Tomorrow we will have a live. TROMcast is back. We will discuss "war" as the topic, with the focus on the current events. We will stream at tromsite.com/live/ where we will also have a live chat.
Anyone can join. #tromlive
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We are going to have a live TROMcast about the war with a focus on the recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia. If you have been affected by this war and you'd like to participate, please see this link link.trom.tf/8oAGSZvf
And feel free to also get in touch with us tromsite.com/contact/
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The usual system updates plus:
Cannot mix incompatible Qt library (5.15.2) with this library (5.15.3)
This is the error. To fix it simply go to Add/Remove Software, click the top right gear icon and refresh the database. After that reinstall the package qt5-styleplugins. Search for it, click it, then click reinstall. Should fix it.
Recently the people behind mate-HUD, the HUD we use for TROMjaro, pushed an update that seems to force an internal theme to be used. This theme is not that good at all, and makes it less functional. See more here github.com/ubuntu-mate/mate-hu…
We decided to not update it for now, until we can fix this ourselves. So we recommend you do not upgrade it from the AUR.
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notes.trom.tf will be removed from out TROM.tf services. It is already removed from the front page but we will keep it alive for at least a few more months in case people are still using it. Why the removal?
1. This is an open source project by some people who are also making money out of it. This pushes them to add artificial barriers. Trade, as you know, creates these situations. In order to properly use this Notes app one has to set it up manually. It used to be a simple 2-3 steps process. But now, in order to add all of their "premium" yet open source extensions, so you can access them for free (basically in order to use this app properly) one has to do some 15-20 steps to set it all up. They made it more difficult for no reasons other than, perhaps, trading your currency to them in order to "unlock" all of these features.
Basically this app became littered with "buy this, buy that" buttons, and we cannot allow such perversions on TROM.tf.
2. We think that it is best to keep your notes locally and not rely on any server. Imagine if that server does not work anymore, and you don't have access to your notes. Here you can find a lot of trade-free note taking applications tromjaro.com/apps/ - We especially recommend Zettlr.
That being said, if you use notes.trom.tf please save your notes to another app. #tromlive
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Some may argue that trade is a great tool for deescalating big conflicts like it is the case in Ukraine. Lots of tribes are imposing trading sanctions to Russia in order to make Russia stop the aggression towards Ukraine and end the war. So far it has not stopped the aggression but hopefully it will.
So, is trade, in the end, a good tool to keep war at bay?
Well, one has to wonder why has Russia been able to be aggressive with Ukraine in the first place. They have a huge army, but Europe also depends on them trade-wise. Quite a lot in terms on energy supply. So one can definitely argue that Russia used trade as a way to grow its aggression because it knew that Europe fears to intervene since they will lose in the game of trade if they did. Russia may as well have used (and they did use) trade as a way to gain aggression towards Ukraine for the past 8 or so years. Europe only intervened when it got threatened.
If anything trade allows for dictators to raise to power and maintain it. To abuse others and to enslave their own. And yes, at times trade can be used to minimize or stop the conflict, but the conflict may have been caused by trade itself. Like India seems to be very quiet and reluctant to accuse Russia's actions. They also import some 50% of their total armament from Russia for the past 4 or so years (source). So it is likely that trade makes a massive tribe like India do what Europe did in the beginning of the conflict: abstain. And since the conflict doesn't pose a threat to India, they keep on abstaining.
One can also argue that USA also has a lot to gain from going against Russia with the sanctions, since USA can take over the energy market in Europe if Russia gets kicked out.
Imagine this: if Europe had no trade agreements with Russia, then why would Europe let this situation escalate so much before taking some measures? They would probably have helped Ukraine much sooner with all kinds of assistance, military or humanitarian.
So keep these in mind, because the situation is never as black and white as it appears in the media.
If the Russian soldiers were not forced to trade their freedom (go to the army then to war, else you go to jail) then who would have wanted to join the army and go kill others? A lot less for sure. Maybe no one would.
If Russians (and not only) had their basic needs met as trade-free, so food, shelter, healthcare, freedom and so forth, then they could have had a choice and not join the military. But then you threaten them to get their food, shelter and freedom away if they do not join, so they have little to no choice.
But the bottom line is that trade is the origin of MOST problems, not all problems. So even if trade played no negative role in the current conflict, and can be used to avoid a WW3, then it still does not chnage the fact that trade pushes people to enslave, pollute, destroy, and so forth. On a global scale.
Also, what if instead of Europe and USA and others pumping weapons of mass destruction into Ukraine and into defending themselves, attacked the situation with solutions and built more homes, created more food, better energy sources, and so forth, so that they lure in people from Russia to join them, rather than kill them. To come and have a good life, without trading anything in return. To focus on informing people that we are all one species and we are taking care of each other. But perhaps those who trade weapons have a great incentive to lure in politicians into spending more on weapons and sending them to the conflict zone....
So, you want to end this war? Give all Russians free EU membership/access and trade-free access to accommodation, healthcare, food and their basic needs, and perhaps they will drop their weapons because why would they want to fight anymore?
It is true that all sorts of distorted values come into mix when such conflicts are happening, but they usually are a mere layer of sugar on top of a big cake, and the cake is the trade based system we live in. And whatever is on top of it, it is affected by it. That we should not brush aside.
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Here's a documentary + an article about the fall of CouchSurfing. From a great idea of sharing your home with strangers, to a company that is now restricting the access to its services. Trade fucks things up, as usual. @Sasha was interviewed for the documentary - lx.com/entertainment/is-the-co…
Casey Fenton founded CouchSurfing in the early ages of the internet to stand against capitalism and upend the way we travel. But has the revolution survived?Matt Dworzańczyk (LX)
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In 2003 the USA with a few friends like UK, Australia and Poland decided to invade Iraq. Their reason for the invasion was that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. It was not true and they kinda knew that. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality…
Some 1 million people have died in that war. And USA&Friends committed so called "war crimes" too en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_ri… - although war should be the crime itself.
The USA and its friends were not punished. No sanctions, nothing. Today Russia seems to engage in exactly the same manner. They are severely punished.
The history is full of such crimes conducted by tribes.
This goes to show the "double-standard" of our world. On top of this, we shall not forget that crimes and atrocities do not only happen in wars, but everywhere else. Slavery and coercion, draconian laws, the utter destruction of the biodiversity on Earth, the forever-chemicals, the plastic, the pollution. The hunger and starvation, the inability to access medical care unless you have some imaginary papers. All of that.
Where is the world united against these atrocities?
For sure, we need to act quickly to immediate threads like it is the case with Russia. But we need a reminder about how this world truly is.
This is a recent photo from the current war in Ukraine. This is what Russia is doing. This is the brutality and reality of war. Take a deep look. Everyone should be exposed to these events via such direct means, not just numbers and statistics. But the reality of it:
If the world thinks that severely punishing Russia for these atrocities is a necessary, good and united act, then we should do the same for any such acts, performed by any other tribe. And we should do the same for the other atrocities too. Else this is hypocrisy.
So let's see when they are going after the billionaires, the companies that create so much suffering, the profit motive itself; hell, go after trade and eliminate the need for it. Let's see...
