> Can this package be fixed so that it installs?
The package should probably be removed. It's a metapackage to install
Ubuntu's GNOME flavor. It's not useful in Trisquel.
> Trisquel's default setting really mess up GNOME.
Can you be more specific?
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> I can't describe everything. I haven't looked at everything. But
window decorations show up small. I'd really just like everything to be
set to stock GNOME defaults from upstream, no tampering.
Trisquel has no GNOME flavor, and does not customize GNOME's settings, AFAIK.
Maybe there is a bro
> I can't see the picture.
https://trisquel.info/files/Screenshot%20from%202020-02-02%2014-35-52.png
> When will the forum software put images as attachments in the mailing list?
When someone with the ability to make that change decides to. Probably not
any time soon.
> Trisquel's default setting really mess up GNOME.
I think that Trisquel's MATE settings are probably not the cause of whatever
you're experiencing, unless you have mate-settings-daemon running during your
GNOME session for some reason. Look at "System Monitor" and see if m-s-d is
running.
> My ~/.mozilla/abrowser/ folder doesn't contain user.js or prefs.js. Only
installs.ini, profiles.ini, and rwjebu0c.default.
Sorry, there was an error in my post. `~/.mozilla/abrowser/` contains all of
your Abrowser profiles, which are directories of the form
`$RANDOMSTRING.$PROFILENAME`.
> But does having that value set to "false" mean that I won't be able to
> use free WiFi that relies on a connection portal instead of a WiFi
> password?
Yes, that's what it means.
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> Interest in learning more about encryption keys and utilizing encryption
for email messages and other forms of contact lead me to view discussions
regarding fairly recently revealed exploits attacking encrypted messages
tricking email clients to expose and even transmit decrypted portions o
> I use the stock Liferea software for my RSS feeds. When I launch it through
> the GUI, it never starts the first time. When I try a second time, it does
> start but the feeds are not automatically refreshed (the option is checked
> in the settings).
Launching Liferea once starts it running in th
> I'm wondering the cause for blocking Cataclysm.
I don't see an Ubuntu package called that.[1]
Here[2] is the list of purged Ubuntu packages. Specific reasons for each
package are not given, but they are grouped into "non-free packages", and
"free software packages or metapackages only rel
Did you add Riseup's apt repository? What is the output of
$ ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
and
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
Thanks. Can you now post the contents of `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/leap.list`
and see if there are any errors when you run
$ sudo apt update
?
Try running
$ sudo apt dist-upgrade
if you have not already.
> deb http://deb.leap.se/client release bionic
This is correct. Did you run `sudo apt update` after editing `leap.list`
before trying to install the package?
Okay, I was wrong. The [bionic repository][1] only includes packages
for bitmask-vpn, not riseup-vpn. The [buster repository][2] does
include riseup-vpn, so that's what you need. Note however, that there
is only a 64-bit binary package for riseup-vpn. There is [no 32-bit
package][3], so if you
I see a few problems:
* All of the repositories are commented out. You need to remove the `# `
from the repositories you want to use, or they will be ignored.
* `deb-src` lines are for downloading source packages. In order to be able
to download and install binary packages, you need to ch
> I was told sdr-console is free/libre software and available for Ubuntu
Where did you get this idea? According to [their website][2] it is
Windows-only. With the source code, one could potentially port it to
GNU/Linux, but as far as I can tell they only publish Windows binaries, not
sour
Yeah, this software is clearly proprietary. https://www.sdr-radio.com/legal
> I know the pip repo contains proprietary software, but why did you just
> rip it out instead of making a free repo?
Why don't you create a free pip repo? Is it because it would take time and
effort to learn how to do so and then do it? If so, there's your answer. I
actually looked into d
> Sorry. :-(
No worries.
> https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat-addons/tree/master/python/teknik
The source code is [here][1]. It looks like it hasn't been maintained for
several years and uses Python 2 which reached EOL a few months ago, so it's
probably not a great long-term solution. How
> At this point, rebooting would be appropriate, but I cannot do so because
it's a live image and logging in and out made no difference.
Given what you are trying to do, I suspect that you do not need to reboot. I
think you just need to restart X. Logging out doesn't do this, but I think
> Why is the sources DVD 6GB? Does it contain the code for EVERY package
available for Trisquel?
No, that would be way more than 6GB. I think it contains the source code for
the packages included in the other Trisquel ISOs.
