14 Nov
2006
14 Nov
'06
10:13 p.m.
On Tuesday 14 November 2006 20:40, Brad Fuller wrote:
Joseph M. Gaffney wrote:
CentOS is simply RHEL (which is based on Fedora), and is supported for longer
than FC, but by the CentOS developers and contributors.
On Tuesday 14 November 2006 20:30, Brad Fuller
wrote:
What's the difference? Couldn't I just keep FC5 and not go to FC6, for
example. Or, does CentOS have an easy upgrade path? every time there is a new Fedora Core, I usually
get around to moving to
the next version. However, for me, it's a bit of a pain to do because
you really have to wipe the disc and start all over.. ."upgrading"
Fedora doesn't really work well. At least for me it doesn't.
Don't you find this a bit irritating? I do. It's not hard, it just seems
unnecessary.
Are other distros better at upgrading but also provide all of the nice
features that Fedora does? (there are a lot of audio apps available in
rpm for Fedora. I just can't spend my time compiling each and every one
when updates come along.)
What do others do?
Why not use CentOS or another such variation on FC? FC is destined to
always be latest and greatest, so it comes with the territory. Is there any downside to using CentOS (except for the
latest and
greatest) for audio and video work?
Its mostly meant for stability, so its geared towards that. However, they are
out to maintain 100% binary compatibility.
Do you use it? If so, why and
what's your experience?
brad
Nope, I like KDE, so I tend to go with distros who focus on KDE as the core
desktop. While KDE can be installed on FC no problem (and I have), the guys
over at RH are much more familiar with gtk development, so thats where their
focus is at. Can't complain, they do great work regardless :)
Anyways, another option, if you wanted to keep your FC5 or FC6 install once
they are no longer supported, is to go with the Fedora Legacy project. They
maintain support for older versions of Fedora once it is no longer in RH's
sight as a supported version (currently, FC4 is in the legacy project).
-Joseph M. Gaffney aka CuCullin