--- On Tue, 11/9/10, Kevin Fenzi <kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 19:35:33 -0800 > (PST) > Patrick Bartek <bartek047@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > Just because it's EOL doesn't mean it stops working on > that date, > > too. ;-) > > Sure. The way people talk about EOL, you'd think that it did. Stop working, that is. > > Since FC6 (I've been using Fedora since Core 3), I've > only upgraded > > with every third release--6-9-12. I think it > wasteful of time and > > energy to upgrade any faster. It takes almost > the 6 month release > > cycle to get everything working smoothly anyway. > Then chuck it all > > and start anew with a new set of problems? No > thanks. > > Note however that when a release goes end of life you no > longer get ANY > updates from Fedora (including security updates). This > makes your > machine more and more vulnerable over time. Also, you may > be told in > various support forums to upgrade if you run into issues. I'm not running a server with the need for up-to-date security, but a personal desktop that has more that sufficient security. After 10 years of using various versions of Linux, I've yet to be infected or hacked. So, I must be doing something right. I ran FC6 for almost a year past EOL before finally upgrading to 9. Never had any problems. > > I've gotten to the point where I'm tiring of Fedora's > fast release > > cycle. I need a longer life OS. I build my > personal systems to last > > about 5 to 7 years with periodic hardware upgrades as > needed. I'd > > like the OS last that long, too. My current > system is only 4 years > > old and has already had 3 versions of Fedora on it. > > Take a look at RHEL or CentOS then. I have (See following quoted paragraph). I'm waiting for the Final release. > > I've looked at the beta of RHEL 6, which seems to be > based on F12/13, > > and it's "current" enough for my needs. (5 along > with CentOS and > > Scientific Linux versions are too old being seemingly > based on FC6.) > > So, when the new RHEL is release, about a month later, > I'll take a > > look at CentOS 6, and go from there. > > Note that if you installed rhel5 when it came out it would > be about 3.5 > years old. You say above you want 5-7 years, so toward the > end of that > cycle it's going to be old software. ;) That's okay. The hardware's going to be old, too. I would just like an OS I can install when I build a system, and not have to install another until I build another system. Simple. Efficient. Cost effective. FWIW, I considered Rolling Releases, but that comes with its own set of problems. Mainly, hardware incompatibilities after a time. > > Of course, there's always Debian 6.0. ;-) It's > in Beta now. Stable > > should be out Februaryish. Or March. Or > April. With Debian, you > > can never tell. > > Use what you like. ;) I always do, regardless of consensus. 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