> I often come across folded/hidden text in
> Reddit threads
If you replace `www.reddit.com` with `old.reddit.com`, you'll get a version
of the page which is not 100% functional without JS, but better than the
normal interface.
If Debian removes a package, it won't make it into the next Ubuntu release,
which means it also won't be in the corresponding Trisquel release. Nothing
needs to be done to, unless you are proposing that we remove these packages
from current and past releases, which is not something Debian do
> For Trisquel I would propose to remove these from current (main) with an
update.
> (So that the next time I get an update, gphpedit will be removed.)
> I guess that is what Debian also does?
No, that's not what Debian does. When Debian removes a package from testing,
that only affects *fu
> A libre version of "Blackboard" where we can post people's grades securely
needs to be developed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moodle
My university is already using Moodle.
>> I know a school that plans on changing to Canvas from Moodle.
> Please get involved with this IMMEDIATELY. The commercially-supported
> version which schools use is NOT under a free license, as the Community
> Edition is. Please convince them to use the Community Edition!
It seems that Moodle
> Any comments on the version-upgrade with the system GUI default tools? Is
it reliable?
I've never upgraded using the GUI tools, but the most common issue people
have reported in the forums when upgrading to from Trisquel 7 to Trisquel 8
has to do with the change in default desktop environ
Are you using Trisquel 7 or 8?
> I can no longer access Trisquel's "normal" desktop,
In LightDM (the login screen) is there an icon (usually either next to your
username or at the top right of the screen) which when clicked on provides a
list of desktops to choose from? If so, what desktops
What do you mean by "configuration"? An upgrade will never override user
configuration files in your home directory, and should only override
system-wide configuration files in /etc after asking you for confirmation.
Are you referring to something else?
I think you are making this more complicated than it needs to be. Package
managers like Guix and Pacman have robust rollback capabilities because they
are designed for rolling distributions, in which a routine update is likely
to cause a regression. For a stable distribution you should be a
> I can't see any kind of 'system information' in the Control Panel, or
anywhere under system. Where do I find a list of my hardware (eg RAM
detected, 32-bit vs. 64-bit etc)?
It's in the "MATE System Monitor" under the "System" tab.
> in Add/Remove programs, using the scroll buttons goes rid
> Would it be possible to add a menu item in a more obvious place that opens
the System Monitor to that tab (and maybe a similar item in Control Panel)?
A .desktop file in /usr/share/applications/ resembling this
```
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=About Trisquel
Comment=Trisquel System Infor
> But the Transmission window doesn't *need* to be wider than half my netbook
screen (thanks to its minimal UI).
What is the resolution of your netbook?
> I forgot to mention, I really like the fact that the Sound applet is now
available from 'Sound and Video' in the start menu. Along similar lines, it
would be great to have other frequently tweaked config applets available in
the relevant menus. For example, perhaps the 'Network Connections'
> I still want to get updates if it's 60. but not 68.xxx
There will be no more updates for 60.x. Thunderbird 60 is EOL.
> But I still need to get to 60.x since I need Torbirdy to work and there is
no chance to use it in 68.x
If you have not run "apt clean" you may still have the old version cached.
Run
$ apt policy icedove
and see what versions are listed under "Version table:". If you see a 60.x
versio
Debian no longer has 68.x binaries for x86 architectures.
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/thunderbird/
Maybe Mozilla has old releases of Thunderbird available for download, but
after reading the issue you linked to, it sounds like your best options are
to use Tails when you need to
> If I understood well, it has been suggested that some packages will not be
available through Synaptic in Trisquel 9
"Add/Remove Applications" refers to trisquel-app-install (formerly
gnome-app-install), not synaptic.
> I now take it that you were both referring to trisquel-app-install, and
that the mention of "synaptic" by stripey was accidental.
Yes, I'm pretty sure he meant trisquel-app-install, not synaptic.
> No, I meant Synaptic.
Sorry, I misunderstood you then. I thought you were suggesting that we
remove command line applications from Add/Remove Applications, which I had
been considering doing. I am not in favor of crippling Synaptic. It is
important to have a complete graphical front-en
> Let's say a member of this community set up a Sync server and invited us
all to use it. It would be better if a beginner, using Trisquel for the first
time, could switch their Abrowser to using this community-hosted server by
making a simple change in the GUI, either in Sync UI itself or so
>> Users who are uncomfortable using a terminal.
