On 7/30/22 20:01, Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Jul 2022 16:50:57 -0700
> ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
>
>> Can I jump directly, or do I have to go one or
>> two revisions at a time?
> My approach would be to start from scratch on a new disk (or at least
> a new partition) and install anything needed to get the same configuration
> working. (The challenge is taking into account everything that became
> obsolete and was replaced during that time).
>
> Although why anyone would want to use fedora for a long term server
> is a separate question :-). (CentOS or Ubuntu LTS comes to mind).
CentOS-Stream has removed any utility of CentOS. Lifetime is
ridiculously short and no version upgrade.
Rolling releases don't have version upgrades. For my own mission-critical
applications (which can run on headless servers), there has been a reduction
in breaking changes across updates and also better portability across distros.
For a while, new versions of GNU compilers (the software uses C, Fortran 95,
and C++) had bugs, but I haven't encountered a compiler bug in several years.
Users do struggle with UI changes and missing drivers for legacy non-ipp printer,
network, and graphics devices. Flatpaks have been helpful in allowing people to
use older app versions on a recent distro where the new version isn't to their
liking.
Debian unstable is a rolling release.
says: "
In the future, we are planning to work even more closely with upstream
Debian and contribute more of our internal patches to maintain the
Debian
package ecosystem."
Google does extensive testing but doesn't have to be concerned with support
for legacy hardware.
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