[CentOS] fedora lifespan

Sun May 6 15:10:50 UTC 2007
Ross S. W. Walker <rwalker at medallion.com>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org 
> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Eric Hendrickson
> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 12:35 AM
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] fedora lifespan
> 
> chrism at imntv.com wrote:
> > Eric Hendrickson wrote:
> >> The very reason I moved to CentOS!
> >
> > Fedora has its place.  It's a nice environment to play in and test 
> > "bleeding edge" compatibility.  Many of the things I played with on 
> > FC6 work mostly "out of the box" with CentOS 5 so I give 
> those people 
> > who live on the edge a lot of credit for making life easier 
> for those 
> > of us who want/need things to be a bit more stable.
> >
> Oh, I agree completely. Fedora amazes every time I install a 
> fresh one. 
> It's just that I'm getting too old to play with sharp objects ;-0 
> Stability and regularity are the keys to a happy life.

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

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