[Fwd: Wikipidia - Goodbye Red Hat and Fedora]

[Robert Locke]

On Sat, 2008-10-11 at 19:21 -0300, Henrique Junior wrote:
> Hi,
> As a desktop, Fedora is the best solution. Should I use the best 2nd
> solution? (Ubuntu).
> Maybe if we take *some* releases to LLT, lets say, Fedora N, Fedora
> N+4. The intermediary releases will be "non LLT".... Well, I know that
> Fedora have to worry about all releases, but if we have few people to
> work it should be one point.
> Maybe it looks crazy.
> 
> P.S.: I'm sorry for my poor english.

But, isn't that exactly what RHEL/CentOS are?  RHEL/CentOS 3 were based
on Red Hat Linux 9, RHEL/CentOS 4 were based on Fedora Core 3,
RHEL/CentOS 5 were based on Fedora Core 6.  I presume that RHEL/CentOS 6
will be based around Fedora 10 or 11....  So, RHEL/CentOS are the Long
Term solution for Fedora.

What I think is lacking (but seem to be being worked on), is a
convenient "upgrade" process within the "family".  So that if I use
Fedora 9 or 10, that I could "in-place" upgrade to RHEL/CentOS 6 when it
comes out.

Historically, using RHEL/CentOS for desktop has been problematic for
some given their "stability" and "lack of movement".  But it does appear
that this is changing.  Looking at RHEL/CentOS 5.2 compared to 5.0,
there are some actual version upgrades to some of the packages, so
perhaps it becomes more feasible for more people as a desktop.

--Rob