Biting the bullet?

Patrick O'Callaghan pocallaghan at gmail.com
Mon May 11 16:00:31 UTC 2015


On Mon, 2015-05-11 at 16:33 +0100, Tethys wrote:
> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan
> <pocallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Not to be snarky, but if upgrading terrifies you then perhaps Fedora is
> > not the right distro for your needs. Regular updating is part of the
> > Fedora mindset. The system is designed to be updated at least once a
> > year.
> 
> The problem is that newer versions tend to break everything, which
> makes for a sucky end user experience. I've been doing this since Red
> Hat 3.0.3 and up, so it's not as if this is all new to me. While there
> has been the odd release with problems over the years, it's largely
> been a trouble free existence. But that has definitely changed in the
> last few years. I'm wary of upgrading now, because too much breaks,
> and no one cares enough to fix it.

As I said, that is definitely not my experience. Upgrades rarely break
anything major and problems with new releases tend to get fixed quickly.

poc



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