[linux-audio-user] Re: FC2->Fc3->Fc4->Fc5->FC6->FC*: it's crazy! - Linux-audio-user

15 Nov 2006

Brad Fuller:
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 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?

I switched to gentoo for the same reason. The number of audio packages is 
also probably higher in gentoo than any other distribution, using the 
proaudio overlay. However, if you are looking for a distribution that 
doesn't require much maintainance, I'm not so sure gentoo is the one for 
you. Ie. you never have to wipe out the harddisk, but on the other hand, 
you have to do lots of other stuff. If I hadn't had many years of 
sysadmin experience, gentoo might have been awful. But it has so far been 
working very well for me, and its nice to always have updated packages 
without manually downloading, compiling and installing them myself.