On Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:26:09 -0800 (PST)
Patrick Bartek <bartek047(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
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Fedora's release cycles when it was Fedora Core used to be longer
and
not on a strict schedule as it is now. A new version was released
when it was ready. Fedora now has become a rapid release test bed,
an eternal beta if you will, and we are the testers. But that's
okay, since the "good" stuff eventually gets into RHEL and its clones
making them more stable and more secure with a longer life.
While it wasn't quite exactly 6months, it was pretty close.
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat_Linux#Version_history
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Also, upgrading Fedora every 6 months or so as most do on this list
just means additional headaches and work of a couple months of fixing
the problems with the "new" OS when the "old" one was running just
fine, but is fast approaching "unsupported." This is my major
"problem" with Fedora, and mostly why I only upgrade every third
release--Why make more work for myself?--and why I'm considering
switching to a long term support version of Linux, whatever that may
be.
I almost never have issues on os upgrades anymore. The last 2 machines
here I upgraded from 13->14 just worked. I didn't have to change
anything at all.
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I've never demeaned Fedora. There are things I don't like to
be
sure, but that can be said of all things. I've been using it since
FC3 after trying a dozen or so other distros before settling on it as
my primary desktop OS. So that says something. And I'm VERY
particular. It's just that over the years Fedora's development model
and my needs have diverged. And it's time to move on.
Sorry to hear it, but I understand your reasoning. ;)
I hope you will think fondly of Fedora and look and see how we are
doing from time to time. ;)
Good luck.
kevin