[CentOS] Re: core 2 duo motherboards and centos 4

[John Summerfield]

Tom Diehl wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Jan 2007, John Summerfield wrote:
> 
>> Peter Serwe wrote:
>>> Scott Silva wrote:
>>>> If you want the latest and greatest, CentOS is not for you. Try 
>>>> Fedora. If you
>>>> want a consistent environment that you won't have to re-compile or 
>>>> rewrite
>>>> your mission critical apps at every update, that is what CentOS and 
>>>> all other
>>>> enterprise class distros are all about.
>>>>
>>> I realize why I see this mantra of try Fedora Core all the time when 
>>> people are requesting
>>> bleeding-edge features from a distro that specifically mandates 
>>> otherwise in it's stated purpose,
>>> but isn't recommending a project that has announced it's shutting 
>>> down kind of counter-productive
>>> for everybody?  Granted, it is bleeding edge, but the project's 
>>> shutting down, so it seems
>>> kind of a wrong answer.
>>
>> Fedora's not shutting down. Fedora Legacy is reducing support 
>> (dropping RHL 7.3 and other RHL and (maybe) older FC).
> 
> Fedora Legacy is not reducing support, it is dead!! It died due to lack of
> interest on the part of the people who do the actual work.

I'm not sure it's entirely dead, though it's closer than I suggested. 
Here's the notice from its website:

"The current model for supporting maintenance distributions is being 
re-examined. In the meantime, we are unable to extend support to older 
Fedora Core releases as we had planned. As of now, Fedora Core 4 and 
earlier distributions are no longer being maintained."
> 
> You are correct though that Fedora is not shutting down. I mention this 
> because
> there seem to be people on this list that do not understand the 
> difference. :-(

It's always the case that what seems clear to some is unclear to me.

btw, if you're particularly keen to stat at about the RHL 7.3 level then 
CentOS 2.1 is close, CentOS 3 is close to FC1 (I think) and CentOS 4 is 
a good match for FC3.

Note, "good match" is less than "perfect match." Making it work may 
require some skill:-)



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