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> I suspect interest in FreeBSD will rise with the demise of CentOS. Indeed, the first thing I thought when seeing this post was "I wonder how long the support
by cesarb 6y ago
> I suspect interest in FreeBSD will rise with the demise of CentOS.
Indeed, the first thing I thought when seeing this post was "I wonder how long the support for each FreeBSD release is". Looking at Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeBSD#Version_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeBSD#Version_history), it seems to be around 5 years. Still no match for the 10 year support CentOS users expected; IMO, 5 years is too short when installing out of cycle (for instance, since the current stable 12.x was released two years ago, if I installed it today on a new computer I'd have only 3 years of support left).
- thijsvandien 6y agoThis is much less of an issue with FreeBSD because the changes between releases are relatively small. Some systems out there had 20 years worth of upgrades, from v4 all the way to v12. I wouldn't like to try that on Linux.
- emidln 6y agoYou could probably get pretty close with Red Hat Linux 7.2 or 7.3 to 8 to 9 to Fedora Core 1 and on. There might be a break somewhere that the upgrade doesn't work, but nothing sticks out in my mind. Anaconda is a seriously impressive install/upgrade system.
- gspr 6y ago> 5 years If indeed 5 years suffices, Debian LTS may also be a candidate.