On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:38:21 Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > > I'm using Fedora Core 6 on my main web server, and today I found out > that the security updates are no longer available for Fedora Core 6. > Worse: ATRPMS, FreshRPMS are no longer maintained for FC6 which means > that if I want the latest security stuff, I need to roll my own RPMS > or fix things manually.. > > So I decided I want to "upgrade" from FC6 to Centos 5. I was wondering > if anyone did it and if so, what method? what are the "gotchas" that I > need to be careful of, or is it simply better to keep my data out, > format the machine and install centos 5 from scratch? (Centos 5 does > not recognize Fedora stuff, so the "upgrade" option is not given).
Think twice before you go the Centos way. I use both FC (now Fedora without `Core') and Centos in the office. Both work fine and I don't update the production machines (there is no access from the Internet except for mail and ssh). I installed Centos 5 on my home server and I update it frequently. But Centos 5 is not for home use - its distribution does not have media programs (like LVM, I wanted it for media streaming). So for home/media use, may be Fedora (now 8) is better for your needs (few RPMs are available for Centos on ATRPMS, FreshRPMS does not support RHEL/Centos at all). Ehud. BTW. If you go the Centos way, start with Centos 5.1. -- Ehud Karni Tel: +972-3-7966-561 /"\ Mivtach - Simon Fax: +972-3-7966-667 \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign Insurance agencies (USA) voice mail and X Against HTML Mail http://www.mvs.co.il FAX: 1-815-5509341 / \ GnuPG: 98EA398D <http://www.keyserver.net/> Better Safe Than Sorry ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