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Putin is not a "psychopath". It is the result of his environment. And to solely blame him, is the old "beheading the king" approach.
Blaming people, corporations, or governments, is a dead end. We will never understand what makes those humans, or human groups, do whatever they do. Protection from them, in case of aggression, could be necessary. But stopping at that is foolish.
How about we start to inform the world that we are one species? No Ukrainians, no Russians, no Americans, no Europeans and so forth. Then how about we provide a basic life for all humans? Give them their basic needs as trade free. This way you create a good and fertile soil for calm, relaxed, and educated minds that can take better decisions and not be coerced so easily.
Imagine all of these soldiers, going out there feeding the world, building houses for those in need, provide medical care. Then why would anyone want to go to war? And with whom?
We are one species, one planet, one human race. We face the same problems, we have the same challenges. We need to tell these to everyone. Wake them the fuck up! Let's help each other....
Else we are fucked. There will be more Hitlers, more Putins, more dictators and kings. And these are just one kind. USA, EU, and the rest, with their leaders, are also destructive, aggressive, and abusive. A bad soil is what we have, and weeds are growing instead of flowers.
Change the soil.
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A big thank you to those who are still donating to our TROM project.
You support some 40 digital and detailed books, hundreds of videos that we've made and we still make more, a 14h documentary. You support a future TROM II documentary that will probably be released this year. You support a Linux operating system and our library of hundreds of trade-free curated apps. You support our news website, our documentaries and courses website, curating thousands of video/photo materials for you all and making them freely available. You support our trade-free "movement" and our directory where we showcase the good of humanity.
Lastly you support trom.tf and the 24 services we provide. Trade-free services, from social networks to video platforms, office suites, chats and a ton more.
The world is at war (here and there), but in the best case scenario the wars will end and we continue the same way that we've been for the past thousands of years. In corruption, lies, waste, inequality, and so forth. We think that we need TROM to bring about a different, and more realistic way, of looking at the world.
And donations help a ton. They keep us impartial and sane. So please consider a donation if you can tromsite.com/donate/
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Do not forget that there is no democracy out there. No matter if it is USA, EU, Russia, they are all as far from democracy as Andromeda galaxy is from us. Humans "elect" a few others, in questionable ways, and then the few others take whatever decisions they want.
Have Russian creatures voted for this war? Was it a democratic decision? How about the American creatures, did they vote to go to Iraq or Vietnam and massacre those people? None voted.
Democracy is a myth, a ridiculous idea that has nothing to do with how anything is organized on this planet, or should be organized perhaps. Profit, birthed by trade, is a lot more of an influencer than anything else.
And so, if you get angry at Russia, do not forget that are not the Russians attacking anyone, but a handful of powerful people. Also do not forget that USA, EU, and the rest of the world, share the same bloody hands, but yet again it is not the people, but a handful few.
We cannot resolve conflict with conflict in the long run. Sure, it may be necessary to act aggressively if you are attacked, in order to protect yourself, but if there is no plan, no understanding, no approach at how to prevent such situations, your solution is momentary at best.
We need weapons of mass-helping rather than mass-killing. So that we create a global society of humans, who have free time to educate themselves, think, learn, create relationships, research, be creative, help each other. The only way out, long term, is to attack the world with solutions. To move beyond this mass-trading society. To free men from trade. To free the world from its effects.
War is not about who is right, but about who is left.
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Improvements/Changes:
Sorry about that. The latest ISO only used the latest kernel (515) for the live ISO. We fixed it now. To migrate to kernel515 you have to do it via Add/Remove Software. Via the Kernel Settings may fail due to how we setup the automatic backups.
So.
Open Add/Remove software and search for linux515 and linux515-headers. Make sure you select them from Repositories. Select and install. Reboot your computer. That should be it. You can check in the Kernel Settings if you are using the 515 one:
If you do not use it, reboot your computer and when you computer starts keep on pressing Shift until you see a TROMjaro menu. Select the Advanced options and then select the 515 kernels. That’s all.
The app is called Zeit and it is very useful. Imagine you want to tell you computer to open a certain app at a certain time, or any command or script. Now this app makes it so easy.
You can find it in the Settings Manager.
In a new tab write about:config and press enter. Accept the risk and continue. Then paste:browser.contentblocking.report.hide_vpn_banner and click the right button to make it true.
browser.vpn_promo.enabled to be set to falsebrowser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.disable-captive-portal-vpn-promo se to true
In Firefox, in the Ublock Origin Addon go to its settings and then enable the AdGuard URL Tracking Protection and AdGuard Annoyances.
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Hi there planet earth,
The Universe here. Just wanted to check how you are.
Oh...I see you still fighting. Dead creatures, impoverished ones, mountains of waste, conflicts, biodiversity loss, inequality, suffering....
Nevermind, I was looking for some intelligence.
Bye.
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Never forget this image:
We are tiny and fragile. And we are all on the same spaceship. Fighting with each other, polluting, destroying ourselves and the spaceship with its ecosystems, is a sign of a primitive species.
Technologically we are advanced. Morally, primitive still. We look for signs of intelligent life out there, but there seem to be none in here.
We have created a system of "politics" that is a mere fashion show. We do not know what is true anymore, nor that we ever knew. Science is here to help, but the incentive to trade made us merchants and consumers, so the value is in how much we acquire. Science is thus, mainly a tool to help us sell more. Build taller buildings for richer humans, make thinner smart-phones for stupid-consumers; better tanks and rockets to destroy the others: more plastic, more livestock, more of the same products wrapped in different wrappers, all on the backs of our capable technology.
Science tells us that we are all one, connected through evolution, entangled with the universe. Atoms, cells, planets. But who has the time to embrace this reality when we are all rats in a trade-race!?
Conquerors, emperors, politicians, are self delusional. Even their victories are momentary. We should, by now, go at war with cancer, pollution, biodiversity loss, homelessness, other diseases, asteroids....not with each other.
Your tanks and missiles won't bring peace.
Your lies and fake news don't exist.
Your words are swords, that only cut
A world of wars, online or not.
And even those who use no sword,
Their words are empty, their actions fold.
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Here's a channel you can follow on our Peertube instance: Be Brave To Act videos.trom.tf/c/soberpirate/v… made by @Dima !
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
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We are testing a trade-free Zoom replacement called Jitsi Meet at call.trom.tf/ - currently Firefox has a bug and may not work so try it with chromium based browsers. We recommend Ungoogled Chromium tromjaro.com/ungoogled-chromiu…
Let us know if and how it works. Big thanks to @yunohost for providing it as a package. #ŧromlive
We have some 430 users on chat.trom.tf, some 400 on social.trom.tf, some 850 on videos.trom.tf, some 100 on files.trom.tf. Super happy to be able to help s many people with trade-free services. Feel free to use them! And consider a donation if you can tromsite.com/donate/
Bringing the latest Manjaro updates, plus:
The new long term release (LTS) one. This is an event that should happen every few years and it is nothing that you, the user, should be bothered much about. The Kernel is the foundation of Linux and it works beneath all that. So, if you are a current TROMjaro user here’s how to do it:
install for the 5.15 one that’s also labeled as LTS and Recommended:Select the Advanced Options and then select the kernel 5.15 (not fallback).
