fedora releases too frequently . why can’t fedora adopt debian release model? divide fedora into stable , testing, unstable? fedora stable releases every 12 or 18 months .
You only have to upgrade every two releases, so each 12 months.
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You can choose to skip a release and maintain a stable 12-month upgrade cycle. For example, Fedora 43 has been released, but you can continue using Fedora 42 and upgrade to Fedora 44 when it comes out in June 2026.
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Why would fedora want to do that?, debian releases are full of old packages that remain broken for years.
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Yes, there are more distro’s who do that, there are also distro’s who use a rolling release, meaning as soon as a program (webbrowser, e-mail program, office program, whatever) has received an update it is already in that distro. It’s a choice the distro makes which release cycle it wants to use.
When you came to Fedora did you know then already what the release cycle was? Still you came here and installed a Fedora distro so the idea of every 6 month a new distro didn’t sound that bad.
When you are more comfortable with sticking to the same old software for 3-5 years then chose a distro which suits you better, there are plenty to chose from. It’s a free world, nobody has to use what he (she) doesn’t like to use.
It is not that I want you to go, but it seems you are unhappy with what you know now about Fedora. A few other forum users told you, you can update every other release, meaning update in 12 months instead of 6. Is that better for you? Try it, see if you like it.
The majority of Fedora users like the 6 months schedule for the OS, like the fact user-program updates are integrated pretty fast.
There are however also people who still use F3x releases for whatever reason. They still function but are not maintained anymore, so that could also be a possibility for you: don’t update at all. This is not wise to do, but it is a possibility.
But to come back to your first lines of text: what is he reason you wrote this? What is wrong with the 6 months update release cycle? Please tell us some more about that.
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There is CentOS Stream, if you want something derived from Fedora that is closer to the Debian stable model.
So CentOS Stream 10 was released in December 2024 and will be supported until May 2030. It uses kernel 6.12 which is maintained as an LTS version by the Linux kernel maintainers.
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every distro is and should be different. what is the point of LTS fedora release when centos/rocky/alma already do that
If you want LTS, maybe give CentOS a go?
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Every distro has their own approach (which they document in their various principals and goals). If you want something different, by all means look at the choices and select the distro that most closely meets your desires (or roll your own, which some others choose to do). Neither Fedora (nor Debian, nor Ubuntu, nor Arch, nor SUSE, nor ….) is the right choice for all users who wish to use a Linux based OS.
yes. but the frequent release cycle and short maintain term make most serious software , e.g. oracledb, ms-sqlserver, have no enough time or worthwhile to adapt their software to fedora, compared to debian.
yes. but 2 odd or even release number of fedora have only totally 2 years maintain term ,which cause most serious software , e.g. oracledb, ms-sqlserver, have no enough time or worthwhile to adapt their software to fedora, compared to debian.
not true. debian is much much more stable than fedora. and most serious software support debian but not fedora.
6 month release cycle and 12 month maintain time keep most serious or productive software from being ported to fedora, compared to debian.
fedora is for desktop and laptop, centos stream is for server. how comes if i hope to install xfce DE and gparted to centos stream 10?
fedora is for desktop and laptop, centos stream is for server. could you tell how to install xfce DE and gparted to centos stream 10?
fedora is for desktop and laptop, centos stream is for server. centos stream 10 lacks xfce DE, gparted, …etc.
the benefit of dividing fedora into stable, testing, unstable , is that fedora stable will be a full-fledged desktop OS. now with 6 month release cycle, fedora is only testing or unstable.
i will not suggest ubuntu slow down their release cycle as there is debian and ubuntu LTS. ubuntu and debian can be used changeably , fedora and centos stream 10 cannot.
I was going to say CentOS could likely be used fine on desktop (RHEL booted GNOME similar to Fedora), but 10 having GNOME and KDE but not Xfce is definitely interesting (not listed on altimages; Qubes OS forum)
I used Debian 12 and openSUSE TW workstation/desktop and server same install isos, but I’m not sure what would make something in-between those release speeds appealing.
Fedora was on-par with oS TW for newer stuff and something like more-modern RHEL, but without newer stuff why not use RHEL, or other distros with enterprise counterparts/links and slower-releases like Debian, openSUSE Leap, or longstanding Ubuntu with LTS?
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how do i use linux now. there is a triple-boot on my laptop 1TB SSD , debian 13 , fedora 43, windows 11. 3 OS share a common NTFS data partition . i work most on debian daily , sometimes some odd transactions on windows 11, fedora for backup .
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