If you choose to use a linux distro, it really should be second nature
to find a repository where software is up to date and add it to your
sources list (play.deb for instance) OR compile from source and install
it as a debian package with something like checkinstall. Dealing with
out-of-date software is just one of those things that comes with the
territory. It's not up to us to maintain linux distros.
On 11/14/17 5:31 AM, H.G. Muller wrote:
Why do you think we would have to care anything about Mint? I don't
use that at all. If the Mint maintainers it want to torture their
users with prehistoric versions of the software they distribute, it is
no skin of my nose. Just switch to a distro that is up to date. Or
download a modern version of the software you need and install it from
source.
Op 11/14/2017 om 12:25 AM schreef Tim Mann:
You are an unsatisfied user of Linux Mint, so why not complain to the
Mint folks about them including old versions of software in their distro?
On Nov 13, 2017 2:39 PM, "Charles Jones" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
LOL, You aught to up date your chess programs or get a hold the
Synaptic people and tell'm you programs our out of date, and
should not be made available. But then again who am i? The
unsatisfied user.
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*From:* Tim Mann <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
*To:* Charles Jones <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
*Cc:* xboard-devel <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
*Sent:* Sunday, November 12, 2017 10:54 PM
*Subject:* Re: xboard
The xboard version you're using is based on the old Athena widget
set, which does not have a feature where you can click on a menu
and have it stay open until you click again to select from it.
You have to press the mouse button on the menu, move the mouse to
your selection, and only then release the mouse button.
On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 1:54 PM, Charles Jones <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi Tim, my name Charley, I will get to the point. I am
running Linux Mint 17, and was looking for a simple chess
program, that i could use practice with. So looked in
Synaptic and found xboard and I like it to a point. But when
I click on a menu item the drop down list won't stay put, so
I can review its contents. Do you have a fix for this? Or a
newer version? I also installed Fair-max but that didn't
seem to help.
Please and thank you, Charley
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