That’s all. From now on you’ll use the latest kernel.
Go to .config/gtk-3.0/ and edit the file gtk.css. The /* Taller or wider buttons */ part of it.
To be as such:
<pre><code class="lang-auto"> #docklike-plugin button {
min-height: 48px;
min-width: 20px;
}
</code></pre>
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Here are two videos describing very well the US, a land of the "free". First is a fictional story link.trom.tf/gUY_y - about how US is a prison, of course alongside all other tribes. The fiction is inspired (if not copied) from reality.
Second video link.trom.tf/tKnoj shows the USA being a monster and abuser. Torturing some, in ways that look barbarian even for the most primitive cultures out there.
USA is not an exception. It is the rule.
This society of primitive separation, of constant trade frenzy, made humans into mindless and aggressive creatures. #tromlive
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Fix libadwaita theme issue forum.tromjaro.com/t/fix-libad…
Because Gnome tries to break the bond between apps and the system, we have a simple fix for now in regards to theming. #tromlive
The new libadwaita approach to the Gnome themes is breaking the design for any custom theme that you have on your system.TROMjaro Forum
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Finally we are going to discuss interesting ideas as to how we can organize our societies here on planet earth with taking care of everyone and without destroying the environment.videos.trom.tf
We have scheduled over 70 new trade-free apps for our TROMjaro Library here tromjaro.com/apps/ . One app a day. For the next 2+ months. If you want to get notifications for that, see tromjaro.com/follow/ .
We have over 650 trade-free apps in our library. #tromlive
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TROM Live – tromsite.com/live/
If you want to stay up to date with the work that we do behind the scenes, you can check these live updates from any tromsite.com page (click the top TROM logo). You can also click on people’s names to go to their personal online places and can follow them all individually (on the feediverse). Mind you, these updates might be a bit delayed since they are pulled from the feediverse accounts via an RSS source.
Our custom searches for TROMjaro - forum.tromjaro.com/t/custom-se…
From the menu or app finder, you can easily search for news online, images, videos, scientific articles, or even to download files. All trade-free. check it out! #tromlive
Our menu supports custom searches. They work by default in all current TROMjaro releases. But for those that do not have them, here’s how to get them.TROMjaro Forum
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This is a quick release to push our more reliable and a lot more awesome Layout Switch that looks like this:
6 layouts. Diverse enough I’d say.
Windows like; MX Linux like, Unity like, MacOS like, Gnome like, and TopX like. I do not know what TopX is haha, but I did not know how to name it 
Some things to note, we do not have 2 Unity layouts anymore, but 1. And it is kinda the original TROMjaro layout, with top bar integration and all that. For consistency purposes and for less confusion.
Here’s how to implement it on your system:
zenityyad . Both from Add/Remove Software..local/bin/ and replace the layout-switch script (the insides of it - open with a text editor) with this:<pre><code class="lang-auto">#! /bin/bash
data="$HOME"/.local/share/tromjaro-layouts
icons=$data/icons
profiles=$data/profiles
enable-global-menus() {
pacman -Qq vala-panel-appmenu-registrar ||
zensu SKIP_AUTOSNAP= pacman -S --noconfirm vala-panel-appmenu-registrar ||
{ notify-send 'Error' 'failed installing vala-panel-appmenu-registrar !\nmake sure you type the correct password\nEnabling the internet connection might solve the issue'; exit; }
pacman -Qq vala-panel-appmenu-registrar || exit
}
disable-global-menus() {
! pacman -Qq vala-panel-appmenu-registrar ||
zensu SKIP_AUTOSNAP= pacman -R --noconfirm vala-panel-appmenu-registrar ||
{ notify-send 'Error' 'failed removing vala-panel-appmenu-registrar !\nmake sure you type the correct password'; exit; }
pacman -Qq vala-panel-appmenu-registrar && exit
killall appmenu-registrar &
}
choice=$(
yad --no-buttons --center --keep-icon-size --separator='' --use-interp --title 'Layout Switch' --text-align=center --text 'Changing to or from any layout that has global menus, will require your admin password' --form --columns 3 \
--field=!"$icons/windows.png"!'Windows-Like':BTN "kill -USR1 \$YAD_PID; echo -n 'Windows-Like'" \
--field=!"$icons/macos.png"!'MacOS-Like':BTN "kill -USR1 \$YAD_PID; echo -n 'MacOS-Like'" \
--field=!"$icons/mx.png"!'MX-Like':BTN "kill -USR1 \$YAD_PID; echo -n 'MX-Like'" \
--field=!"$icons/gnome.png"!'Gnome-Like':BTN "kill -USR1 \$YAD_PID; echo -n 'Gnome-Like'" \
--field=!"$icons/unity.png"!'Unity-Like /default/':BTN "kill -USR1 \$YAD_PID; echo -n 'Unity-Like /default/'" \
--field=!"$icons/topx.png"!'TopX-Like':BTN "kill -USR1 \$YAD_PID; echo -n 'TopX-Like'"
)
case "$choice" in
'Windows-Like')
disable-global-menus
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/borderless_maximize -n -t bool -s true &
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/titleless_maximize -n -t bool -s false &
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/button_layout -n -t string -s "|HMC" &
xfce4-panel-profiles load "$profiles"/Windows-Like.tar.bz2 & ;;
'Unity-Like /default/')
enable-global-menus
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/borderless_maximize -n -t bool -s true &
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/titleless_maximize -n -t bool -s true &
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/button_layout -n -t string -s "CMH|" &
xfce4-panel-profiles load "$profiles"/Unity-Like.tar.bz2 & ;;
'MX-Like')
disable-global-menus
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/borderless_maximize -n -t bool -s true &
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/titleless_maximize -n -t bool -s false &
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/button_layout -n -t string -s "|HMC" &
xfce4-panel-profiles load "$profiles"/MX-Like.tar.bz2 & ;;
'MacOS-Like')
enable-global-menus
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/borderless_maximize -n -t bool -s true &
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/titleless_maximize -n -t bool -s true &
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/button_layout -n -t string -s "CMH|" &
xfce4-panel-profiles load "$profiles"/MacOS-Like.tar.bz2 & ;;
'Gnome-Like')
disable-global-menus
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/borderless_maximize -n -t bool -s true &
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/titleless_maximize -n -t bool -s false &
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/button_layout -n -t string -s "|HMC" &
xfce4-panel-profiles load "$profiles"/Gnome-Like.tar.bz2 & ;;
'TopX-Like')
disable-global-menus
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/borderless_maximize -n -t bool -s true &
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/titleless_maximize -n -t bool -s false &
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/button_layout -n -t string -s "|HMC" &
xfce4-panel-profiles load "$profiles"/TopX-Like.tar.bz2 & ;;
*) exit ;;
esac
sleep 5 && notify-send "$choice layout was enabled"
</code></pre>
tromjaro-layouts. Copy the folder from it, to .local/share/themes folder. Copy to the same exact location.And that’s it! Take advantage of the Layout Switch!
