On Tue, 2 May 2017 18:46:34 -0500, David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
>On Tue 02 May 2017 at 12:20:01 (-0700), Larry Dighera wrote: >> On Sun, 30 Apr 2017 21:34:14 -0400, Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net> >> wrote: >> > >> >Even if OP can get the ttys working to his liking, I still think it's very >> >likely a lost cause trying to use Jessie on his hardware. Stretch is very >> >near >> >ready to release, and probably OP's better next move. >> > >> >> In this message thread: >> http://www.udoo.org/forum/threads/debian-jessie-linux-os-installation.6819/ >> others have also suggested Stretch. I looked at the existing bugs: >> https://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/other/testing.html >> https://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/ >> >> Release-critical bugs status >> >> Tue May 2 17:00:00 UTC 2017 >> >> Total number of release-critical bugs: 1649 >> Number that have a patch: 271 >> Number that have a fix prepared and waiting to upload: 38 >> Number that are being ignored: 78 >> Number concerning the current stable release: 699 >> Number concerning the next release: 149 >> ---- >> >> The reason for installing Debian was because I have been impressed with its >> stability and few update issues compared to other Linux flavors I've used, >> so I was/am reluctant to overwrite Jessie with Stretch. > >Scaling up the words of that ridiculous advert: >699 (stable/jessie) is greater than 149 (testing/stretch). > >But, seriously, those figures need a lot of interpreting. > Are you intimating that the current stable Debian release (Jessie) contains ~4.5 times the number of release-critical bugs of stretch!? > >> Given the Udoo team claims to have installed Debian on their hardware, and >> Tails Linux runs on it, I'd prefer to sort out the issues, and see if I >> (we?) can effect a useable system. > >Reference? It's worth posting exactly what they installed; >distribution, kernel version, etc. > I have submitted that question to the Udoo support team, and am awaiting a response. Also, there is a post here http://www.udoo.org/forum/threads/debian-jessie-linux-os-installation.6819/#post-26261 that indicates that "Debian Stretch (debian-stretch-DI-rc3-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso from [https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/stretch_di_rc3/amd64/iso-cd/]) is working much better for me than Jessie..." > >Cheers, >David. Thank you for your interest in this issue, and your kind support. Best regards, Larry