[K12OSN] K12LSTP 7
Les Mikesell
les at futuresource.com
Thu Mar 22 05:18:05 UTC 2007
Mel Wade wrote:
> So what is the major version upgrade path for the EL version vs the Fedora
> version?
>
The EL versions are supported for years with bugfix/security updates but
you don't get new major versions of applications. Centos 5 will start
out with approximately the application versions that are on FC6 which
are good choices now. A couple of years from now you can expect the box
to still be running reliably and still a good choice for server
applications but desktop apps are still evolving rapidly and you may
want to jump to some newer FC version to get new app version. I'd
recommend going with the EL version when it is current so your next
choice of when to upgrade will be based on what you want to run, not
being forced to switch because your old version is not supported with
updates any longer. It's also a good stable choice for a machine that
will be a home directory server.
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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