Grab the ISO form here.
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Here it is a quick TROMjaro release with the awesome Layout Switch:
Six layouts:
- Windows
- MX Linux
- Unity
- Mac OS
- Gnome
- TOPX
The switch is much faster and reliable than before. Thanks again to @Future is FOSS !!
From now one we hope no more big changes. Keep TROMjaro stable and awesome. The only big changes will be:
- Maybe moving from Firefox to Librewolf
- Adding a few webapps for videoneat.com and such
- Creating packages for all of our scripts (4-5 or so packages)
Enjoy a trade-free Operating system! #tromlive
Access thousands of our TROM Memes, trade-free. Save them. Share them. Click the “randomize” button for fun!
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We are working on making our TROMjaro Layout Switch app even more awesome. Thanks to @Future is FOSS mostly. Here's how it is starting to look like:
Click a layout and switch. Unity, Gnome, Windows, ChromeOS, MacOS. You choose 😀 . #tromimg
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With this update we are moving to a new and better theme, and we are solidifying our Layout Switch app to include several layouts.
This is how TROMjaro looks like now:
This is the first time we are changing the default theme. From the beginning we have used the Vimix theme - more info here Vimix Theme – TROM-Jaro - and although the theme is great, it lacks proper support for XFCE and so certain elements were not properly designed, such as save/import windows for certain apps. It was also looking a bit outdated and “boring”. The new theme is called Skeuos and you can install it from the Add/Remove Software or from our library here Skeuos Theme – TROM-Jaro . This theme has a much better design, and buttons or other elements are nicer overall and stand out more. Here it is with the light version:
It has some 10 variations of colors, so as many options as the Vimix theme in that regard.
So if you too want to change to this new theme, install it, then select the Skeuos Dark Green theme from Appearance and also from Window Manager.
You can also change the login screen theme via Lightdm:
We’ve also changed a bit the theme for Firefox’s new tab to match the system’s theme:
Now if you also use the virtual keyboard then let’s make that one match our new style too. Open the Virtual Keyboard Settings and select this theme:
Lastly you can change the HUD theme too. Go to File System, then /usr/share/rofi/themes/ and open as root the file tromjaro.rasi. Replace all of its insides with this:
<pre><code class="lang-auto">/* ==========================================================================
Rofi color theme
Based on the Gruvbox color scheme for Vim by morhetz
github.com/morhetz/gruvbox
File: gruvbox-dark-soft.rasi
Desc: Gruvbox dark (soft contrast) color theme for Rofi
Author: bardisty <b@bah.im>
Source: github.com/bardisty/gruvbox-ro…
Modified: Mon Feb 12 2018 06:04:37 PST -0800
========================================================================== */
* {
/* Theme settings */
highlight: bold italic;
scrollbar: true;
/* Gruvbox dark colors */
gruvbox-dark-bg0-soft: #1a1d23;
gruvbox-dark-bg1: #292c37;
gruvbox-dark-bg3: #32876f;
gruvbox-dark-fg0: #ffffff;
gruvbox-dark-fg1: #ffffff;
gruvbox-dark-red-dark: #cc241d;
gruvbox-dark-red-light: #fb4934;
gruvbox-dark-yellow-dark: #d79921;
gruvbox-dark-yellow-light: #fabd2f;
gruvbox-dark-gray: #5ba58e;
/* Theme colors */
background: @gruvbox-dark-bg0-soft;
background-color: @background;
foreground: @gruvbox-dark-fg1;
border-color: @gruvbox-dark-gray;
separatorcolor: @border-color;
scrollbar-handle: @border-color;
normal-background: @background;
normal-foreground: @foreground;
alternate-normal-background: @gruvbox-dark-bg1;
alternate-normal-foreground: @foreground;
selected-normal-background: @gruvbox-dark-bg3;
selected-normal-foreground: @gruvbox-dark-fg0;
active-background: @gruvbox-dark-yellow-dark;
active-foreground: @background;
alternate-active-background: @active-background;
alternate-active-foreground: @active-foreground;
selected-active-background: @gruvbox-dark-yellow-light;
selected-active-foreground: @active-foreground;
urgent-background: @gruvbox-dark-red-dark;
urgent-foreground: @background;
alternate-urgent-background: @urgent-background;
alternate-urgent-foreground: @urgent-foreground;
selected-urgent-background: @gruvbox-dark-red-light;
selected-urgent-foreground: @urgent-foreground;
}
@import "gruvbox-common.rasi"
</code></pre>
We are getting more serious about the layout switcher. So instead of TROMjaro Classic and Modern, we are now switching to multiple layouts that replicate most well known and diverse layouts in the operating systems’ world:
These are the current 4 designs. Actually 5.
The Unity design. Replicating what Ubuntu introduced a few years ago called Unity. It was a great desktop layout and we’ve been using it with TROMjaro as default from the beginning. You have 2 options: with or without global menus. Just so that we please everyone.
Side note: we have moved the window buttons to the right side and we do not merge the top window bar with the top desktop panel when windows are maximized. Why? For one because the new theme that we use does not have a theme for the top panel buttons and we may end up with different window buttons; second is that for many new apps, especially Gnome ones, there is no top bar for windows to begin with…and XFCE is switching to those kind of windows too…so it makes no sense to do this. And third, because on multiple screen setups this was kinda strange. Since it was a bit of a trick, and when a window was maximized it was not displaying the top bar, then the top desktop panel had to display some window buttons so that you can still manage that maximized window. But on multiple screens if you lacked the top panel on one of your screens then you would end up with a window that has no window top bar or buttons on that particular screen. So you had to use the main screen to control a maximized window.
In any case, if you want to bring that back it is damn easy.
A. Right click the top panel and add a new item called: Window Header Buttons.
B. In Window Manager Tweaks select these two:
Back to our Layout Switch:
Top Left is Unity and you can have it with or without the global menus.
Gnome. With the bottom apps bar that auto-hides, top center clock, and all that.
Windows. Replicating as much as possible a Windows like layout. 1 single panel.
ChromeOS. Similar to the Windows layout but with the apps in the center.
These are the most diverse layouts out there and everything else seems to be a simple variation of these. For example if you want the Gnome layout but with the apps panel to the left and not bottom, all you have to do is right click the bottom panel and select it to be vertical, then move it to the left. I see no point at making any new layout if the differences between the new and the current are versions are very minute. But we may add new layouts in the future.
Ok. So how do you get this?
If you already have the TROMjaro Layout Switch then let’s properly remove that. Go to .local/bin/ and delete the TROMjaro Layout Switch file. Now go to your File System (open the file manager) and then to /usr/lib/vala-panel/. Open this folder as root (right click). See if there is any file called appmenu-registrar.OFF with the OFF at the end. If it is, delete it.
