problem with fc11 vlc player
Ranjan Maitra
maitra at iastate.edu
Sun Jan 16 21:33:00 UTC 2011
On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 15:17:01 -0600 Joe Zeff <joe at zeff.us> wrote:
> On 01/16/2011 01:05 PM, Parshwa Murdia wrote:
> > F11 is no more supported but if I am having Fedora 11, means if any
> > problem comes, what should I do, should it be mandatory to upgrade?
>
> It means that there will be no more updates for it (or F12, either) and
> that includes security updates. As time goes on, there will be fewer
> and fewer people who will be able (or willing, for that matter) to help
> you. About the only place that you're likely to get help for it any
> more is at fedoraforums.org, and only because they have a special forum
> for versions that are past their EOL.
>
> Right now, the latest version is F14 and the only two versions supported
> are 13 and 14. If you aren't interested in upgrading your OS every six
> to nine months, Fedora probably isn't the right distro for you but if
> you like the idea (as I do) of living on the bleeding edge and helping
> find out if the newest version of some package is "ready for prime
> time," by all means, use Fedora. The choice is yours and yours alone,
> which is one of the many things I like about Linux in general.
> --
The OP has been told this in the past: remember the post on how he
wanted to use an old Fedora for some reason (which he later stated was
some book which was handy to him), and I for one have increasingly
become wary of his posts and requests for help/advice on quite
irrelevant or dated things.
Ranjan
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