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Old 04-01-2011, 03:12 AM   #1
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Can Fedora Roll?


Hi,
I'm an Arch user...well, soon to change. Arch changed on me and I'm feeling "sold"...so, (again) an other distro is in order.
I used to have Fedora, but as I looked, and still do, for a rolling distro, hat was ended.
Now, in the mean time, can I use Fedora as a rolling release? Is version upgrade feasable without having to reinstall and (the real problem) reconfigure (for ages on end)?

Thanks for some insight.

Thor
(unless - but I dont have that much luck - it is an april fool joke)
(okay - it's possibly an april fools joke, but I have to see the site back up b4 I believe it)

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Old 04-01-2011, 04:43 AM   #2
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You sound like you need Slackware. The experience is very similar to Arch.

Development is all done in a trunk called "-current" and you can install from or upgrade to -current whenever you like. When Slackware has a new release -current is frozen and snapshotted.

I won't comment on Fedora because I don't have anything nice to say about it.
 
Old 04-01-2011, 04:53 AM   #3
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Tnx zordrak,

If the xp is about the same, and the project does not "melt" into some other goo, that may be what I need.

Thor
 
Old 04-01-2011, 12:09 PM   #4
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Fedora comes out every 6 months. Isn't that up-to-date enough for you? Unlike some distros, you won't need a re-install: updating works fine.
 
Old 04-01-2011, 12:26 PM   #5
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Fedora comes out every 6 months. Isn't that up-to-date enough for you? Unlike some distros, you won't need a re-install: updating works fine.
The thing is, I started out with Fedora 8 - loved it, but there are no more updates for it...

No no, that's not the point at all...the six months (and the full re-install eventually) are what drove me away from Fedora way back when, sad though. I liked it, but a reinstall and reconfig took too much time out of running projects.
But...it seems (seems, dunnow yet) that I fell victim to the april fool's prank the community "elders" played on us...
Look at this thread https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=116055 and judge for yourself.
That's why I love Arch...it is a rolling release, does not HAVE to be bleeding edge, but MUST be stable enough to be usable...

Thor
 
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Fedora is not "rolling release" unless you use the "Rawhide" branch. In my experience, Rawhide is very much a "testing" branch and not recommended for everyday use like Arch.
 
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With ya all the way snowpine...there IS the one reason I made the move to Arch. And happy for it.
I believe i've been the victim of the annual April Fool's joke the "elders" sprung on us, though. Sorry for the commotion.

Should I mark this as closed/solved? Can I ask a mod to remove it? Should I? Life is wonderfull...as long as there is Linux

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