Now go back to .local/bin/ and create a new empty file. Name it layout-switch and add this to it:
<pre><code class="lang-auto">#! /bin/bash
choice=$(zenity --width=400 --height=275 --list --radiolist --title 'Layout Switch' --text 'Changing to or from any layout that has global menus, will require your admin password' --column 'Select' --column 'Layout' FALSE 'Windows-Like' FALSE 'Unity-Like with Global Menus (default)' FALSE 'Unity-Like' FALSE 'Gnome-Like' FALSE 'ChromeOS-Like')
case "$choice" in
'Windows-Like')
! pacman -Qq vala-panel-appmenu-registrar ||
zensu SKIP_AUTOSNAP= pacman -R --noconfirm vala-panel-appmenu-registrar ||
{ notify-send 'Error' 'failed removing vala-panel-appmenu-registrar !'; exit; }
pacman -Qq vala-panel-appmenu-registrar && exit
killall appmenu-registrar &
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/borderless_maximize -n -t bool -s true &
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/button_layout -n -t string -s "|HMC" &
xfce4-panel-profiles load ~/.local/share/tromjaro-layouts/Windows-Like.tar.bz2 & ;;
'Unity-Like with Global Menus (default)')
pacman -Qq vala-panel-appmenu-registrar ||
zensu SKIP_AUTOSNAP= pacman -S --noconfirm vala-panel-appmenu-registrar ||
{ notify-send 'Error' 'failed installing vala-panel-appmenu-registrar !\Enabling the internet connection might solve the issue'; exit; }
pacman -Qq vala-panel-appmenu-registrar || exit
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/borderless_maximize -n -t bool -s true &
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/button_layout -n -t string -s "|HMC" &
xfce4-panel-profiles load ~/.local/share/tromjaro-layouts/Unity-Like-Menus.tar.bz2 & ;;
'Unity-Like')
! pacman -Qq vala-panel-appmenu-registrar ||
zensu SKIP_AUTOSNAP= pacman -R --noconfirm vala-panel-appmenu-registrar ||
{ notify-send 'Error' 'failed removing vala-panel-appmenu-registrar !'; exit; }
pacman -Qq vala-panel-appmenu-registrar && exit
killall appmenu-registrar &
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/borderless_maximize -n -t bool -s true &
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/button_layout -n -t string -s "|HMC" &
xfce4-panel-profiles load ~/.local/share/tromjaro-layouts/Unity-Like.tar.bz2 & ;;
'Gnome-Like')
! pacman -Qq vala-panel-appmenu-registrar ||
zensu SKIP_AUTOSNAP= pacman -R --noconfirm vala-panel-appmenu-registrar ||
{ notify-send 'Error' 'failed removing vala-panel-appmenu-registrar !'; exit; }
pacman -Qq vala-panel-appmenu-registrar && exit
killall appmenu-registrar &
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/borderless_maximize -n -t bool -s true &
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/button_layout -n -t string -s "|HMC" &
xfce4-panel-profiles load ~/.local/share/tromjaro-layouts/Gnome-Like.tar.bz2 & ;;
'ChromeOS-Like')
! pacman -Qq vala-panel-appmenu-registrar ||
zensu SKIP_AUTOSNAP= pacman -R --noconfirm vala-panel-appmenu-registrar ||
{ notify-send 'Error' 'failed removing vala-panel-appmenu-registrar !'; exit; }
pacman -Qq vala-panel-appmenu-registrar && exit
killall appmenu-registrar &
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/borderless_maximize -n -t bool -s true &
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/button_layout -n -t string -s "|HMC" &
xfce4-panel-profiles load ~/.local/share/tromjaro-layouts/ChromeOS-Like.tar.bz2 & ;;
*) exit ;;
esac
## Reset panels and windows
xfce4-panel -r >/dev/null 2>&1
xfwm4 --replace &
xfce4-panel &
sleep 5 && notify-send "$choice was enabled"
</code></pre>
Save. Now right click the file, then properties, and then Permissions, and check “Allow this file to run as a program”.
Next go to .local/share/applications/ and search for a file named TROMjaro Layout Switch. Delete it. We do not need that. Create a new empty file in that folder called layout-switch.desktop and add these to it:
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.1
Type=Application
Name=Layout Switch
GenericName=Layout Switch
Comment=Change how TROMjaro looks like. Make it look like Unity, Windows, Gnome, and so forth.
Icon=layout-switch
Exec=layout-switch
Categories=DesktopSettings;GTK;Settings;X-XFCE-PersonalSettings;X-XFCE-SettingsDialog;XFCE;
Keywords=settings;layout;toggle;switch;.local/share/icons/Zafiro/apps/scalable/.Lastly you have to grab the profiles that we have created from here and add them all in .local/share/ in a folder called tromjaro-layouts.
That’s it!
Now you can find the Layout Switch app in your apps and in the Settings Manager. It looks like this:
Here it is in action:
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This is a big topic and I am not going into it right now. You can read more about it here. But basically Gnome is pushing a new way to create apps for their Gnome desktop, and this basically forces these apps to have 2 themes, the ones of Gnome, on every system. Dark and Light. So when any of these apps update to this new Gnome workflow, they look like this on any system:
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They do not respect the theme at all. Not the theme, not the buttons. Imagine having 3 buttons for your window system, to the left side, in a particular order. Well these new apps do not give a shit and will have their defaults, like say 1 button to the right. This is infuriating since it breaks the way the Linux system works in terms of usability. If I want a particular theme then every app should respect that. With TROMjaro we struggled to make pretty much 95% of all apps out there, if not more, respect the system’s theme. This is a greater consistency than Pop OS, Ubuntu, KDE Plasma, and most other distros. Read more here.
But we found a hack. At least for now. And that white sheep from the above photo looks like this with our hack:
It respects the theme as it should! However not the window buttons position and type… In this example we are talking about the Touchpad Gestures app, originally named Touche. To fix it go to Menu Editor and search for it. Then in the Command box add this:
sh -c 'env GTK_THEME="$(xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/ThemeName /l)" touche'
And save (circle blue button the the left).
From now on, if you see any app that is not respecting the theme, try to do just that. Say the Gnome Calculator that we have installed as default in TROMjaro will switch to this new Gnome workflow. Search for it in the Menu Editor or simply from the apps menu right click it and edit. See how it is called in the Command box:
Then add the above code sh -c 'env GTK_THEME="$(xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/ThemeName /l)" touche' and replace touche with that name. Such as sh -c 'env GTK_THEME="$(xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/ThemeName /l)" gnome-calculator' .
