On Fri, 13 Oct 2017 04:18:29 -0700 Jamie Zawinski <j...@jwz.org> wrote:
> Here's an idea, try running a version of xscreensaver that is not over a year 
> old.
>
> Yes, you have made the mistake of using Debian. I realize that they go out of 
> their way to make that difficult for you. My sympathies.

>


Not to appear antagonistic in any way, but what distro would you suggest for a 
Pentuim 2 with limited RAM?

I fear I'm pretty limited in choices if I wish the thing to run at all.  Using 
Debian it's surprisingly functional, with the exception of web browsing.

Your own site advises, and I quote:

If you are using Debian, you should be able to find a more recent version of

XScreenSaver in their so-called "unstable" 
packages<http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/xscreensaver>. Scroll down, 
find the .deb

package for your architecture, and install that.

Which is exactly what I have done.

I honestly don't fancy compiling from source, I compiled a kernel once on that 
box.

It took a week to complete.

This is doubtless out-of-turn, but have you considered the possibility of 
making .debs available on your site?

I have some sympathy with your position as a developer, I'm sure it's 
frustrating having things you've fixed reported,

Which is why I've used the Debian BTS rather than reporting a bug on your own 
site.

I'm hopeful that having a bug might encourage the version in Sid to get bumped.

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