--- On Sun, 6/12/11, JD <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 06/12/2011 03:08 PM, Patrick > Bartek wrote: > > It's been a nice ride these past 7 years with Fedora > > as my primary OS, but it's time to move on. My current > > > > [snip] > > As was stated in a recent response on this list, Fedora is > always in > test mode, so > will always change rapidly. > > You will find that Debian uses very old releases of kernel > and user apps > and libs, > thus much of the new advances are not available for it from > it's vanilla > repos. Not all that old. I'm running kernel 2.6.32-5-amd64 on the Debian 6 VM, which I haven't checked lately to see if there's an update. My current kernel for F12 is 2.6.32.26-175 64-bit. Not that much difference. Remember, my hardware is 6 years old. Plus, I can always recompile. > Also, if you are looking for support over many years, are > you sure that > it is actively > supported and new bugs fixed in this release version you > have chosen? One of the reasons I chose Debian. Support usually lasts around 4 to 5 years for everything. They just stopped support on Debian 4 this past February. 4 was released April 2007. So, 4 years. A nice run. All I'll need for now. B -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
