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Re: SL vs. Fedora...
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John Hearns <[log in to unmask]>
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John Hearns <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:12:48 +0100
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Michael Hannon wrote:
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> 
> If you have any solid experience with Fedora, I'd appreciate hearing 
> your opinions of Fedora.  Thanks.
> 

You also have to look at the support lifetime of Fedora.
Yes, it gives you the latest Gnome/Evolution/whatever packages on tap in
repositories.
But take a for instance - I run Fedora 6 on my laptop. Fedora 7 is 
already out. How much longer will Fedora 6 be supported?
Do you REALLY want to update those client systems that often?

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