This thread is still going on strong? On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Robin Laing <[email protected]>wrote:
> Mike Chalmers wrote: > >> I do not understand how Fedora expects you to upgrade or reinstall >> every 6 months or so. >> >> This is just not right. >> >> Should a distro keep continuing to make you install every six months, >> if so, I would rather use Microsoft. Why not provide updates, major >> ones, to the already installed OS instead of having to reinstall a new >> OS!!! I imagine that this, if done in an organized way, could be >> easier on the developers of Fedora. >> >> INSTEAD OF MAKING CONSUMERS INSTALL EVERY SIX MONTHS OR UNTIL THE >> UPDATES STOP, JUST PROVIDE LARGE UPDATES THAT UPGRADE A SYSTEM WITHOUT >> HAVING TO DO A COMPLETELY NEW INSTALL??? >> >> THEN YOU WILL HAVE A LARGER FAN BASE AND A MORE STABLE OS!!! >> >> > I have not read the whole thread yet but I don't update every six months. > My home systems were running Fedora 7 until I moved to 10. That is over a > year. > > I know people that are still running FC4. > > There are other versions of Linux out there that offer long life just as > Centos does. > > -- > Robin Laing > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > -- ------------------------------ /\_/\ |O O| [email protected] ~~~~ Javier Perez ~~~~ While the night runs ~~~~ toward the day... m m Pepebuho watches from his high perch. Sent from: Panamá City Panamá Panama.
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