fedora should have a long term support just like ubuntu

#1 4th November 2007, 07:46 PM

i see that ubuntu get's out releases with support for five years.
and this is nice because this releases are more stable.
but this is not happening with fedora.
and people are forced to change at least every year..
will this ever change??

John the train · #2 4th November 2007, 08:23 PM

I don't know if a Long-term Support release of Fedora will happen, but CentOS is effectively a free version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Fedora's commercial cousin - and has a longer release cycle. There have been some references to it on the forum which you might like to look at.

Mods; move to Fedora Focus/Linux Chat?

ajamison · #3 4th November 2007, 08:36 PM

Ubuntu has only ever had one long term support release 6.0.4

Dies · #4 4th November 2007, 09:04 PM

No one is forced to do anything. If you want long term support then choose a distribution that provides it.

Use the right tool for the job.

#5 4th November 2007, 09:39 PM

indeed ubuntu has only on long term support release so far but there is going to be one more
called hardy herron.
and yes i choose ubuntu because of this long term support.. but i really fedora too
and if it wasn't for the lts i would switch to fedora..
also i believe that fedora is very beautiful distro..
anyway. i think i will stick with ubuntu.

stoat · #6 4th November 2007, 09:50 PM

The short life cycle of Fedora doesn't bother me. But if it did, I would just skip every other version since the life cycle is of each version is N+2+a month (about 13 months). That's not so bad. But everyone should do what they want. Liberty and justice for all.

ajamison · #7 4th November 2007, 10:02 PM

13 months is more then enough for me

***bob*** · #8 4th November 2007, 10:02 PM

Keep in mind that there WAS a 'legacy' group that maintained long-term support and that folded because of lack of interest. This is a 'testing distro' that is all about cutting-edge software. It gets kind of stale after a year.

lazlow · #9 4th November 2007, 10:23 PM

I will second the Centos suggestion. I run it on my servers and Fedora on my desktops. Centos5 is RedHat el5 with the logos removed. It "feels" like FC6. It also has a five year support life.

ppesci · #10 5th November 2007, 12:02 AM

I used CentOS for a server in one of my past jobs. Works really fine except some minor problems with hardware support. RedHat Linux on the other side is an amazing and very reliable product, if you want 24x7x365 support, is the best option I think

lazlow · #11 5th November 2007, 12:26 AM

The only real differences between Centos and ReHat are the logos and the phone support.

RJFUatHOME · #12 5th November 2007, 12:48 AM

Being a little web weary, I tend to acknowlege how some might see fedora as too fast paced. I struggled with this for a while, thinking something like CentOS might be a better fit for me. But in the end, I've found I like being a little bit on the cutting edge. I might not upgrade right away and wait for some basic things to get stablized before moving on to the next version, but I think I personally found in the end that Fedora offers a great balance between the latest code and backwards support.

It all has to move forward somehow and with cutting edge people using the OS and with a little bit of balance it can accommodate a large percentage of linux users. Just my 2 cents worth.

ajamison · #13 5th November 2007, 02:56 AM

You know people say that Fedora may not be as stable as say a more normalized distro like Ubuntu or CentOS but I have never had any stability problems with final release versions of Fedora and I have used it since FC3

psyklops · #14 5th November 2007, 03:03 AM

fedora and ubuntu are well supported and having a cutting edge distro means you can implement new and cool things on a distro that will and should be able to do it. Fedora has been that for me, although I do like the availability of the packages for Ubuntu. For example, the mplayer builds for Fedora out of livna are quite upto date with the SVN builds whereas the ones for Ubuntu are quite old. The reverse is true for MP4Box...

With that said, I usually skip a version and upgrade to the next one. I went from FC5 to F7 and will more than likely wait for F9 before I jump again...

***Dan*** · #15 5th November 2007, 03:45 AM

Ah, yes! Another one of these threads.

Lets just say fedora is a bleeding edge gaming field where you separate the casual user, reasonably well endowed with common sense, from the T-totally adrenaline addicted, S&M techno-gasmic hard core digi-junkies! <..

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Long may they both live!

And I ain't sayin' which ward I belong in either. So there! <..

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Dan