actually the major versions upgrade problem is fixed in Fedora, there are some "yum upgrade faq" which document how to do it: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgr

actually the major versions upgrade problem is fixed in Fedora, there are some "yum upgrade faq" which document how to do it: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum but I'd still prefer a rolling release like Archlinux does