End of life for FC1?

[Aaron Bennett]

dante at virtualblueness.net wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>
>I've looked at the fedora site for their release schedule, however, 
>nowhere do I see when support for FC1 will end --- support in the sense 
>that the team will make updates available.  The reason I'm asking is that 
>I would like to use FC for our linux lab and I'm not confortable with FC2 
>given that it is "rough around the edges".  FC1 is ideal for our needs, 
>but not if updates for it will end soon.
>
>Thanks.
>
>  
>

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-- 
Aaron Bennett
UNIX Administrator
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering