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02-27-2014, 11:18 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2012
Distribution: Gentoo, Arch
Posts: 21
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Fedora Rawhide vs Arch Testing
Hello,
Do you know which distro has newer packages? More updates? I want get involved with testing but I haven't ever done this.
How are they different?
Greetings
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02-27-2014, 12:35 PM
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Member
Registered: Jan 2007
Posts: 416
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Archlinux is a rolling distribution and typically integrates from upstream as soon as new stuff is available. Not sure about Fedora.
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02-27-2014, 04:48 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2009
Posts: 4,667
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02-27-2014, 05:21 PM
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LQ Muse
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: A2 area Mi.
Posts: 17,662
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fedora "Rawhide"
is not a working operating system !!!!!!!!!
it NEVER WAS !!!!!!!!
It never will be !!!!!!!!!
it is the testing of the NEXT version
right now that is fedora 21 ALPHA testing
as soon as the beta testing for 21 is LOCKED
rawhide will become FEDORA 22 -- BEFORE FEDORA 21 IS EVEN RELEASED !!!!!!!!
so if you start with 20
turrn on "rawhide" it will make a Frankensteined install of 20/21
then about 2 months BEFORE 21 is released it will move from fedora 21 BETA to Fedora 22 ALPHA
then you install will be a Frankensteined install of 20/21/22 -- even BEFORE 21 is released
and in all likely hood will NOT WORK !!!!
if you do not know what "rawhide" is and can FIX the problems and commit bug fixes to the developers
then DO NOT USE RAWHIDE !!!!!!!
Last edited by John VV; 02-27-2014 at 05:23 PM.
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02-27-2014, 05:28 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2014
Posts: 7
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Quote:
Originally Posted by angel'le
Hello,
Do you know which distro has newer packages? More updates? I want get involved with testing but I haven't ever done this.
How are they different?
Greetings
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Arch most definitely has newer packages. |
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02-27-2014, 06:25 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2009
Posts: 4,667
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tsolorio
Arch most definitely has newer packages.
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Welcome to the forums!
Can you provide any links or evidence to support this assertion? |
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02-27-2014, 07:01 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2014
Posts: 7
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Quote:
Originally Posted by snowpine
Welcome to the forums!
Can you provide any links or evidence to support this assertion?
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Thank you.
Right here. |
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02-27-2014, 07:29 PM
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Member
Registered: Mar 2011
Location: /
Distribution: Fedora (typically latest release or development release)
Posts: 372
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tsolorio
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The OP was comparing Fedora Rawhide which is also "rolling" .... not a release.
They are almost always the same as each other.
Last edited by Janus_Hyperion; 02-27-2014 at 07:32 PM.
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02-27-2014, 08:13 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Aug 2006
Location: Detroit, MI
Distribution: GNU/Linux systemd
Posts: 4,278
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Here is a comparison of Arch to (insert distro here):
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php..._distributions
Anyone down for making a script to compare current versions between rawhide and arch?  |
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02-27-2014, 08:27 PM
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LQ Muse
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: A2 area Mi.
Posts: 17,662
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The "rawhide" repo is not a "rolling" distro
it never was and never will be
it is the TESTING for the NEXT version
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2 members found this post helpful.
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02-27-2014, 08:31 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Aug 2006
Location: Detroit, MI
Distribution: GNU/Linux systemd
Posts: 4,278
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JohnW is correct here.
Here's a quick link to the wiki page on differences between rolling release and upgrade releases.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_release |
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