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 18:49:38 Bret Busby wrote:
> On 20/06/2015, Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> And that is the attitude of software developers, that some software
> engineering lecturers who are worth their salt, warn against, as it
> leads to the disrepute of the IT industry.
Nonsense. It is impossible to produce an OS that everybody likes. Most
people like Windows after all. Use something you like. Don't complain about
something that many of us love and expect it to be changed just to suit you.
There is enough choice out there, after all. Have you tried Ubuntu with Mate?
It sounds as though that might be quite close to something you like. But
find something you like and stop complaining that Debian Stable is stable.
Lisi
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