We will try to fix more and more such apps, but it is not ok…for now at least we found a hack…
We added back the useful xfce4-appfinder. The apps menu that you see on the panels is very useful, but for keyboard centric humans it is useful to press a keyboard key and have the apps and a search bar to the center of the screen, as such:
To use the same layout click the preferences button then do these:
We have also integrated the custom searches that you can find in the apps menu and can read more about here. Here they are (all have to be added with Type - Prefix as such):
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<pre><code class="lang-auto"> wiki
exo-open --launch WebBrowser en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%s
</code></pre> <pre><code class="lang-auto"> help
exo-open --launch WebBrowser forum.tromjaro.com/search?q=%s
</code></pre> <pre><code class="lang-auto"> tf
exo-open --launch WebBrowser directory.trade-free.org/?s=%s
</code></pre> <pre><code class="lang-auto"> edu
exo-open --launch WebBrowser videoneat.com/?s=%s
</code></pre> <pre><code class="lang-auto"> science
exo-open --launch WebBrowser search.trom.tf/search?q=%s&…
</code></pre> <pre><code class="lang-auto"> news
exo-open --launch WebBrowser search.trom.tf/search?q=%s&…
</code></pre> <pre><code class="lang-auto"> map
exo-open --launch WebBrowser maps.trom.tf/#q=%s
</code></pre> <pre><code class="lang-auto"> download
exo-open --launch WebBrowser search.trom.tf/search?q=%s&…
</code></pre> <pre><code class="lang-auto"> image
exo-open --launch WebBrowser search.trom.tf/search?q=%s&…
</code></pre> <pre><code class="lang-auto"> video
exo-open --launch WebBrowser ytb.trom.tf/search?q=%s
</code></pre> <pre><code class="lang-auto"> files
catfish --path=~ --start %s
</code></pre> <pre><code class="lang-auto"> web
exo-open --launch WebBrowser search.trom.tf/search?q=%s
</code></pre>
Although TROMjaro does not rely on the terminal, why not have a great one anyway!?
You can read here all of the cool stuff about this:
Colors are enabled by default where possible so that its easy on your eyes. Pacman command & Man pages will now be colorful and easier to read
Syntax highlighting is enabled by default in zsh, this makes your command line very user friendly
There is an optional vim mode for users who like vim keybindings. This setting is disabled my default, but you can easily enable it by uncommenting the line that says vim_mode=True.
The new prompt in zsh is simplistic and user friendly. It also gives you info about the exit status of the previous command. If the command completed successfully, it’ll look normal but if the previous command completed with errors then your prompt shows red, and at the right edge of your terminal you can see the exit status inside square brackets [].
echo in the terminal and then press the up arrow, it’ll search for previous commands from your history that starts with echo and move through them. If you don’t type anything or if your cursor is at the beginning of the prompt, then moving up through history works like normal. If you want, you can override this behavior even when you have something typed - just press shift + up arrow instead of simply up arrow. All of these same things apply to the down arrow as well ofc 
You can move to a directory just by typing the name of it, no need to precede it with the cd command before it. This makes it a little bit faster for you to navigate inside the terminal.
We’ve added a function called chtsh in zsh that uses the cheat.sh/c/releases.rss project to get a cheat sheet of the commands you want. For example, if you wanna know the basics of the command ffmpeg, you can just type chtsh ffmpeg to get a cheat sheet showing you the most common use cases of that program. Please note that this requires an internet connection to work.
We’ve added in some aliases by default that we think are useful. cp & mv commands will prompt you before overwriting a file, and rm will prompt you once before removing more than 3 files, or when removing recursively - This is to prevent users from accidentally doing something they don’t want. ls, df & du commands will use human-readable sizes. Commands are also Colorized where possible
ls in your terminal followed by a space, then press the tab key twice to get inside the menu. Now you’re free to move around this menu using arrow keys ! When you find the file/folder you want, just press enter to type it out.zsh-autosuggestions plugin will show you automatic suggestions from your history based on the words you type. If its showing you the correct suggestion you want, just press the right arrow key and it’ll automatically type that out for you.And here’s how to do it. Step by step.
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.zshrc”.
Make sure it has that dot in front of the name. Add this to the file:
<pre><code class="lang-auto">
`# Enable vi mode - you can uncomment the line below to enable vim keybindings`
`#vim_mode=True`
``
`# Enable colors and change prompt:`
`autoload -U colors && colors # Load colors`
`# Maia prompt`
`PROMPT="%B%{$fg[cyan]%}%(4~|%-1~/.../%2~|%~)%u%b >%{$fg[cyan]%}>%B%(?.%{$fg[cyan]%}.%{$fg[red]%})>%{$reset_color%}%b "`
`RPROMPT="%{$fg[red]%} %(?..[%?])"`
``
`setopt autocd # Automatically cd into typed directory.`
`stty stop undef # Disable ctrl-s to freeze terminal.`
`setopt interactive_comments`
``
`# Enable command history`
`HISTFILE=~/.zsh_history`
`HISTSIZE=10000000`
`SAVEHIST=10000000`
`setopt histignorealldups # Ignore duplicates in history`
`setopt HIST_IGNORE_SPACE # Ignore commands that begin with a space in history`
``
`# Online cheat sheet`
`chtsh () {`
`
ping -c 1 cheat.sh >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo 'Cannot connect
to cheat.sh !\nCheck your internet connection'; return 1 }`
`
curl -s "cheat.sh/$1" | less -P "\ Cheat\ sheet\ ?ltline\ %lt?L/%L.:
byte\ %bB?s/%s..?\ (END):?pB\ %pB\\%.. (press h for help or q to quit)"`
`}`
``
`# Aliases`
``
`alias cp="cp -iv" # Prompt before overwrite`
`alias mv="mv -iv" # Prompt before overwrite`
`alias rm="rm -vI" # Prompt once before removing more than 3 files, or when removing recursively`
`alias ffmpeg="ffmpeg -hide_banner" # Suppress printing banner`
`alias df="df -h" # human-readable sizes`
`alias du="du -h" # human-readable sizes`
``
`# Colorize commands when possible`
`alias ls="ls -h --color=auto --group-directories-first" # human-readable sizes, group directories before files`
`alias grep="grep --color=auto"`
`alias egrep="egrep --colour=auto"`
`alias fgrep="fgrep --colour=auto"`
`alias diff="diff --color=auto"`
`alias pacman="pacman --color=auto"`
``
`# Basic auto/tab complete:`
`autoload -U compinit`
`zstyle ':completion:*' menu select`
`zmodload zsh/complist`
`compinit`
`_comp_options+=(globdots) # Include hidden files.`
`zstyle ':completion:*' matcher-list 'm:{a-zA-Z}={A-Za-z}' # Case insensitive tab completion`
`source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.plugin.zsh 2>/dev/null`
``
`# Change cursor shape for different vi modes.`
`function zle-keymap-select () {`
` case $KEYMAP in`
` vicmd) echo -ne '\e[2 q';; # block`
` viins|main) echo -ne '\e[6 q';; # beam`
` esac`
`}`
`zle-line-init() {`
` zle -K viins # initiate `vi insert` as keymap (can be removed if `bindkey -V` has been set elsewhere)`
` echo -ne "\e[6 q"`
`}`
``
``
`[ "$vim_mode" = 'True' ] &&`
` { bindkey -v`
` export KEYTIMEOUT=1`
` bindkey -v '^?' backward-delete-char`
` zle -N zle-keymap-select`
` zle -N zle-line-init`
` echo -ne '\e[6 q' # Use beam shape cursor on startup.`
` preexec() { echo -ne '\e[6 q' ;} # Use beam shape cursor for each new prompt.`
``
` # Use vim keys in tab complete menu:`
` bindkey -M menuselect 'h' vi-backward-char`
` bindkey -M menuselect 'k' vi-up-line-or-history`
` bindkey -M menuselect 'l' vi-forward-char`
` bindkey -M menuselect 'j' vi-down-line-or-history`
`}`
`unset vim_mode`
``
`# History beginning search`
`bindkey '^[[A' history-beginning-search-backward`
`bindkey '^[[B' history-beginning-search-forward`
`bindkey '^[[1;2A' up-line-or-history`
`bindkey '^[[1;2B' down-line-or-history`
`bindkey -a '^[[A' history-beginning-search-backward`
`bindkey -a '^[[B' history-beginning-search-forward`
`bindkey -a 'k' history-beginning-search-backward`
`bindkey -a 'j' history-beginning-search-forward`
`bindkey -a 'K' vi-up-line-or-history`
`bindkey -a 'J' vi-down-line-or-history`
``
`bindkey '^[[3~' delete-char; bindkey -a '^[[3~' delete-char # Make delete key work as expected`
``
`# Load syntax highlighting; should be last.`
`source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.plugin.zsh 2>/dev/null`
</code></pre>
<pre><code class="lang-auto"># Show color output in less
export LESS=-R
export LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\e[1;31m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\e[1;36m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\e[0m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\e[01;44;33m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\e[0m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\e[1;32m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\e[0m'
</code></pre>
Make sure the zsh package is installed on your machine (via Add/Remove Software). If it is not, install it. Then open the Terminal and paste this:
chsh -s /bin/zsh
Hit Enter. Restart your computer to be sure it will change it.
