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Years for Ubuntu/RedHat, six to twelve months for Fedora, it varies for everything else
by klooney 4y ago
Years for Ubuntu/RedHat, six to twelve months for Fedora, it varies for everything else
- TingPing 4y agoFedora updates the kernel mid-cycle so could be weeks to months depending on various factors. Mesa versions would be 6 months usually though.
- Gigachad 4y agoFedora sometimes has a newer kernel than Arch if the release times line up just right.
- okdood64 4y ago> Years for Ubuntu/RedHat, six to twelve months for Fedora Is there some literature on why this is? I'm curious. Is Fedora more "experimental"?
- doodlesdev 4y agoFedora does breaking point releases around every six months, and yes it's kind of more "experimental", generally speaking the repositories are as up to date as possible in a point release distribution, kernel version are always up to date, and Fedora is generally early adopter of breaking changes in programs such as GNOME, Wayland, Pipewire, new Wine versions, etc. Also Kernel updates are done mid-cycle which means this update could land even in just a few weeks from now. Meanwhile Ubuntu does a new LTS release once every two years, which are already somewhat outdated when they get released.
- okdood64 4y agoWhat sort of "vetting" and acceptance testing does Ubuntu/RedHat do given their delayed cycle?
- tmtvl 4y agoMight be a week or two for Arch and OpenSUSE Tumbleweed.