Re: New releases query

"Artnut" <art@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Hi all,

This has flummoxed me quite a bit. Some Linux flavors like Ubuntu, Fedora
and others keep releasing their new versions every six months or so, much
unlike Windows. Ok, let me clear am not a troll here and neither a M$ fan
and am using Outlook Express to post this. But what really is the need for
such frequent releases? Does this prod Linux users to change over to the new
release or new flavor? While the enormous efforts of the open source
community is highly appreciated, the question is why aren't the patches or
upgrades released as it happened with WinXP SP2.

They are released as they happen. In particular when a security issue
arises, within days, or even hours, most distros have updates to fix those
problems.

However, new features are continually added to Linux. The new releases are
to take advantage of those new features. They represent a significant
enough change that a new release rather than an update to a few packages is
required. The only problem comes when some distrbutions like Mandriva stop
issuing security updates for old releases. But then get something like
Redhat Enterprise which continues supporting a release for many years. The
fact that linux costs nothing means that the companies do not have the
manpower to continue supporting many releases for a long long time.




Regards,
Arty


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