> ... have no use for CLI-only programs
No, plenty of users use some command line programs but would not be
comfortable performing all package management via a terminal. Looking back
on my own history of learning to use GNU/Linux, I was still
> For example, one minimalist libreboot X200 costs more than 400 USD, which
is even more expensive than a top rank coreboot T440p which I built for a
community friend
What would you say is a fair price for a librebooted X200? I paid 230 USD
for one on eBay, which is more than the hardware
Which Replicant-compatible device do you have?
I don't see that [here][1]. Do you mean the I9250?
[1]: https://replicant.us/supported-devices.php
> The Sound applet opens, the volume controls slide back and forth, the
volume hotkeys on my keyboard also give the indication they are working. But
no sound.
Install alsa-utils if it is not installed already, and run
$ alsamixer
Press F6 and select your laptop's sound card. Make sure that
> I would vote for basing off of Devuan. With Debian and Ubuntu you are
locked into too many of RedHat's walled garden technologies going forward.
I think Debian is a better choice than Devuan for an upstream distro, at
least these days. Starting with Bullseye (and with Buster if you backpor
> Looking at https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html it sounds Debian
is far better than Ubuntu in case of respecting freedom.
This has been discussed over and over and over again, but I'll briefly
explain. When it comes to the actual software in their repositories, which
is what m
> I'm so happy to see you continue to dig into antiX's plumbing. Isn't it an
absolutely wonderful conceptual approach?
I was initially thrown off by the [1][nosystemd repository], which currently
contains a single package, but used to contain a large number of packages
that were no longer a
> Additionally, if Trisquel still wants to support i686 architecture, then it
must make some change starting version 10, since Ubuntu dropped i686 support.
There has been some discussion of this in recent meetings. Ubuntu still
provides some 32-bit binary packages in order to support Wine an
I have a new version of the package helper for ubuntustudio-controls which I
think should work, but I don't have a Trisquel 9 system handy to test it on.
I am also having a problem with Trisquel's Gitlab instance and can't push my
changes. Can you test the following package helper and tell
Ubuntu recently made libsnapd-glib1 a dependency of pulseaudio. My guess is
that it is being installed because trisquel-base depends on pulseaudio.
> I would go further and say all non-GNUbie-friendly programs although I
admit that's a judgement call
Terminal applications can be easily filtered out by parsing .desktop files
and looking for "Terminal=True". Filtering out "non-GNUbie-friendly
programs" would require manual curation, whi
I'm not 100% sure I understand what you're asking, but applications that
appear in menus have a .desktop file in /usr/share/applications.
Desktop-specific applications typically have an "OnlyShowIn" line in their
.desktop file that specifies which desktop environment(s) should show that
pr
> "Synaptic displays all packages available in the repositories on your
system. This includes not only apps, but also libraries, artwork, development
files, drivers, or other kinds of data which are only meant to be accessed by
programs that require them. If you only want to add or remove app
> I did upgrade to a newer version of the Linux kernel since I last tried.
Maybe that helped somehow?
I see no way in which the kernel version could make a difference here.
> Some of the comments here suggest that the problem is youtube-dl running
with Python2, instead of Python3.
You can
See [1][here]. Ratpoison kinda sucks though, unless you have a fetish for
typing Ctrl+t.
[1]:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ratpoison#Ratpoison_and_display_managers
If you're looking for a tiling window manager, I recommend i3.
> "Google" isn't a verb, it's a brand name.
It's both. In my locale, it is the word people most often use to mean
"search the web." Even the people I know who use other search engines like
DuckDuckGo or Ecosia still refer to using these search engines as "Googling".
> Insisting on "applic
So, this thread was meant to be an announcement for the ISOs published in
December. I did ask for people to report issues with those ISOs here, but I
didn't mean for all Trisquel 9 issues over the next 6 months to be dumped
into this one thread. To anyone still experiencing an issue with Tr
> I do not know why fonts-ubuntu and fonts-ubuntu-console are in the non-free
section of Debian.
Apparently when packaging these fonts Debian concluded that the Ubuntu Font
License is not compatible with the Debian Free Software Guidelines. The
packaging discussion is [here][1], and the is
> thus creating a conflict with the license that effectively prohibits
changes that are not "substantial"
This is my understanding as well.
> Isn't everything in Trisquel's repository required to be "buildable" with
only free software?
