I know that each version of RHEL is supported for 7 years after release. And I know that CentOS is a clone copy of RHEL only with logos removed. I was on their website but I couldn't seem to find how long CentOS supports each release before you have to upgrade. Does anyone know?
I might be getting a job soon and if that happens I'll be able to save up for my own computer to run Linux on. I've heard some horror stories about upgrading from the previous release of both Ubuntu and Fedora without doing a fresh install and it involves everything getting screwed up. If I wanted to reinstall my OS every year (or every 18 months) I'd stick with Windows and I'm looking for something that is useable but (and at the risk of sounding lazy) something that I can install, get support for, and not have to reinstall for a couple of years. Does CentOS, or any other non-commercial distros provide support that comes close to RHEL but remain relitively easy to use?
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