On Sat, 2008-10-11 at 19:21 -0300, Henrique Junior wrote:
Hi, As a desktop, Fedora is the best solution. Should I use the best 2nd solution? (Ubuntu). Maybe if we take *some* releases to LLT, lets say, Fedora N, Fedora N+4. The intermediary releases will be "non LLT".... Well, I know that Fedora have to worry about all releases, but if we have few people to work it should be one point. Maybe it looks crazy.
P.S.: I'm sorry for my poor english.
But, isn't that exactly what RHEL/CentOS are? RHEL/CentOS 3 were based on Red Hat Linux 9, RHEL/CentOS 4 were based on Fedora Core 3, RHEL/CentOS 5 were based on Fedora Core 6. I presume that RHEL/CentOS 6 will be based around Fedora 10 or 11.... So, RHEL/CentOS are the Long Term solution for Fedora.
What I think is lacking (but seem to be being worked on), is a convenient "upgrade" process within the "family". So that if I use Fedora 9 or 10, that I could "in-place" upgrade to RHEL/CentOS 6 when it comes out.
Historically, using RHEL/CentOS for desktop has been problematic for some given their "stability" and "lack of movement". But it does appear that this is changing. Looking at RHEL/CentOS 5.2 compared to 5.0, there are some actual version upgrades to some of the packages, so perhaps it becomes more feasible for more people as a desktop.
--Rob