Hi. On Fri, 19 Jun 2015 23:54:12 +0800 Bret Busby <bret.bu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> As I have, I believe, previously mentioned, I have been trying for > about two years, now, to get Debian working on this computer, so that > it can work with the external monitor. > > The status of Debian Linux, with the computer, is that it is partly > functional, like some printers are apparently partly functional with > Linux. Tough luck. I can recall multiple instances of hardware where Linux did not boot at all. If that particular hardware does not do whatever you need from it - maybe it's time to get a different video card? > 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". You've just quoted the definition of stable. Us, users of stable, like it exactly the way it is. But - nobody is forcing to use it. Don't like stable? Use testing. Or sid. > And so,I have been trying for about two years, to get Debian Linux > workiing on this computer, to the extent that it can, like Ubuntu > 12.04, drive the external monitor, and transfer the display > completely, to the external monitor, when the external monitor is > connected. > > And, I have not yet, been able to achieve that. And then again - if Ubuntu satisfies your needs, why suffer with Debian oldstable? Reco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150619193415.07e3bb5ac8a1142d8777f...@gmail.com