Yes, this is a problem too.
> [VRMS] is useless on Tr
> "using the Linux-libre kernel and using Canonical-supported free and
open-source software repositories that does not contain non-free packages and
closed programs"
> Excluding programs is not the only thing. Some need modification, not
outright banning.
Purism doesn't make these modific
> Does it distribute a kernel with nonfree firmware? If so, PureOS looks,
freedom-wise, not different from Fedora
No, it uses Debian's kernel, which does remove firmware blobs. However,
removing blobs is not the only thing that the Linux-libre scripts do. From
[here][1], mainline Linux "
> and I believe the FSF should not endorse it
It should be obvious at first glance to anyone with an understanding of the
FSDG and familiarity with Debian-based distros that PureOS does not follow
the FSDG. Many of the most basic freedom issues in Debian can be checked and
confirmed in Pur
> Sounds like my personal libre-tized version of Devuan with jxself's
Linux-libre installed and all non-free repos and firmware and microcode and
firefox removed (and anything else recommended by vrms) is a lot more free
than PureOS.
Not sure I'd say "a lot more". Firefox is still presumab
To be clear, I don't personally see the FSDG as the be-all and end-all, and I
would not fault Purism for making some strategic compromises, such as that
needed to support the hardware needed for their phone. I just want to see
one standard applied consistently and fairly to all distros who w
> PureOS was an oversight and those problems should be addressed there too.
It's not just that there are some problems to address. It appears that
PureOS has barely even begun to work toward FSDG compliance beyond choosing
to start from an already mostly-free base distro. I don't know how t
One project I'm keeping an eye on in Whonix's [sandbox-app-launcher][1],
which will run each application as a different user and provide a mechanism
for configuring each such user's permissions for
* Network access
* Webcam access
* Microphone access
* Shared storage access (read-only or read
> Another question before upgrading: what about the PPAs I have on Trisquel
8? Should I also modify their link for xenial to bionic and then do the full
upgrade?
I would disable all of your PPAs, upgrade to Trisquel 9, troubleshoot any
issues you run into after upgrading, and once everythin
> Failed to connect to Mir: Failed to connect to server socket: No such file
or directory
Magic Banana, do the references to "Mir" seem at all suspect to you? I
thought Mir was only supported by Unity, and while I don't have a Trisquel 8
system handy I am pretty sure that it uses X by defa
> Nevertheless, "On my Trisquel 8 system, (...) setting DISPLAY=:1 (...)
gives the error [Sabrinakitty] report[s]"
So to clarify, using your instructions works on your Trisuel 8 system when
you use "DISPLAY=:0", but gets the "Mir" error with "DISPLAY=:1"?
> I ended up suggesting either gksu
> Trisquel had some of the files in question, just not the 32 bit versions so
I just downlaoded those files and put them in the game's folder
For future reference, the "correct" way to handle this would have been to
enable Trisquel's 32-bit packages via
$ sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
$
> ¿Es PureOS realmente totalmente libre?
No.[1][2] La FSF no debe promocionar PureOS.
[1]: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/another-path#comment-150090
[2]: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/another-path#comment-150091
> Still not there in the repos.
It's a downloader, not a proper package. I doubt that it would meet
Trisuqel's packaging standards, and I know it wouldn't meet Debian's, which
is presumably why it is in contrib instead of main despite being free
software.
Why should we care about this defunct Bitcoin fork? What's your interest in
it?
> I still get "trisquel" mentioned in the duckduckgo query url. Where does it
read that from? If duckduckgo can get it, it means everyone else can get it
too.
Abrowser's default search command adds that parameter. My understanding is
that Trisquel receives a cut of the ad revenue when Tris
> At least one other website seemed to be getting some info about my system,
they sent me warning emails that I had been connecting from a "Linux" machine
from a different IP address.
Those are unrelated issues. They are probably getting "Linux" from your user
agent. If you want to hide y
> Every (major/modern) browser I know of does it to earn income, maybe not
IceCat, not sure about that one.
Ungoogled Chromium does not. Not sure whether that qualifies as "major", but
I would say the same about Icecat.
> But I'm also not sure that IceCat is actively maintained any longer.
Firefox-based browsers support system-wide policies which on GNU/Linux are
defined in a policies.json file. Avast is malware disguised as antivirus
software, which among other invasive things edits users browser policies.
