On Wednesday 14 January 2004 14:23, Phil Schaffner wrote: > > It's just as stable or unstable as RH-9. > > Think of it as RH-10, and you won't be far wrong. > > Not quite. The Fedora update cycle is "4-6 months" with update lifetime > "2-3 months after next release" versus "12-18 months" and "At least 5 > years" for RHEL according to http://fedora.redhat.com/about/rhel.html. > This is MUCH more dynamic than any past Red Hat release/update schedule, > and unlike RH-9 or RHm.n you do not have any option to purchase Red Hat > support. WBEL, Tao, or other RHEL-derived community-supported distros > have the same short-coming in support, but at least will be tracking a > more stable/supported base. I assume the poster knew about RHEL, so presumably he doesn't want to pay for support. The support you got with RH-9 without special payment was more or less useless, in my experience. (I asked a couple of questions during my month's free support, and the responses I got were not helpful.) My recollection is that some RH distributions only lasted 6 months or so before a new distribution came out, so 4-6 months is not that different. Anyway, in my opinion the poster should go ahead and upgrade to Fedora-1. One thing is certain, there is no lack of advice if he/she meets any problems. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
