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Fedora supports every release for just over 1 year. So if you upgraded immediately after a release, then it's always a full year before you need to upgrade agai

Fedora supports every release for just over 1 year. So if you upgraded immediately after a release, then it's always a full year before you need to upgrade again. Since they release every 6 months, that means skipping 1 release. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Life_Cycle https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Life_Cycle https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/End_of_life https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/End_of_life There are other distros you can use if you want long term support. Fedora has a 13 month policy, and RHEL (which is based on Fedora) is the LTS branch. RHEL 7 is fedora 19 + changes from 20. RHEL 8 will be based on F27.

ajross 9y ago
For clarity: I know all that stuff. I've been working on a Linux desktop full time for literally more than 20 years, and on Fedora specifically for about 8. My point was more that for my hour-to-hour work, desktop distros simply aren't showing much real progress these days, and by far the biggest driver of my need to upgrade is the planned obsolescence of the distribution updates and not features I need.
- rgbrenner 9y ago
  But if the new features aren't exciting to you, why not just use CentOS then? I mean, how many major changes can these releases make when they're only 6 months apart. They just made a release in November. I don't think anyone would be interesting in using a distro that radically changes every 6 months. Use an LTS release, then it's 4 years apart... and you'll start getting exciting for upgrades again. Either that, or run Rawhide (the testing, rolling release version).
  - pfranz 9y ago
    Just because the OS is still supported it doesn't mean your software or new hardware you want is. I've been using RHEL or CentOS at my job on workstations for 10+ years. During that entire time it's been a struggle to get a "modern" browser working for longer than 6mo to a year (it was even harder when Flash was in the picture). I don't think I'd even bother trying to install it on a brand new laptop. We are usually in the middle of update cycles for CentOS. Being an individual will probably make it easier upgrade more frequently. We're currently half 6.7 and half 7.2. We're only now looking to make our second serious push and take everything to 7.4.
- LeoPanthera 9y ago
  Is there specific innovation you are waiting for or are you just grouching? Because it sounds like you've just chosen the wrong distro. There is a selection of rolling distros that would better suit your needs. Or even non-rolling distros that are supported for a long time, CentOS/Debian/Ubuntu LTS, etc.
  - ajross 9y ago
    > Is there specific innovation you are waiting for or are you just grouching? Where do you get that I'm grouching? I thought it was a genuinely interesting point. Meh. I'll take my downvotes I guess. Folks just wanna do platform flames I guess.
cozzyd 9y ago
EL has actually been deploying updates to GNOME and other desktop software. See e.g. https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.5_release_notes/new_features_desktop https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterp...

ajross 9y ago

For clarity: I know all that stuff. I've been working on a Linux desktop full time for literally more than 20 years, and on Fedora specifically for about 8. My point was more that for my hour-to-hour work, desktop distros simply aren't showing much real progress these days, and by far the biggest driver of my need to upgrade is the planned obsolescence of the distribution updates and not features I need.

rgbrenner 9y ago
But if the new features aren't exciting to you, why not just use CentOS then? I mean, how many major changes can these releases make when they're only 6 months apart. They just made a release in November. I don't think anyone would be interesting in using a distro that radically changes every 6 months. Use an LTS release, then it's 4 years apart... and you'll start getting exciting for upgrades again. Either that, or run Rawhide (the testing, rolling release version).
- pfranz 9y ago
  Just because the OS is still supported it doesn't mean your software or new hardware you want is. I've been using RHEL or CentOS at my job on workstations for 10+ years. During that entire time it's been a struggle to get a "modern" browser working for longer than 6mo to a year (it was even harder when Flash was in the picture). I don't think I'd even bother trying to install it on a brand new laptop. We are usually in the middle of update cycles for CentOS. Being an individual will probably make it easier upgrade more frequently. We're currently half 6.7 and half 7.2. We're only now looking to make our second serious push and take everything to 7.4.
LeoPanthera 9y ago
Is there specific innovation you are waiting for or are you just grouching? Because it sounds like you've just chosen the wrong distro. There is a selection of rolling distros that would better suit your needs. Or even non-rolling distros that are supported for a long time, CentOS/Debian/Ubuntu LTS, etc.
- ajross 9y ago
  > Is there specific innovation you are waiting for or are you just grouching? Where do you get that I'm grouching? I thought it was a genuinely interesting point. Meh. I'll take my downvotes I guess. Folks just wanna do platform flames I guess.

cozzyd 9y ago

EL has actually been deploying updates to GNOME and other desktop software. See e.g. https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.5_release_notes/new_features_desktop https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterp...