FC5 xorg and dual head
Chris Jones
jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk
Sun May 14 18:16:26 UTC 2006
> I guess that depends on your expectations. Sun claims
> to run binaries from Solaris 8 on Solaris 10. Are they
> using black magic or just doing things right?
It comes down to policy as well, not just expectations :) Solaris is developed
as a "stable" platform - I don't use SUN so don't know the details, but I
presume somewhere in their small print they must state they policy w.r.t. to
backwards compatibility etc.
FC is (IMHO) completely different. It is a community platform, which aims to
be at the development edge. Consequently, whilst backwards compatibility is
maintained as much as it can be sometimes things break. Also, given the 6-8
month or so turn around in releases, FC5 is going to be "legacy" in 12-18
months, at which point support starts to dwindle.
If you need a rock solid production platform, with long term support, don't
use FC but look say RedHat EL.
Chris
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