Re: Fedora - My impressions

From: Ali-Reza Anghaie (ali_at_packetknife.com)
Date: 11/09/03 

Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2003 16:35:28 -0600

Doug <dsommer@nospam.sommer.gotdns.com> wrote:
> OK, let me tell you I was looking elsewhere for a distro since Redhat was
> abandoning me!?!? Looked at Gentoo, liked it but even starting at stage 3 it

Red Hat maintains editorial control, it's not some radical departure and
they're not abondoning anybody. They are just shifting their commercial
resources to a more profitable base.

> 5. Could not get up2date to work right on Fedora, so I tried Yum. I do not
> think I will ever use up2date again. It rocks! Big plus for the new kid
> (Fedora) on the block. Even as a min install it is installed as default.
>
> My one concern is updates. Time will tell here. I have had RH8 for over a
> year now, I really do not want to rebuild every 6 to 8 months, but if I only
> upgrade and it only takes 11 to 15 min, then no big deal.

I wouldn't worry about updates too much.. there is already plenty of
discussion about legacy Fedora.us support.. it should be as easy as updating
your Yum.conf to look at a few extra places and you'll be ok.

If you want support and some guarantee, RHEL WS is the way to go.

Cheers, -Ali 

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