On Wed, 7 Dec 2022 at 08:04, Jonathan Billings <billi...@negate.org> wrote: > > On Dec 6, 2022, at 08:27, Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I often recommend Fedora Server anytime I see folks using RHEL or > > CentOS. I don't understand why organizations run that antique software > > that is no longer in development. Fedora provides modern software and > > is in active development with continuous bug fixes. > > > The "in active development" part is important. Old versions of > > software and kernels just accumulate more unfixed bugs over time. Most > > developers don't spend time on old versions of software, so the known > > bugs don't get fixed. Adversaries love that property of old software. > > That a pretty ignorant view of RHEL/CentOS. > > Red Hat backports known bug fixes to the software in RHEL. It also has > modules that are updated at a faster cadence, too.
Thank you for this piece of information. Regards, Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming Targeted Individual in Singapore > > I realize this is a Fedora list, but this kind of misinformation doesn’t > really help Fedora. Many companies aren’t really interested in significant > rearchitecting core parts of the service because of Fedora’s rapid pace. Just > because it is the newest version doesn’t mean it has a backwards compatible > API. New software also has new bugs, and less testing. > > I do agree that Fedora Server is a powerful platform, and I use it myself. > But I’d have a hard time arguing it makes sense for customers running > enterprise services with project lifetimes extending for several years. > Making them use Fedora would often result in companies running EOL versions, > leaving a platform with even more security holes. > > Both Fedora and RHEL/CentOS have their place. > > -- > Jonathan Billings _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
