[Tfug] monitor resolution

[Ian McEwen]

Even when they do create a new tool, as they have here, what's the
reasoning for then making the old tool unusable? Presumably, the new
tool is separate from dpkg-reconfigure and doesn't need to remove
compatibility there in order to be perfectly functional.

Note that I'm a happy Ubuntu user, but I understand the point that
diverging more and more is simply counterproductive.

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 03:23:52PM -0700, Glen Pfeiffer wrote:
> On Wed Jul 16, 2008 at 02:53:17PM -0700, Malcolm Schmerl wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:19:12PM -0700, Glen Pfeiffer wrote:
> > > That is disappointing. I had hoped that Ubuntu would retain 
> > > more compatibility with Debian in system utilities. I was 
> > > already aware that there were enhancements that are not 
> > > compatible, but I did not realize they had removed such 
> > > functionality.
> > >
> > > I am too lazy to learn another way to do all the things 
> > > I've learned on Debian. So I'll probably never setup an 
> > > Ubuntu box for myself or anyone else.
> > 
> > Sorry you feel that way, Glen. What Ubuntu has done is to split the 
> > functions up so that you don't have to go through the keyboard, and 
> > mouse to get at the graphics driver. Easier in my mind.
> 
> Why mess up a tool that works? I would rather them build new 
> tools. Then someone more familiar with Debian could configure  
> Ubuntu boxes without learning a new set of tools. Seems utterly 
> ridiculous to me.
> 
> -- 
> Glen 
> 
> 
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