<html><head></head><body>Rhel, and older redhat, was always don't roll with the .0 release. The .1 was usually good. By the time they got to .2, it was pretty rock solid. I think the rhel releases are slower than the old redhat and .1 is solid.<br>
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My fedora get upgraded about 2 months after release. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On July 20, 2018 6:07:25 PM EDT, Byron Jeff via Ale <ale@ale.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 04:04:09PM -0400, Scott Plante via Ale wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> I've never used Ubuntu though--If you want to go from 14 to 16 or 18,<br> do you have to do a complete re-install, or will it upgrade cleanly?<br></blockquote><br>The LTS (Long Term Support) versions come out every two years (even years<br>in April). Each has 5 years of support for updates and packages. The<br>versions that come out inbetween every 6 months have much shorter support<br>frames.<br><br>I've only done upgrades between 14 and 16. They were all clean. No<br>reinstalls necessary. I've also heard no issues with updates to 18.04 LTS<br>to date. So I'm pretty confident that it'll go smoothly.<br><br>I usually wait a few months to let the residual bugs shake out. Usually the<br>first couple of subversions may have an issue or two that reveals itself<br>with widespread deployment. Typically by the 03 or 04 subversion are stable<br>enough to last the remaining support period.<br><br>BAJ<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> --<br> Scott Plante<br><hr><br> <br> From: "DJ-Pfulio via Ale" <ale@ale.org><br> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale@ale.org><br> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2018 10:08:57 AM<br> Subject: [ale] UBuntu 17.10 EOL today<br> If you are running any version of Ubuntu 17.10, today is the last day<br> to<br> get patches.<br> <a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/07/ubuntu-17-10-end-of-life">https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/07/ubuntu-17-10-end-of-life</a><br> At this point, normal people should be running either 16.04.x or 18.04.<br> People with servers might still have some 14.04.x machines for another<br> 6<br> months or so before support ends.<br> If you aren't running 16.04.x or 18.04, time to move.<br><hr><br> Ale mailing list<br> Ale@ale.org<br> <a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br> <a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br></blockquote><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"><hr><br> Ale mailing list<br> Ale@ale.org<br> <a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br> <a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br></blockquote><br></pre></blockquote></div><br>
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