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Re: Still unable to get external monitor wotking on Debian 6 - was Re: Unable to install nVidia driver on Debian 6 LTS - was - Re: How to boot without GUI



On Friday 19 June 2015 16:54:12 Bret Busby wrote:
> Unfortunately, it appears that once a version of Debian Linux is
> "released" and decreed stable, development of that version and its
> packages, ceases, and it goes into maintenance mode, so that only
> bugfixes and security vulnerabilities, are performed, if they are
> deemed serious enough, and, for the packages that are not abandoned,
> and, development of the version and its packages, is abandoned, like
> when I once worked at a pulp and paper mill, which used to close down
> production for three days every christmas, with only repairs and
> maintenance and cleaning being done, except here, the shutdown of
> production, becomes permanent, and maintenance mode takes over (for as
> long as the maintenance is performed), once a version is decreed
> stable, and "released".

If you don't like it, don't use it.  No-one is making you.

Lisi


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