beast spake the following on 7/26/2007 2:39 AM:
On 26/07/07 11:21 +0700, beast wrote:
CentOS 5.0 as the base, but OpenOffice repo, Firefox repo and possibly Gnome or KDE repo to keep primary office applications current.
I'm confused here. Suppose in the next 3 year the latest OO version is 3.1.1, today OO in Centos5 is 2.0.4, will it get updated to version 3.x or still using 2.x?
It seems not. Updates directory in Centos 3 still contains OOv1.1.2 only. So, what is the meaning of "supported for 5 years"? is it only for bug and security fixes, not features or enhancements?
Suppose in the next year, standard interface for harddisk is WATA (wireless ATA :), will it be added in Centos5?
Sorry for asking such questions, i just reaaly want to know here :)
or better just upgrade to Centos7 which has OOv3.1?
If I choose this path, can it be automatically done using yum with local repository? what about existing data/settings/custom apps/etc? anyone has real experiences on upgrading OS?
Personally, I never upgrade the OS. I simply install the fresh one, but its fine on my laptop, not for my clients.
Thanks!
--beast
You can keep copies of existing data on a server, or better yet, store the data on NFS mounted home directories. If the systems are set up properly, you can get almost everything auto loaded to a new machine/distro just by who logs in. Custom software adds a headache, but can be done if scripted properly. If you have custom software on more than 2 or 3 machines, but those machines are the same, you can have multiple images.