Bugs in releases

[thetank]

How bug free is a fedora release? ie: will the software that is provided work?
Are there releases that are recieving patches for extended periods of time?

[Hlingler]

How bug free is a fedora release?As much as possible.ie: will the software that is provided work?Often: yes. Mostly.Are there releases that are recieving patches for extended periods of time?No.

Fedora's focus is on the very latest "cutting edge" software for *NIX, with a short six-month release cycle, and nominal 12-month support life. Translation: expect things to break now and then, and expect to have to fix problems; expect frequent updates; and expect your OS to be end-of-life and unsupported after about one year.

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[thetank]

thank-you for the reply :) I'm curious to know if there is any third party repo's or fedora based distro's that would extend the life cycle of updates for a fedora release?

[Hlingler]

thank-you for the reply :) I'm curious to know if there is any third party repo's or fedora based distro's that would extend the life cycle of updates for a fedora release?No: the Fedora Legacy Project was closed down a long time ago due to lack of interest and resources.

Some 3rd-party repos may continue to offer limited updates, to a limited number of packages which they provide/support, but all core packages (including especially kernels and critical libraries, etc.) supplied by Fedora Project will cease to be updated.

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[stefan1975]

As much as possible.
which isn't very "much" at times with Fedora ..... especially the new stuff tends to break more often ...
Often: yes. Mostly.
might i put in a "sometimes .... if you're lucky" there?
No.
listening to the OP question fedora seems unsuitable, CentOS or ubuntu LTS anyone?

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[thetank]

Centos I will look into.

Speaking of Ubuntu LTS, I really am frustrated with. I haven't found it to be stable, and really... as much as it is cool to play with new features, it's equally frustrating to try and find a solution for "my problem". However, since Ubuntu supports LTS, I think the Ubuntu community should spend more time making LTS stable before releasing it, or working on the next release.

I think rather I'm making my own problems. I want the new bling, with stablity. Which begs the question, for my research purposes. If providing a corprate desktop to clients, should I go with the bling, or the "zippo" quality of older patched software?

[stefan1975]

Centos I will look into.

Speaking of Ubuntu LTS, I really am frustrated with. I haven't found it to be stable, and really... as much as it is cool to play with new features, it's equally frustrating to try and find a solution for "my problem". However, since Ubuntu supports LTS, I think the Ubuntu community should spend more time making LTS stable before releasing it, or working on the next release.

I think rather I'm making my own problems. I want the new bling, with stablity. Which begs the question, for my research purposes. If providing a corprate desktop to clients, should I go with the bling, or the "zippo" quality of older patched software?

well i'd say ubuntu/mint holds the middle ground here with relatively new stuff but more or less a life-cycle behind fedora (i.e. plymouth and 2.6.29 will only be in ubuntu 9.04), CentOS is *really* stable but elderly and fedora is *so* new and shiny that it will defenitely break *something* the first few weeks after release.....