zsh-syntax-highlighting and zsh-autosuggestions from the same Add/Remove Software.
openrgb if it doesn’t work. Find it in Add/Remove Software, click it, then click reinstall.tlp package via the same Add/Remove Software.
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This is the end result: And here’s the video tutorial: Grab the XFCE Pop OS Theme from here. And the wallpaper from here. And from here you can grab the Panel Profile.TROMjaro Forum
Before we continue with our mission to find a way how we can organize those people on mars in a way that is beneficial for both the people and planet, we need to look at the state of planet earth today.videos.trom.tf
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The TROM documentary is trying to present, in a simplistic way, the world in which we, human beings, live. We try to present the world that was discovered so far through the lenses of science: from the evolution of everything (including us) to the monetary system (the game we currently play), to a different kind of world that we could build for the benefit of us all, then back to Earth. We are trying to present alternative solutions to current problems and take into account the future, which promises to be more than interesting. An informative documentary, perhaps shocking and disturbing to many, depending on how you digest the information. The documentary is divided into chapters and sub-chapters due to the documentary’s excessive length (14 hours) and all the parts are connected so we recommend that you see them in order.
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This may be overwhelming but take it easy. Step by step. Get used to it. You'll see the benefits for sure!
You see, people think that we should dream about a Resource Based Economy, follow TVP or the like. Let's build a new society, a city, a community...
Ok, go about doing those, although they seem quite unachievable. Society doesn't change like that, it evolves, and emerges. We have to focus on what the problem is, not what the solution is, because solutions follow problems. And they are multiple.
In any case, if we do not take care of people's brains then we go nowhere. If most people spend their time on facebook, twitter, youtube, netflix, and the like, consuming like consumers, trading their attention and overall brain for nonsense content, then we cannot build anything. We cannot even start a discussion about creating a different society.
So here's where TROM comes in and helps. Since the human brains are mostly exposed to the online world, we are building a different online world for these brains.
Listen! Here's how you can take care of your brain and your friends' brain.
1. Start with your device. If you use a mobile phone then we can't help you for now, but maybe in the near future. For now you can replace your computer operating system with TROMjaro. tromjaro.com/ . This operating system is fast, easy to use, customizable, stable, and removes all of the bullshit. No more ads, trackers, no more trades. It comes with a plethora of useful tools and features out of the box. It is the basis of your digital world, the foundation.
Use our library of trade-free apps if you are searching for a particular app tromjaro.com/apps/. Click install. That's all!
2. Read our books. They are well sourced and a direct attack to and a dissection of this society. tromsite.com/books/ . Click and read. You can also download them in PDF.
3. Watch our videos. We put a ton of effort into these and are on the same par with our books. tromsite.com/videos/ . Click any and play.
4. Stay informed with sane news. tromnews.com/ - we put a lot of effort into this one to bring you nonstop news from all around the world. No political bullshit. There are several sections there so you can also watch a ton of curated educational videos, amazing photos of our world, and more. Use TROMnews as your daily brain food.
5. Give up movies and switch to documentaries. If you think this is irrelevant, stupid, or boring, then you do not understand how important it is to fill your brain with real and awesome information. Documentaries are not boring if you watch the right ones. Reality is unbelievable. And important. Via videoneat.com/ we make thousands of such materials available as trade-free. We have documentaries and courses. Give them a try. We hand curate them.
We even have a Smart TV that takes these materials and streams them nonstop. See videoneat.com/tv/
6. Give up these ad-platforms that call themselves as "social networks" like facebook, twitter, youtube, and the like. If you want to create posts and share with friends, keep in touch with them and all that, use our social platform social.trom.tf/ . No ads no bullshit. You are in control. Learn more about it here trom.tf/social/. And if you want to upload your science/technology/activism videos use our video platform videos.trom.tf/ . Again, no ads no bullshit. No trades. The more you spend your time on those ad-networks, the more mush your brain becomes, thirsty for consumerism, lacking awareness, not understanding what is happening in the world, and wanting more nonsense content. Don't let that happen! This move can seem hard, but do it! Else you'll become like the rest.
7. Give up the basic internet tools you are using that are consuming yourself. Slack, Google services, search engines, etc. See our trom.tf/ where we have a ton of such alternatives that work great. Also see our Trade-Free Directory directory.trade-free.org/ where you can search for more such tools. From messengers to search engines, you name it!
You TZM, TVP, and the like people, use the TROM decentralized chat chat.trom.tf/ instead of the BS Discord, use our Files files.trom.tf/ for your documents and collaborations, use our Send to send files send.trom.tf/, and so forth. We built these tools for you and everyone else.
Ok.
We do a massive amount of work to create a different world for the brain. One that's realistic, honest, smart, sharp, alert, and one that can see the world for its amazingness, and the society for its awfulness.
If you do not get why this is important, then you don't get it. We run this entire alternative digital universe with some 200 Euros a month...so if you can help us keep it, please also consider a donation - tromsite.com/donate/
We work on a new big documentary and more tools.
Help yourself! #tromlive
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For example we contacted TZM, Peter Joseph, and others to ask them to move from the ad-networks to the networks we have that are trade-free. But no response. And I think they do not see the value in this. We have to showcase to the others that there are trade-free alternatives out there and maybe we can build more of them. But if you guys and others fighting this nonsense society, feel it is difficult to merely change your online presence to a saner alternative, how can we change this society? I am glad to see you on the Fediverse. What is the TZM Community Forum?
So in essence if we bring people to these alternative networks we also make a point about how facebook and the like are "bad" and why they are "bad" (because you have to trade with them - your data, attention, currency - and this incentivizes them to do a lot of "bad"); and at the same time we showcase that we can create trade-free social networks that are decentralized. We showcase how alternatives do work. Not to mention that we can keep people a bit more sane by nit having to use those ad-networks.
