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- Tue Sep 02, 2014 2:14 am
- Forum: Open chat
- Topic: What mobile operating system do you use?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4225
Re: What mobile operating system do you use?
I've heard of Replicant, but I don't know much about it. Does it allow access to the Google Play Store? Replicant is a fully free Android distribution and it uses F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/ F-Droid contains FOSS apps only. I don't know about Google Play Store, in Replicant forums someone asked t...
- Mon Sep 01, 2014 3:36 pm
- Forum: Wireless
- Topic: Won't connect to wireless internet?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 610
Re: Won't connect to wireless internet?
Is the model of the computer Asus? The reason I'm asking this is because on some Asus laptops wi-fi is "hard blocked" and in that case, this thread will help you: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2181558
- Mon Sep 01, 2014 11:54 am
- Forum: Open chat
- Topic: What mobile operating system do you use?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4225
Re: What mobile operating system do you use?
Thank you, killer de bug.killer de bug wrote: So I guess you can choose the CyanogenMod (or other Android custom ROM) option

- Mon Sep 01, 2014 10:49 am
- Forum: Open chat
- Topic: What mobile operating system do you use?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4225
Re: What mobile operating system do you use?
Well, what about Replicant: http://replicant.us/
Which option should one choose in that case?
Which option should one choose in that case?
- Mon Sep 01, 2014 10:37 am
- Forum: Chat about Linux
- Topic: Linux Foundation/Free Software Foundation
- Replies: 3
- Views: 813
Re: Linux Foundation/Free Software Foundation
Linux Foundation doesn't sponsor any GNU/Linux distribution, it is mainly focused on the Linux kernel, while Free Software Foundation(FSF) supports free software in general. For example, "the ongoing development of Linux" (kernel) is sponsored by LF and "protecting against threats from proprietary s...
- Sun Aug 31, 2014 1:08 pm
- Forum: Open chat
- Topic: SupersPort 286
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1015
- Fri Aug 29, 2014 3:14 am
- Forum: Chat about Linux Mint
- Topic: What made you switch to Linux Mint?
- Replies: 601
- Views: 91564
Re: What made you switch to Linux Mint?
You can disable hot corners.glhallway wrote:Next came Mint 15, OK but always went back to Windows 7 to do anything again hot corners and freezing.
- Thu Aug 28, 2014 11:55 am
- Forum: Chat about Linux Mint
- Topic: What made you switch to Linux Mint?
- Replies: 601
- Views: 91564
Re: What made you switch to Linux Mint?
- you can use it right out-of-the-box, no need the install codecs or the Ubuntu fonts ( linux is way too ugly to use without these fonts ) I used to think like that too, but it's not because of fonts. You can check out this link: https://wiki.debian.org/Fonts That page says: The default fonts in De...
- Thu Aug 28, 2014 11:42 am
- Forum: Open chat
- Topic: I hate Apple (&) Macs! A one time rant.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1866
Re: I hate Apple (&) Macs! A one time rant.
Good post, Jedinovice! 
Sometimes I just wonder, what Apple would have done, if FreeBSD had been licensed under GNU GPL or some other copyleft license.

Sometimes I just wonder, what Apple would have done, if FreeBSD had been licensed under GNU GPL or some other copyleft license.

- Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:29 am
- Forum: Open chat
- Topic: I see now difference between Proprietary s/w and open-source
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1373
Re: I see now difference between Proprietary s/w and open-so
This is not the main diffrence between proprietary and free software. The main difference is freedom. With free software you have 4 freedoms: 1. The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0). 2. The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your compu...
- Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:55 am
- Forum: Open chat
- Topic: I see now difference between Proprietary s/w and open-source
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1373
Re: I see now difference between Proprietary s/w and open-so
eanfrid wrote:* With closed source software you are a wizard-apprentice using parts of Gandalf's spellbook, so you need to send money to Gandalf for rent and support.

- Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:45 am
- Forum: Open chat
- Topic: Finally, Firefox 31.0 ESR with Australis UI
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1586
Re: Finally, Firefox 31.0 ESR with Australis UI
Same here. So far Firefox has been working very well.killer de bug wrote: In the last 6 months, Firefox did not crash once on my system.

- Wed Aug 20, 2014 9:20 am
- Forum: Chat about Linux
- Topic: What Linux Distros do you currently use?
- Replies: 95
- Views: 14300
Re: What Linux Distros do you currently use?
Choose Debian.RacerBG wrote:Laptop Acer Aspire 5738Z: ? (Arch, Mageia or pure Debian I had not decided yet)

- Sun Aug 17, 2014 11:32 am
- Forum: Chat about Linux
- Topic: Abrupt end to a software revolution
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4229
Re: Abrupt end to a software revolution
First of all, thank you for translating the article. Even if Munich goes back to windows, at least there are 15 000 empoyees who now know windows is not the only OS in the world. In the future, they might want to return to GNU/Linux again. This has nothing to do with the quality of their Linux syste...
- Sun Aug 17, 2014 10:38 am
- Forum: Chat about Linux
- Topic: China shipping 'naked pc's'..
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2845
Re: China shipping 'naked pc's'..
Same goes for server environment, I do love linux and use it for HPC or farming but for anything mission critical I always make sure to have a support and maintenance contract with someone (OS and software). Again it's just about liability. That's why Red hat and SUSE exist (and now Canonical) - fo...
- Fri Aug 15, 2014 12:57 pm
- Forum: Other topics
- Topic: Password strength
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1401
Re: Password strength
eanfrid wrote:base64 obfuscation makes bad passwords however... But why python when you can simply do:Code: Select all
echo "<coded_text>" | base64 -d



- Fri Aug 15, 2014 12:44 pm
- Forum: Newbie Questions
- Topic: Firewall?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 872
Re: Firewall?
Thank you everyone, I have installed ufw from its web site. I was unable to find it on Software manager, in fact I can find nothing on there unless I laboriously scroll down all the programmes until I find what I am looking for. The search slot does not seem to react to anything, I have tried Left ...
- Fri Aug 15, 2014 12:35 pm
- Forum: Other topics
- Topic: Password strength
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1401
Re: Password strength
"Somewhere near Paris, France"eanfrid wrote:Not so difficult.

Wow, I didn't think it was base64.

No need for online decoders, when I have python and its documentation: https://docs.python.org/2/library/base64.htmleanfrid wrote:Try something here: http://www.base64decode.org/![]()

- Fri Aug 15, 2014 10:21 am
- Forum: Other topics
- Topic: Password strength
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1401
Re: Password strength
If this is your location - (U29tZXdoZXJlIG5lYXIgUGFyaXMsIEZyYW5jZQo), then I can only imagine how strong your password might be.eanfrid wrote:I tried: government cracker / old school SHA512And I keep my secret secret

- Wed Aug 13, 2014 2:35 pm
- Forum: Chat about Linux
- Topic: China shipping 'naked pc's'..
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2845
Re: China shipping 'naked pc's'..
Lenovo said it reached an agreement with Microsoft in June of this year to ensure that Lenovo PCs sold in China would come pre-installed with a genuine Windows operating system. I guess this will happen only inside China, outside the country "naked" PCs will still be sold, right? This is just a tem...