On Tue, 2008-08-12 at 14:05 +0000, Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED wrote: > I need to install a few new systems in the next > few weeks. My requirements are: apache; C++ code > development; netfilter; KDE; openvpn; and above > all, stability. I have heard a rumor that I might > be better off with F8 than F9. Is this true? > > Thanks, > Mike. > You're asking a rather difficult question to answer. If you're looking for rock-solid stability, you shouldn't be using Fedora - you should look at getting an RHEL subscription (CentOS if you do not require 24x7 support) However, if you require stability - but can live with breakage from time to time, I'd use F8 and skip F9. F9/KDE 4.1 is far better than F9/KDE 4.0, but still cannot compete (both feature-wise and stability-wise) with F8/KDE 3.5.9. -However-, I'm using F9 - for a very simple reason: If I/we won't test F9/KDE 4.1 -now-, the bugs won't get detected and fixed by F10/KDE 4.2. Short term discomfort for long term stability. Oh, F9 includes a new GCC (4.3) that created some breakage (at least on my own software) - but the new errors/warning did help us clear up some bugs - so again, short term, etc, etc. - Gilboa -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
