New computer specs

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Nickman
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Beigetreten: 12/09/2016

Hi everyone, just wanted to wish you guys a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

I got a new computer for Christmas a Lenovo Yoga I'm going to post the specs on here and and I'll see about getting a external HD drive to install trisquel on.

Here are the specs

Lenovo YOGA 710-15IKB Signature Edition

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7500U CPU @ 2.70 GHz 2.90 GHz

System type: 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

RAM: 16.0 GB

Solid State Drive

Megver83
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Beigetreten: 12/21/2015

I'm not sure if intel core i7 is compatible. But to know if GNU/Linux-libre will work, we need more info, like the graphics, the wifi chipset (in the case of laptops), etc. And also, does it use BIOS or EFI?

Nickman
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Beigetreten: 12/09/2016

I'll reply on here with additional info I can find, the graphics driver is Nvidia Geforce

Nickman
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Beigetreten: 12/09/2016

Where do I find that in my system settings?

Magic Banana

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Beigetreten: 07/24/2010

Merry Grav-Mass!

Apart from Wifi (probably), everything should work great. Of course, installing on the SSD would give you better performances.

Nickman
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Beigetreten: 12/09/2016

Hmm yeah I could create a USB drive instead, but I wouldn't want to screw something up and what about the wifi that probably may be wrong since you said probably, is it the ISP I use or something else?

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Beigetreten: 07/24/2010

The problem is the lack of free firmware for most Wifi chipsets. Try Trisquel 8 Alpha and see: http://jenkins.trisquel.info/makeiso/iso/trisquel_8.0_amd64.iso

You would also get better performances using the integrated Intel graphical chipset, not the GeForce card (assuming it is recent).

Nickman
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Beigetreten: 12/09/2016

Okay, I'll try and when I click that link, it'll automatically download trisquel 8 alpha onto the computer? Because when I clicked it on the tablet it came up with a screen saying that Firefox can't download the size of the file

Also where do I find out if my computer is BIOS or EFI, for some reason I can't find it

Magic Banana

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Beigetreten: 07/24/2010

Probably EFI. But it does not matter: the same ISO is to be booted (and yes, I gave you a direct link to download the 64-bit ISO). Notice that I suggested Trisquel 8 Alpha only for testing purpose. To install, you should either wait for the stable version of Trisquel 8 or install Trisquel 7... but test it Live before: the architecture of your processor being recent, the older Linux kernel in Trisquel 7 may not support it.

Nickman
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Beigetreten: 12/09/2016

Okay, and once I download the ISO onto my computer, it would give me the option to test it live without actually installing it onto the external hard drive? I'm not able to do a live CD because I don't have a CD slot on my computer.

onpon4
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Beigetreten: 05/30/2012

You can make a live USB stick. Unetbootin is one easy way to do that.

Nickman
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Beigetreten: 12/09/2016

Hmm alright I'll see about doing that

HuangLao
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Beigetreten: 01/19/2014

Just a question of prop. wifi driver or not. All should be good. Worse case scenario you can pick up a wifi dongle here: https://www.thinkpenguin.com/catalog/wireless-networking-gnulinux

Nice specs on the computer!

Nickman
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Beigetreten: 12/09/2016

Where do I find what my wifi chipset is on the computer?

Thanks Huang I like the computer, just need to get Trisquel up ASAP, also another question what would be a good VPN to use for trisquel, since I don't want to create a new thread asking that question (unless that would be better for organizing the forum)

tonlee
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Beigetreten: 09/08/2014

Install lshw
Commands
lshw
lsusb
lspci

Nickman
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Beigetreten: 12/09/2016

Is that a l or an capital i tonlee? And what would those commands do?

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Beigetreten: 07/24/2010

L as in "list". On a GNU/Linux system, those commands list information on the hardware.

Nickman
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Beigetreten: 12/09/2016

Ah okay, thanks Magic

Allanitomwesh
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Beigetreten: 10/24/2015

Those specs are pretty modern, i would suggest using Parabola to test the WiFi not Trisquel 7.Or as suggested, Trisquel 8 Alpha
As for VPN you want a provider that uses OpenVPN and doesn't collect data on their clients, and preferably lets you pay in bitcoin to not have payment data on you either. Or you could set up openvpn yourself (a bit manual but worth it)

Nickman
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Beigetreten: 12/09/2016

Thanks Allanitom, I've looked up stuff about Bitcoin, and read up on it, but I'm a bit worried about using a wallet, I would want to use a free VPN as opposed to a paid one due to the fact that I'm worried about using Bitcoin at least at this point in time.

Nickman
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Beigetreten: 12/09/2016

Thanks Allanitom, I've looked up stuff about Bitcoin, and read up on it, but I'm a bit worried about using a wallet, I would want to use a free VPN as opposed to a paid one due to the fact that I'm worried about using Bitcoin at least at this point in time.

onpon4
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Beigetreten: 05/30/2012

If a VPN doesn't charge you anything, you shouldn't trust it. If Bitcoin isn't an option, various VPNs offer other options. Some will let you send in cash, and I'm aware of one that lets you pay with various kinds of gift cards:

https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/buy-vpn/

Nickman
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Beigetreten: 12/09/2016

Thanks onpon, sorry about the duplicate message above, I'll look into paying with gift cards

Nickman
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Beigetreten: 12/09/2016

Is Private Internet Access the one VPN that let's you pay with gift cards or no?

Edit: Ignore this post, just found it out that it does allow you to pay with gift cards

Megver83
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Beigetreten: 12/21/2015

as Allanitomwesh said, you should to test Parabola for better compatibility.
A modern computer requires a modern OS, and that's Parabola ;)

Nickman
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Beigetreten: 12/09/2016

Okay, I really hate to not use trisquel because I like everything about it, the interface, the graphics, the privacy, everything, but I'll test it on parabola and see if it works.

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Allanitomwesh
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Beigetreten: 10/24/2015

The reason for recommending parabola for wifi testing is the much newer kernel than trisquel. If you have wifi on parabola but don't on trisquel then you'll know you simply need a kernel update on trisquel. If you don't have wifi on both then you'll need a new wifi card/usb wifi. You can use Parabola MATE for testing, easy to install/live boot.

Allanitomwesh
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Beigetreten: 10/24/2015

He doesn't have to install parabola, just test his wifi using a live USB