Please help me be rid of Windows forever!

duncan brown duncanbrown at linuxadvocate.net
Thu Apr 29 11:22:57 UTC 2004


you guys should check out fedora legacy, if you're really all that scared
of not getting updates.

also, fedora.us maintains several redhat 7.3, 8 and soon 9 packages.

-d

http://www.fedoralegacy.org/

Benjamin J. Weiss said:
>> > Interesting, will updates, patches, or fixes for FC1 end when FC2 is
>> released?
>>
>> > jay
>>
>> If that was no rhetorical question: no - and that has been answered
>> here on the list already several times.
>>
>> Alexander
>
> Actually, the answer is *yes*.  From the FAQ at
> http://fedora.redhat.com/about/faq/ about 1/2 way down the page:
>
> "Updates will be available for two to three months after the release of
> the subsequent version; that is, updates for Fedora Core 1 will be
> provided for two to three months after the release of Fedora Core 2, and
>  so forth."
>
> So, *yes*, once FC2 comes out, you either upgrade to it within two
> months,  or forget security updates.  That's my only beef with Fedora.
>
> Ben
>
>
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