[ale] upding software issue

[Jeff Lightner]

No reason for flames here.  Fedora is specifically intended to be
bleeding edge.  It is used as a test bed for what ends up in RedHat
Enterprise Linux (RHEL) which has a much longer lifespan between
releases.   Those who don't like the bleeding edge should certainly use
CentOS as it is a recompile of the RHEL sources so has a life as long as
the RHEL version it is based upon.

Of course I do have to say "ewwwbuntu" - let the flames begin...

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Christopher Fowler
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 11:15 PM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] upding software issue

Jim Kinney wrote:
> Think around an hour or so depending on CPU speed, network speed, etc.
>
> As for updating from F8 to F10, don't. That will take a much longer
> time and many, many things are different between the two releases.
> Best bet for a 2 version jump is a full install from scratch. It will
> avoid many problems. SELinux _works_ in F10 and much of the files from
> F8 are not labeled correctly. ouch!
>   
The rapid releases drove me crazy.

<flame bait>
I abandoned Fedora around release 6.  I now use Ubutun on desktops
and strictly CentOS 5.2 on servers.
</flame bait>

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