On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 12:35 PM Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 8:36 AM Dan Streetman <ddstr...@canonical.com> wrote: > > ... > > > Fedora has a 6 month release cycle. Each version you are on has the > > > latest releases of its packages and gets full updates. And in 6 months > > > you move onto the next stable version. At the 6 month release in the > > > life cycle, you simply run dnf-system-upgrade [1] and you are on the > > > next version of Fedora. dnf-system-upgrade is a lot like a Ubuntu > > > dist-upgrade. > > > > Just to clarify, what you are describing about Fedora is EXACTLY the > > same for Ubuntu...6 month release cycle, latest packages in each > > release, full updates (for at least 9 months), upgrade with a single > > command at each 6 month release. The 'dnf-system-upgrade' sounds more > > like the 'do-release-upgrade' command, not 'apt dist-upgrade' (though > > both are similar). > > Yes, you're right. do-release-upgrade looks like the similar command. > > Do you know if do-release-upgrade will move from one LTS version to > another? I usually select Ubuntu LTS when I want long term stability, > like over 3 or 5 years. In fact, my main desktop machine is Ubuntu > 18.04 LTS.
Yes, the /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades file contains a 'Prompt' setting that controls if do-release-upgrade will upgrade to the next LTS release or the next 'normal' release. This blog post has some more detailed info; though the post is obviously almost 2 years old, I think it's all still relevant/correct: https://ubuntu.com/blog/how-to-upgrade-from-ubuntu-18-04-lts-to-20-04-lts-today > > Fedora does not really offer long term stability. Fedora is more > suited for the latest stable release every 6 months. Select it when > you want as close to the bleeding edge as possible while staying > stable. > > Jeff -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
