On 8/16/05, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazquez@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 17:05 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
> > I am doing contract work, and was requested to install FC2
> > on my machine (last October). Since doing that, I have
> > tentatively concluded that the Fedora Core Project is
> > more or less beta test, and not really suitable for development
> > work. Please anyone correct me if I am wrong.
>
> This is in fact incorrect. CentOS is a better choice for remote servers
> or machines that you don't want to upgrade every year or so, but that
> doesn't make Fedora "beta" quality. It just has a more experimental
> nature and a shorter life cycle.
I'd say that's up for debate. I don't enjoy constantly refreshing
Fedora installs on my desktop so I use CentOS. Of course, opinions
are like kids (everyone has one and only theirs is right)...
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> > Is there any reasonable hope of an "upgrade" from FC2 to CentOS
> > 4.1 or should/must I backup, install, and restore?
>
> A clean install is recommended, although an upgrade may be possible.
>
You may have some luck following the steps for upgrading a FC3-FC4 installation:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq
Greg
