[CentOS] fedora lifespan

Sun May 6 15:59:41 UTC 2007
Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com>

On 5/6/07, Ross S. W. Walker <rwalker at medallion.com> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----

> I find Fedora makes an excellent desktop OS as most people like the
> latest and greatest on their desktops and are willing to deal with a
> major upgrade every 18 months to get it.
>
> I like CentOS on my servers. Redhat compatibility gives wide third
> party support and the extended lifetime makes sure I do not have to
> perform a major upgrade on those every 18 months.
>
> Having both Fedora and CentOS in my environment means there is a common
> base compatibility between the two.
>
> -Ross

I guess this is the typical case for many users including myself.
Note, though, that Fedora's lifespan is more like 13 months.

Akemi