Re: [twuug] Expiring Distros

["Ethan O'Toole" <ethan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Sure it's okay to EOL software.  But NOT in 12 months!  That's both
> ridiculous and stupid.  I'm groaning over having to physically upgrade 4
> servers now, but can you imagine large corporations or even mid-size
> companies with Linux server farms... 50, 100, 200 servers?  Havign to
> upgrade each of them yearly?  No fricken way!  Too many things can go
> wrong during an upgrade install, as we all know.. not to mention it takes
> the server out of the loop for whatever length of time it takes to
> upgrade.

Doude, ditch the duck and sign up with the devil:

www.freebsd.org

> Maybe I should just switch all my servers to FreeBSD and say the hell with
> it?

Yup. The ports tree falls out of wack, but you can use that CVSup thing to
keep it current.




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