On Sun, 2004-10-10 at 23:24, Nathan England wrote: > On Friday 08 October 2004 08:41, Craig White wrote: > > On Fri, 2004-10-08 at 07:24, George Gambill wrote: > > > I have a RH 8.0 system that used to be updated via Red Hat. > > > > > > What options exist to continue updating this not that RH no longer offers > > > that service? > > > > ---- > > Depends upon what you use it for. > > > > Workstation - want very up to date software? Use Fedora (FC-3 about to > > be released). Upgrade from 8.0 is indeed possible > > > > Server - I wouldn't use Fedora for this purpose, I would use RHEL or one > > of the clones. RHEL costs money, the clones are free. Clones are things > > like whitebox taolinux or > > many others - google it - > > >arch> > > > I'm just getting into Fedora, so I'm curious why you wouldn't use it for a > server? ---- - too short of life cycle The supported cycle is approximately 1 year. The update lifetime is only 2-3 months until after next release. For example, FC-1 has already EOL'd and the burden is up to fedoralegacy to provide updates...not proven to be something that you can rely upon. - less than full testing of some of the pieces The objective is to be 'leading edge' and not necessarily 'stable' - I am happy with that for my desktop usage but not for a server. see the fedora objectives: The 5 year commitment of their RHEL product strikes me as much more ideal for a server environment and those that like the Red Hat packaging and layout can purchase RHEL with subscription updates and support or use one of the clones which update easily enough - but no official support beyond the mail lists. I don't mean to dis' Fedora - I use it on my workstations. apt-get dist-upgrade #not my ideal methodology of maintaining a prodution server Craig --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss