--- On Wed, 6/16/10, Mats <unix@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have tried to find information about fedoras evolution > but haven't > find an answer to the following question: > How long will fedora 12 be supported with security > updates? Approximately 13 months from initial release. This goes for all Fedora releases. This link gives a nice overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora_%28operating_system%29 > I'm coming from ubuntu and used to the idea with > LTS-versions (long time > support) but I like some of the security philospohy in > fedora more. I doubt if you'll see a Fedora LTS release from the Fedora. That's what RHEL, CentOS and Scientific Linux are. > Will fedora 12 be a more mature and stable version in the > long run to > use? More tested and so on? I know that I have to do some > of this > judgement by my own. Fedora is the testing distro for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), which is mature and stable, and has long time support--5 to 7 years typically. The current version of RHEL, 5.5 IIRC, is based on Fedora Core 6. RHEL 6 is due for release around October, if all goes well. If not, who knows when? There's a 6 Beta release available for download and testing. http://www.redhat.com/rhel/beta/ It should be based on F12 or 13 code. You should look at CentOS and Scientific Linux, too. They are rebuilds based on the open source RHEL code, and would make a good "free" choice. Both have the same longevity and fixes as RHEL. New versions are typically released about a month after Red Hat's. I'm waiting for the 6 releases to evaluate for my primary desktop OS. I've been using Fedora since Core 3, and I'm tiring of the 6 month release cycle and the initial problems after install even though in the last three years or so I've taken to upgrading every third release--6 to 9 to 12--which is less of a headache. B -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
