[GLLUG] Fedora 18 or 19?

[Tom Taylor]

I'm using F19 but the KDE spin.  No stability issues so far.

Gnome 3.x annoys me more than Unity (and that's saying something).


On 9 September 2013 14:57, GV <ghisvail at gmail.com> wrote:

> > It's always a problem to know which version of Fedora is a
> "good" one and which is a bum note (hello F14).  In this case,
> Fedora 19 is a good one, and Fedora 20 is shaping up to be
> even better.
>
> F14 worked pretty nicely for me. The last one with Gnome 2.x I reckon. F15
> was a shock with Gnome 3.0 clearly not ready for prime time. Since F17, I
> found Fedora to be incrementally better. F19 is rock solid at the moment.
> Hoping for this trend to continue for F20.
>
>
> > In any case to upgrade from Fedora 17 -> 19 you should use 'fedup'
> which is a great little tool that Just Works.
>
> I second that, used Fedup from F18 to F19 and the whole process was
> faultless.
>
> I too would advise you to jump straight to F19.
>
>
> 2013/9/9 Richard W.M. Jones <rich at annexia.org>
>
> On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 05:06:17PM +0100, Mick Farmer wrote:
>> > Dear GLLUGers,
>> >
>> > I'm running Fedora 16 at home and Fedora 17 at work.  Updates are no
>> > longer available, so it looks like an upgrade is imminent.
>> >
>> > Which version would you recommend?
>>
>> It's always a problem to know which version of Fedora is a
>> "good" one and which is a bum note (hello F14).  In this case,
>> Fedora 19 is a good one, and Fedora 20 is shaping up to be
>> even better.
>>
>> In any case to upgrade from Fedora 17 -> 19 you should use 'fedup'
>> which is a great little tool that Just Works.  Basically:
>>
>>   sudo fedup --network 19
>>
>> and follow the instructions.
>>
>> For Fedora 16 you'll have to follow the instructions here:
>>
>>
>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_from_EOL_Fedora_using_yum#Fedora_16_-.3E_Fedora_17
>>
>> They're a bit tricky, but I've run through them many times and they
>> do work.
>>
>> Rich.
>>
>> --
>> Richard Jones
>> Red Hat
>>
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