Re: Updating FC3


"General Schvantzkoph" <schvantzkoph@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.03.25.12.39.52@xxxxxxxxxxxx
On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:32:50 +0800, Sandgroper wrote:

FC3 is no longer supported, there aren't any updates. Fedora is only
supported for a year, if you want to stay current you have to upgrade to
each new release (FC6 is the current release). You're other alternative
is to use a RHEL clone such as Scientific Linux or CentOS. RHEL is
supported for many years. I have SL 4.4 on one of my machines. I put a
custom kernel on it because the kernels in RHEL are hopelessly obsolete
but other wise it works fine. RHEL 5 has just come out, CentOS has a beta
of CentOS 5, Scientific Linux has an alpha, so now is probably not the
best time to do an upgrade unless you want to use the a RHEL 4.4 clone.
If you wait another month, I expect both CentOS and Scientific Linux will
have their RHEL 5 clones out by then. Your other alternative is to
upgrade to FC6.



Thanks for your reply ,
but what I really want to do is to update my FC3 box to the last lot of
updates that were available before the support for FC3 stopped.

I am also using CentOS 4.4 when I am doing my part time studies at a college
for Linux security and FC5 on my secondary machine at home , but I really
prefer my FC3 machine as I have set up it just right.


--
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
True Multitasking is having three computers and a chair with wheels.


Sandgroper
------------------------------------
Remove KNICKERS to Email
steveray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: ever migrate from Fedora to Scientific Linux or CentOS?
    ... There is no reason at all why you can't install SL, and use packages from the CentOS repos, RHEL users do it fairly regularly. ... Both are supported by mailing lists, and I reckon if one's using RHEL-Clone then hanging out on the relevant RHEL list is also appropriate. ... Academe should also check out RHEL prices; I haven't for some time, but I think one can run RHEL for a modest cost (and get extremely modest support). ... I think that all that's needed to upgrade from FC to Tikanga-clone is to boot the media and go for it. ...
    (Fedora)
  • Re: [kde-linux] dought
    ... It has the same software as RHEL*, but without the commercial support. ... So for CentOS, it's up to the users to figure things out (with help from RHEL documentation) and share information. ... Matthew Seitz ...
    (KDE)
  • Re: Updating FC3
    ... FC3 is no longer supported, ... RHEL is supported for many years. ... updates that were available before the support for FC3 stopped. ... The Fedora legacy project died a while ago so no one is providing ...
    (linux.redhat.misc)
  • Re: CentOS vs Redhat
    ... > Can anyone tell me if the driver support in CentOS is identical to Redhat's? ... Use Fedora Core unless you actually need RHEL because ...
    (comp.os.linux.misc)
  • Re: FC4 or FC5
    ... can use a re-spin such as CentOS 4. ... You can't get RHEL without buying support. ... the Centos rebuild should be OK. ...
    (Fedora)