<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 1:21 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pnetherwood@email.com">pnetherwood@email.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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Fedora 12 reaches end-of-life in less than four months. There's really<br>
no huge difference between it and Fedora 13 if you're starting from<br>
scratch, other than an extra six months before it goes EOL. (Or, wait<br>
another month and a half, and roll out Fedora 14 instead, and have a<br>
whole 13 more months before EOL).<br>
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The main problem I had with Fedora is that because they rollout a new version every 6 months the package maintainers tend to only support two versions. So it doesn't take long before you can't update to the latest MythTV on an older version of Fedora. Also, if you leave it too long then you're having to upgrade multiple versions because you have to go though each version in turn. Although YUM upgrades work for most, Fedora still recommend you do it via the DVD. I found that was all too much for me and keeping up to date became a bit of a headache. The last upgrade I went for a new install of Mythbuntu and have recently done an online upgrade with apt-get with no problems. I also like the idea of the Long Term Stable (LTS) releases in Ubuntu. If you go with Fedora you're best off upgrading with each new version so make sure you don't get too far behind. I found Ubuntu to be a little more friendly to the slower or infrequent upgraders such as myself.<br>
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I was concerned about ditching Fedora since I was very familiar with it. In fact it took no time at all to get used to Ubuntu. Although sticking with what you know is sound advice, don't be afraid to switch distros if it gives you what you want.<br>
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Paul<br>
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</blockquote></div><br>I Must admit that I haven't followed this thread.... You like Fedora and LTS appeals to you? Then perhaps CentOS is something for you? <a href="http://www.centos.org">http://www.centos.org</a><br>