WHY I WANT TO STOP USING FEDORA!!!

[Robin Laing]

Mike Chalmers wrote:
> I do not understand how Fedora expects you to upgrade or reinstall
> every 6 months or so.
> 
> This is just not right.
> 
> Should a distro keep continuing to make you install every six months,
> if so, I would rather use Microsoft. Why not provide updates, major
> ones, to the already installed OS instead of having to reinstall a new
> OS!!! I imagine that this, if done in an organized way, could be
> easier on the developers of Fedora.
> 
> INSTEAD OF MAKING CONSUMERS INSTALL EVERY SIX MONTHS OR UNTIL THE
> UPDATES STOP, JUST PROVIDE LARGE UPDATES THAT UPGRADE A SYSTEM WITHOUT
> HAVING TO DO A COMPLETELY NEW INSTALL???
> 
> THEN YOU WILL HAVE A LARGER FAN BASE AND A MORE STABLE OS!!!
> 

I have not read the whole thread yet but I don't update every six 
months.  My home systems were running Fedora 7 until I moved to 10. 
That is over a year.

I know people that are still running FC4.

There are other versions of Linux out there that offer long life just as 
Centos does.

-- 
Robin Laing