perhaps when an LTS kernel reaches EOL, you could bump the version number and replace it with a transitional package to the next LTS kernel. For example, when 4.4 reaches EOL, turn linux-libre-4.4 into a dummy

Re: [Trisquel-users] Antwort: Trisquel Planet Idea

2019-12-19 Thread mason
> I really like Trisquel. But I am annoyed that updates of important > programs (like Libreoffice) are not available - you only have to add > package sources. It is not that there are no current Linx versions of > the programs - they are only made unavailable by Trisquel. If you > don't search

Re: [Trisquel-users] Cannot install python-pip, python-typing

2019-12-21 Thread mason
> How can I safely install python-pip? pip searches and installs software from the PyPi repository, which contains proprietary software. According to the Free System Distribution Guidelines: "The system should have no repositories for nonfree software and no specific recipes for installation of

Re: [Trisquel-users] how to record the internet radio?

2019-12-21 Thread mason
> I installed Audacity and tried it. But I did not understand how to > record it, so I tried to check the online manual of Audacity but the > website required persistent security checks. Their claims: > > "Why do I have to complete a CAPTCHA? > > - Completing the CAPTCHA proves you are a human

Re: [Trisquel-users] Cannot install python-pip, python-typing

2019-12-22 Thread mason
> I needed it to compile Tribler and ZeroNet. ZeroNet does not seem to actually depend on pip. The README is just recommending that you install ZeroNet's dependencies from the PyPi repository using pip. As long as you make sure that all of those dependencies are free (and all of their

Re: [Trisquel-users] mind map software absent from the repo

2019-12-17 Thread mason
> I can't seem to install freemind from the terminal. It shows up in > the Add/Remove Programs program but won't install. I'm on Trisquel > Mini if it makes a difference. That program has been abandoned for several years[1] and was removed from Ubuntu and Trisquel several releases ago.

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