Jason Lim wrote:
Beartooth, I hear you loud and clear and the message resonates here. I am looking at shifting from my FC2 installation to a Debian-based distribution for some of the reasons Jason identified. In addition to Ubuntu and Knoppix, there is Kbuntu and MEPIS. (MEPIS is a subscription distribution that is available as a LiveCD with an option to easily install on the hard disk.) However, there is also at least one Red Hat based alternative.Anybody know where *is* a place to get help with FC versions in legacyfedoraforum.org,
status? By the time they're mature enough for me to cope with, they've
usually *been* in that status a while. (And yes, I am indeed looking
around for some other distro; it'll take a while.) I find
for instance, inordinately hard to use ....
I know I won't be popular for mentioning any other distro, but Debian and Debian based distros like Ubuntu, Knoppix, and so forth, tend to have long version times.
For example, the current Debian version has been released for about 3 years if I am correct, and all that time, security updates, etc. are provided. And even now, although they are releasing a new version, the Debain Security Team is going to continue updates for the existing version for another 1 to 1.5 years. This makes it excellent for servers and where stability counts.
It doesn't have the latest whiz-bang features of Fedora, but it sounds like that is not your main focus.
I actually think providing legacy updates for the FC releases is going to implode sooner or later, since there are not enough people to keep supporting so many releases as they come out and the release maintainers and others are going to burn out.. I think focusing on legacy for Redhat 9 would make far more sense, and seems the main reason the majority are using FedoraLegacy.org anyway.
Centos is a Red Hat Enterprise Linux clone that you might want to take a look at. As I understand it, Centos IS RHEL without the Red Hat trademarked items and the project's goal is to parallel support life of RHEL which is something like 3 - 5 years. File structures, system utility names, etc. should all be the same.
I think Jason is pretty much on the mark about legacy support of Fedora releases if one thinks solely in terms of each and every release. OTOH, I can see people sticking with some versions of Fedora much longer than other versions. And, I can see more people gravitating to fedoralegacy as the upgrade cycle continues just as some now lending some supporting hands on older releases may bite the bullet, upgrade to the current Fedora release, and drop off the legacy list for the official support cycle for that release. BUT, those who are most interested in fedora releases mature enough for some production environments could well upgrade their systems to a fedora release that are already in legacy status and contribute to its continued maintenance.
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