Hi
Not just problems with Fedora new releases, but also incombatability problems with other non Fedora programs or services that may or may not work.

ie When I installed F32 the network manager did not work untill updates fixed it
this time ie no support

F33 my VPN has error checking DNS failed because of a systemd problem.

I know some people wait till a respin is released, or some period of months, now I wonder, if the time to use F32 is when F33 is released?

Comments?

tks

6 weeks. Based on experience.

There is no sure time to not have problems I usually wait 2 months, though this time just upgraded to 32 now.
I did have to problems with a previous upgrade had to remove a program also printer problems last time.
Dennis

In the past I typically waited for at least the 2nd "update" to be released for the next iteration of Fedora, the exception was if the updates came very fast. This typically indicates something is very wrong with that release.

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Using Dell Inspiron 13 7000 notebook with Fedora installed.
The notebook is 5 years old.
I don't run much customized software or dev environment.
I used to be very tentative about upgrading, but time and time again completed version upgrades followed by a reboot, and . . . everything works every time.
I upgraded to ver. 33 a day or two after it was released (which I believe makes the 10th version upgrade on this computer) and once again rebooted and started a terminal and a browser like nothing happened. I feel like I'm getting away with something after every uneventful version upgrade.
Thank you, Fedora Team!!

I'm usually on the new version by the time it's branched from Rawhide. But I keep the stable version around until branched becomes stable and I know everything's working for me.

I've normally just waited until the version I'm on seems no longer supported and then just take the plunge and upgrade.... Using dnf. So, I'm usually just behind the 8 ball for support.

It's usually pretty uneventful, but, I made a change in between this last upgrade to fedora 32 and had a bit of a headache with dnf not being able to complete the upgrade as a result. Still, managed to search, find documentation of the upgrade process and fixed the issue I had caused.

So, I've only switched to F32 as soon as F33 came available as F31 would no longer get it's updates - a situation just like you described. It has worked for me just fine (Knock on wood).

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I run a business based on linux fedora. I usually wait about a month when the new fedora comes out before I do test installs.

1.. do a fresh install on a VM to see how it all goes and what changes to scripts or other adjustments I may need.
2.. Do a fresh install on a PC and see that everything learned in step one is good.
3.. Do an upgrade from previous version on an easy to rebuild non-important system.
4.. Begin upgrades of non-critical systems.
5.. Do upgrades of critical systems.
6.. Upgrade server. Server is always one release behind so while everything else is upgraded to 33, the server is upgraded to 32.

I make sure everything works on each step and incorporate what I learn in the next step

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Hey Arctic Penguin,

I would love to know: Are you able to upgrade fedora - quite the way you can yum update a centos server - without destroying a wordpress website - or does the upgrades remove the data from mysql or the websites, or does it refresh the apache config files?

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I do not usually run apache web server except for zoneminder and the upgrades have never messed with mysql or apache configs. Although I am a big fan of if it ain't broke don't fix it. Sometimes at some point you have to do the upgrade. So far never an issue with mysql that I use for Point of Sale. If you are worried you should do a backup of the server or clone the drive entirely so if something goes in the southernly direction you can just put the clone hard drive back in and be fine.

I would not recommend running a web server from a bleeding edge distro like Fedora.
If that's what you are describing there.

Generally speaking, an upgrade should (tm) never destroy any personal data, including databases.

I run Rawhide on both my development system and my production server. Had No problems (that I couldn't solve) till now. Rawhide is bleeding edge, but it is no more unstable than any other rolling distro (in my experience and opinion)

if it's not broke dont fix it..
the system i put together is probly due for an update..Red Hat Nash ; September 2006 with Fedora Core 6: Kneel Before Zod that came out October 6th 2006,
i'm pretty sure the should have the bugs worked out of a few upgrades by now..