what are the reasons i should upgrade to 6 and are there reasons not too?

no answers? come on somone must know?

I can give you reasons not to use Fedora, but that was probably not what you were looking for.

I upgrade for at least two reasons:
curiousity
expectation that the newer version will solve a problem I am having

I typically install the newer version in a separate partition (multi-boot) and play with it before making it the new default. I typically have 3-5 distros installed at once.

If you are not an obsessive tinkerer, then don't upgrade unless you can identify a problem that needs solving---ie if FC5 is working for you, leave it alone.

just for the hell of it why shouldn't i use fedora?

I was only "smarting off"... The fact is that noone can tell you what you should do.
I can tell you why I don't use Fedora:
It uses Gnome, and I find KDE much easier to deal with (more configureable)
Other distros--especially the Debian/Ubuntu family---have more complete repositories
It has dumb little quirks like using volume labels instead of /dev/hdxy like everyone else.
I was (until recently) given no choice of Linux at work except RHEL4 (The only thing I dislike more than Fedora)

All seriousness aside, Fedora is fine for many people. I just don't like it anymore...

I have the same question. I am using FC5. I would like to have FC6. I read people ran into unsurmountable problems by upgrading to FC6. I read this on Fedora forum.

My FC5 works fine; so there is no great need to upgrade. Windows XP will diminish and Windows Vista will prevail. I am sure people would like to have the latest software.

I recommend you to look at the Fedora forum. I am not Gins for that forum.
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forumdisplay.php?f=7

I might erase the entire FC5 and install FC6. I believe this is a way of avoiding problems. The upgrading leads to problems.

I very rarely update if I can avoid it. (I'm using (K)Ubuntu 6.06 and more than likely will be until quite a while after support runs out.)
I like having things set up how I like it, and updating can mess up everything I worked hard on neatening up.

But, everybody has different ideas. I say, if you don't need to update, don't.

Unless there is some feature in the new version that would be useful to you, there is no compelling reason to upgrade. Some people like to stay current and install the new version as soon as it comes out, and generally speaking, staying reasonably up to date is a good idea. However, just because a new version of a distro is released, that doesn't mean that you should immediately drop what you're using and upgrade. In other words, you don't need to upgrade just for the sake of upgrading. Check the Release Notes, they will highlight the new features in the latest release.

Personally, I really like KDE, and if a new version is released that upgrades KDE, I'm almost sure to install it. That said, I'm still running SuSE v9.3 on my laptop - it's configured exactly how I want it, it works perfectly, and there's nothing in (for example) SuSE v10.2 that would make me decide that I actually need to upgrade. Overall, the decision to upgrade or not comes down to each individual's preferences and needs.

You know there are some inherent problems in FC5.

1. Flash Player doesn't work. If the website has some video, you need the flash player.There is no working flash player if you have a 64bit computer. I have a 64bit computer and the FC5 is also 64bit.

2. Sometimes I download some music files. The built-in Totem player doesn't understand some formats. I downloaded a player called Amorak. It is a bit better than Totem.

I thought I could avoid those problems if I have FC6; however, there are no guaranties.

Before FC5, I ran Mandriva for about one and a half years. It was Mandriva 2006 version. It was a 32 bit program. I wouldn't say Mandriva is better than FC. All of them are shit, as far as I am concerned.

I downloaded the Mandriva 2007. My Mandriva 2006 worked fine. I wanted the latest version. It has grave problems; the mouse is dead. It may be a bug or some other problem. Then I bought a Linux journal to get the original Mandriva 2007. I thought my downloaded program is flawed. It gave me the same problem; that is why I say all are shit.

You could buy Linux journals at bookshops. They have original Linux CDs.

I find it rather curious that a FC5 user thinks to get FC6 he/she must upgrade it.

Nobody says in Linux we can have the cake and eat it at the same time.

I have Red Hat 9, Fc3, FC4, FC5 and FC6 (among others too as I am not particularly crazy about the Red Hat family) and I am going to keep all of them until a law is passed to lock up in jail any user booting more than one Linux in the box.

Regarding Gnome and KDE I do find KDE is slightly easier but how would I know KDE is better if I don't have Gnome to compare it with. Gnome and KDE are just the GUI and many Linux allow the users to switch between them. Seems a bit extreme not to use a Linux just because it uses Gnome as the GUI.

I thought the flash issue was because there wasn't a 64 bit driver/module whatever you want to call it.

I run both FC5 and FC6. I agree with whoever said not to bother upgrading unless there's a feature you need. FC is well supported for at least a couple of releases, and given that upgrades aren't guaranteed and may require a clean install, I don't find it worth the hastle