Avast only plagues Windows though, so that's not your problem.
See
> Maybe I should try ungoogled-chromium again. Last year I recall they were
not making recent binaries available for Debian-based systems, and I tried
building it and failed tragically.
Chromium-based browsers take a lot of resources or a long ass time to
compile. It takes about two days t
> What are these concerns about legal liability in relation to Searx exactly?
IIRC he was concerned about potentially serving illegal content.
> If DuckDuckGo honors its privacy policy, it uses no cookie (unless the user
changes its settings) and stores neither user agents nor IP addresses:
Yes, but there is no way to know that DDG does honor its privacy policy. If
they published their source code under a free license, there would
> The same happens if I try to install libgnutls-dev on my system. It looks
like a bug...
Yes, [first reported][1] in early 2019.
Welcome to Trisquel.
[1]: https://trisquel.info/en/issues/25393
> For security-critical packages such as libgnutls30, it is a significant
problem: if you would install the version from Debian Buster and would not
manually update it, it would stay at the present version until you update to
Trisquel 10.
Trisquel's version of libgnutls is not receving secu
Out of the different services I've tried self-hosting, I would put Searx
toward the easier end in terms of setting up. It would be a good one for
beginners to start with. Gitea is a pretty easy one too.
I took a look at EndlessOS a few weeks ago. There are some neat ideas, but
freedom-wise it is probably the worst distro I have ever tried. They appear
to only release source code when required to by the GPL. All of their
software which is not a derivative of a GPL'd program is non-free. T
I just asked quidam about this. Apparently, gnutls is supposed to be
backported from Ubuntu bionic, but since 3.5.18-1ubuntu1 in 2018 new versions
have not been getting automatically built. According to quidam it may have
been an issue with GPG keys. He says it is fixed now and an up-to-da
Nothing in there looks problematic. All of those settings look redundant to
the defaults Trisquel already sets for Abrowser. I'm not sure where the file
came from though, as it does not look like Trisquel's [package helper][1] for
Abrowser creates it.
If you delete the file with
$ sudo r
> cd ~/.mozilla/abrowser/YOUR_UNIQUE_NAME.default/
You were supposed to change "YOUR_UNIQUE_NAME" to the unique string of
characters in the name of your profile directory. Run
$ ls ~/.mozilla/abrowser/*.default
to see what it is.
> They are my standard privacy apps collection under GPL and
I've never seen anyone get banned here for anything other than blatant spam.
It seems more likely that boba deleted their own account for some reason.
> I have no idea whether deleted posts from a deleted account can be
un-deleted on the forum.
It depends on how long the data is retained before being deleted permanently.
If it's not gone yet, David may be able to restore the deleted posts. You
can contact him at david(at)trisquel.info
> That is great news. I briefly considered using protonmail as a candidate
but I thought it was webmail only.
I still advise against it. Freeing the bridge source code is better than
keeping it proprietary, but the bridge would not be necessary at all if
Protonmail were a real email provid
> Protonmail surely comes atop in many respects when compared to gmail,
hotmail/msn/outlook
Sure, it's not as bad as Gmail, but it's still bad. Why use something bad
when you don't have to?
I think this must be the h-node page you found:
https://h-node.org/wifi/view/en/1725/Realtek-Semiconductor-Co---Ltd--RTL8723BE-PCIe-Wireless-Network-Adapter
It says "tested with the following kernel libre:5.5.10-gnu", which is much
newer than Trisquel's default kernel. I would start by insta
Have you upgraded to the latest linux-libre using jxself's repo yet? Try
that first. It is possible that the WiFi card is supported by the kernel now
and an external repo is no longer necessary. If that doesn't work, let us
know and we'll try something else.
Might also be a good idea to setup gpodder or something similar to
automatically download RSS feeds like podcasts or Invidious channels.
Whenever you have Internet access you can download any new episodes/videos to
listen/watch offline later.
When troubleshooting, start by doing a web search for your error. Here's the
first Searx result:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/954862/couldnt-be-accessed-by-user-apt-pkgacquirerun-13-permission-denied
See if that helps.
Did you read the OP?
> There aren't many options for GNU/Linux on arm/64 devices (smart phones,
tablets), and PostmarketOS is good enough
PostmarketOS is a musl/Linux distribution, not GNU/Linux.
https://secluded.site/replacing-youtube-invidious/
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