Oh that's very nice! We should then keep in touch. We do a lot in that regard. We have a ton of tools and such. We can help each other ion that regards ofc. I like that you have Jitsi Meet on your server, it is something we do not have. We are on Matrix so if you wanna join our Discussion chat here matrix.to/#/#chat:matrix.trom.… - we can give you some tips if you want, and help here and there to setup some open source services on your server.
We see the value in the open source not simply because it is open, but because many such projects are trade-free. They do not want anything in return from you, the end user. And that creates better incentives overall.
Our menu supports custom searches. If you type in the Menu: “web” and then something say “web how many people are on earth?” and press enter, it will open our trade-free search engine and it will search for “how many people are on earth?”.TROMjaro Forum
First they blamed the gods, then they blamed the kings. Then they blamed the politicians and the rich, and at times the others, or even themselves. And now they blame social media and algorithms.
But it was none's fault.
Gods do not exist. Kings want more for themselves because of an inherited practice of winning the game of trade, on the backs of enslaved humans. Their values were distorted, their power was immense, their means of acquiring were primitive, relying on human labor.
The politicians are just talking heads for the richest of the game of trade. They are the "elected kings" of today. All they say is emptiness, all they do is nothingness. All they want is to keep the game of trade alive by any means, because that's all they know, because that's what helps their own cause.
The rich are the best players of today. They managed to win the game of trade, and the game itself makes them addicted to it. They will always want more and more, with little regard for the others or the planet. Their values are as distorted as those of kings.
To blame others or yourself for the misery of today, it is as true as blaming the gods in the past. You and others exist, but your behavior does not, unless there is an environment that creates it. And if you do not see trade as that environment, then you might as well blame the gods again.
The latest blame-game of today is to blame the social media and the algorithms. The modern gods who know everything we do and influence us on a daily basis. But the same way that gods are a man made creation, social networks are a man made creation, and they are created in their own image. In the same way that god is jealous when you pray to other gods, and wants to punish people for bad behaviors, social media and algorithms are a reflection or today's trade-based society: they want to trade with you and win at this game. They want more of your currency, time, data, attention. And they are created by humans. As simple as that.
The kings, the rich, the politicians, algorithms and social media....the you and the others....are not to blame. All are a product of this trade-based environment that forces us to trade trade trade, and thus consume more, grab more for ourselves, lie, deceive, corrupt or be corrupted. Care little about anything but trading this for that. Accumulate and waste.
Unless this environment changes, nothing will change.
A new TROMjaro ISO is out. I still hope to reach more stability in terms of releases. Meaning, to release less often and with less changes. But all of what we do is improvement and making TROMjaro better. Here are the new changes:
Due to a phyton update a few packages need to be rebuilt. For the current TROMjaro users please find in your Add/Remove Software the following and choose to reinstall: easystroke, mate-hud, riseup-vpn, syncthing-gtk-python3.
Right click any panel, then panel preferences, and in the appearance tab disable the Dark Mode. This is more suitable for when you switch to lighter themes.
The script for refreshing the desktop got a tiny addition that prevents it from crashing at times. Go to .local/bin and edit with a text editor the file refresh-xfce. Remove what is there and add this:
<pre><code class="lang-auto">#!/bin/bash
xfce4-panel -r && xfwm4 --replace && xfce4-panel
</code></pre>
For a better consistency change the menu icon - right click it, then properties, then appearance, then click the icon. Change it to org.xfce.panel.whiskermenu. Now go and grab our patched icons from here and add all of those icons to your .local/share/icons/Zafiro/apps/scalable/ folder.
If you remember we created a TROMjaro Classic at one point. It looked like this:
With a single bottom panel. This layout was more consistent than the default TROMjaro one. But because I am so busy I could not maintain 2 ISOs. Now we have a great and simple solution to bring back that layout. We have created the TROMjaro Layout Toggle. Look at it in action (the video is not that great because my computer is struggling with so many tasks I am giving to him):
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A simple layout toggle! To do this on your system, you have to have 3 packages installed (search in Add/Remove Software for them): zenity, zensu, xfce4-panel-profiles. After you install them go to the folder .local/share/applications/ and create a new empty text file. Name it tromjaro-layout-toggle.desktop and add this inside of it:
<pre><code class="lang-auto">[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.1
Type=Application
Name=TROMjaro Layout Toggle
GenericName=TROMjaro Layout Toggle
Comment=Change the layout between TROMjaro Classic and TROMjaro Modern
Icon=global-menu-and-hud
Exec=tromjaro-layout-toggle
Categories=DesktopSettings;GTK;Settings;X-XFCE-PersonalSettings;X-XFCE-SettingsDialog;XFCE;
Keywords=settings;layout;toggle;switch;
</code></pre>
Save.
Next you need the profiles we made for the two layouts. Download the two archives from here. And put them in .local/share/xfce4-panel-profiles/. If you do not have that folder, create it.
That’s it! You can now find the TROMjaro Layout Toggle in your menu and in the Settings Manager.
The XFCE Panel Profiles, what we use for this, is an awesome little tool that allows you to switch the panels’ design as you desire, and also save your panel configuration. Basically you can tweak the look of your desktop as you wish, in terms of the panels. Add them up, down, sides, add items to them, tweak those items, etc… And then you can save the config and create more. Then switch between them at will. This is the awesome power of XFCE!
NOTE: Our TROMjaro Layout Toggle uses this tool but is more than that, since we also enable global menus for example. So although you may see our layouts in the Panel Profiles, do not use that for it. Else the global menus may not work. So keep that in mind.
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The TROM documentary is trying to present, in a simplistic way, the world in which we, human beings, live. We try to present the world that was discovered so far through the lenses of science: from the evolution of everything (including us) to the monetary system (the game we currently play), to a different kind of world that we could build for the benefit of us all, then back to Earth. We are trying to present alternative solutions to current problems and take into account the future, which promises to be more than interesting. An informative documentary, perhaps shocking and disturbing to many, depending on how you digest the information. The documentary is divided into chapters and sub-chapters due to the documentary’s excessive length (14 hours) and all the parts are connected so we recommend that you see them in order.
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We are releasing a new experimental feature for VideoNeat.com - The True Smart TV videoneat.com/tv/ - Designed to make people smart, not to collect their data or steal their attention.
All of the VideoNeat library condensed into a single thing. Enjoy growing a human mind, so we can prosper as a human species and move beyond this primitive trade-based society.
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Can TV make people smart ? At least studies that youngest children (beyond 5)looking at TV loose big part of their cognitive, language and motor development.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/255447…
etc...
We recommend that pediatric practitioners explain the impacts of television exposure to parents and caregivers to ensure cognitive, language, and motor development in young children.PubMed
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Is this MacOS?
Niope. It is the trade-free TROMjaro and it is so simple to make TROMjaro look like MacOS. Here's a video tutorial all about that forum.tromjaro.com/t/make-trom… #tromlive.
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in reply to TROM • • •Usually FOSS programs are not so pushy about these things, so its sad to see more services becoming like this.......
I can't really blame them 'cause in this trade based society they are forced to make money to even survive.
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