Notices tagged with gnu

I just installed #Trisquel 8 (#Flidas) onto a USB key (8GB USB 2.0) for the first time, and mounted my user file partition as /home. Just to clarify, I'm not talking about a "live disk", made by copying an installer .ISO and making it bootable. I've had to make those to install #GNU #Linux to the internal drive since I got this PC, as it has no CD-ROM drive. I actually ran the installer and installed to a second USB, and so far it's working well.

I understand why permissions are useful and necessary in #GNU #Linux systems, but at times, they are a royal pain in the proverbial! If I had a pancake for every times I've moved non-sensitive movie, music etc files to or from a USB, or across a LAN, and ended up with weird permissions issues about who can read them, or rename them, or move them between folders, or delete them, I would have massive stack of pancakes.

@mooshoe I agree with @gme here. At this point, there is lots more touch-friendly, #FreeCode software written for #Android/Linux than for #GNU/Linux. If @Purism don't have an Android sandbox for the #Librem5, it will be a lot less useful, even to folks who only intend to run free code apps on it.

@mooshoe @gme @Purism #Canonical did that with #UbuntuTouch, but it didn't seem to be enough. That said, my suspicion is that was because Shuttleworth and co. had long since burned off their goodwill with the #SoftwareFreedom folks who were most likely to buy a #GNU #Linux mobile.

@gme @Purism won't the #Librem5 be running #Purism #GNU-Linux, not #Android-Linux? Are the #Firefox containers a thing on #GNU OS?

@gme just to make sure I understand this, I can use #Pinafore to login to any #Mastodon instance? So in theory, I could also run it locally on my #GNU #Linux box, connect to it through my browser, and use it the same way?

Building a desktop #GNU #Linux OS using containers. Is this what the #GNU #Guix OS is?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gES4-X6y278

@gme . Once I upgrade my #GNU #Linux OS (tomorrow, I swear it), I'm keen to try out some desktop clients. You tried any you'd recommend?

@Shufei @cathal @Tryphon on #GNU #Linux, #Abrowser and #IceCat are two FF forks distros that do some weeding for you. Not sure if there's anything cross-platform that weeds FF, but there is #Dooble

@david_ross also, the stubborn #EcoWarrior part of my psyche believes that if Skype worked on WindowsXP, any #VoIP app that won't work on this PC is bloated and needs serious pruning. Not wanting to have to constantly upgrade to run bloated software is a major reason why I moved from #Windows to #GNU-Linux

@ignitionigel I don't suppose you'd be able to convince the wife to dual-boot #GNU / #Linux and give it a try? An up-to-date version of Evolution does email, contacts, and calendar. The other thing you could look at, if you have a box you could set up as a server, is NextCloud. I believe that has clients for all platforms. You can try it out at disroot.org

#Free #Software Song by #Drei https://peertube.video/videos/watch/f59cca5b-3695-47f2-8b99-a73b1d82cf1d #GNU #FSF #FOSS #FLOSS

The Complete #History of #GNU/#Linux (Abridged) - Live at Linux Fest NW 2018 https://youtu.be/UjDQtNYxtbU via @youtube @nizarus you'll love this talk! :D

Who controls #glibc?https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/753646/f8dc1b00d53e76d8/ #GNU #FOSS #FLOSS #RMS