--- On Tue, 11/9/10, Kevin Fenzi <kevin(a)scrye.com> wrote:
On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 19:35:33 -0800
(PST)
Patrick Bartek <bartek047(a)yahoo.com>
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