It is pointed out on the Fedora site that FC is a testing release
Where exactly on the Fedora site does it say that "FC is a testing release"? I couldn't see it.
> and they do not recommend using FC in a production environment. I agree with their assessment. FC is a testing release and is subject to becoming unstable. Since I test/evaluate software for a living, I stand by my statement that I would not use FC in a production environment nor would I use in a training evironment with one cavaet: I would not run routine updates on the production machine, but would put updates on a testing/development system and see if they cause my production environment to become unstable (that means that it abnormally terminates [commonly referred to as crashes]) or my production software no longer functions as required. I would not subject students to the same. FC3 out-of-the-box (or as distributed) has software flaws and will not work with certain systems or certain components. This is known and is being worked by 'upstream' teams. If FC3 works for you in a production system, then
I would not be routinely updating that server. This means disabling the nightly updates by either up2date, yum, apt-get, or other updating programs.
Not unreasonable advice. I guess it depends on you ability to diagnose problems and revert changes if necessary. I use FC3 as both my home and work desktop, have updates installed automatically, and am very happy with it.
this is more due to the fast release cycle of fedora and not because its a beta product
Again, I refer to the Fedora Project and that this is a testing system, which from what I remember means that it is a beta. Things can and do go terribly wrong and you might end up with an unbootable system.
That sounds more like Rawhide than Fedora Core.
Paul.
