long term support release
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Fri Jan 25 18:01:58 UTC 2008
Horst H. von Brand wrote:
>> Here's the reason: you have a new computer with hardware supported in
>> fedora but not the current RHEL/Centos release -
>
> Lack of care when buying a machine can't be cured by the distribution.
What do you mean 'lack of care'? I buy hardware based on price and
capability, then pick an OS that will run on it. I can't afford to do
it the other way around.
>
>> or you need some
>> software feature provided in the newer fedora apps so you install
>> fedora.
>
> I was perfectly happy with RH 6.2, and most of what I do now I could do
> there, so this can't really be an issue.
There were horrible problems in 6.2 - I find it hard to believe that
anyone could have been happy with it. If you had said 7.3 I might have
gone along with this line.
>> A year passes and you've installed an assortment of
>> additional apps and perhaps written some of your own.
>
> Upgrade to next Fedora. Gets easier each time around. A bit of foresight
> when installing originally helps much here.
Sorry, been there, done that, and I'm not buying it. Installing a new
fedora version is entirely unpredictable.
>> Everything you
>> need is working nicely, but now your security updates end. Your 'some
>> old code set' description doesn't quite match what people care about -
>> they want a code set that meets certain needs and once that is
>> installed and working they don't care if a prettier new version with
>> new bugs happens to be available. But people will be installing that
>> on new computers or new situations where they need a feature.
>
> If they care for "working indefinitely" they aren't into "mint-fresh
> hardware" nor into "bleeding-edge software". This scenario isn't at all
> realistic.
If you don't use any new hardware or features I don't think you qualify
as an expert on realistic scenarios. Pretty much every computer I've
used has gone though exactly that evolutionary process where, when I
first set it up I've got nothing to lose and don't mind experimenting
with latest/greatest software. Then as dependencies accumulate and I've
got time and effort invested in a working system, I'm less and less
inclined to use it for someone else's beta testing.
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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