--- title: I finally ditched Ubuntu Server after five years, and... description: After five years running Ubuntu Server in a home lab, the author switched to Fedora and argues its 6-month release cycle with 13-month EOL is better suited for... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-finally-ditched-ubuntu-server-after-five-years-and-realized-why-fedora-s-release-cycle-actually-w-5fcmchzth twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I finally ditched Ubuntu Server after five years, and realized why Fedora's release cycle actually wins for production | daily.dev og:description: After five years running Ubuntu Server in a home lab, the author switched to Fedora and argues its 6-month release cycle with 13-month EOL is better suited for... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-finally-ditched-ubuntu-server-after-five-years-and-realized-why-fedora-s-release-cycle-actually-w-5fcmchzth og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5FcmChzTH.png og:image:alt: I finally ditched Ubuntu Server after five years, and realized why Fedora's release cycle actually wins for production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I finally ditched Ubuntu Server after five years, and realized why Fedora's release cycle actually wins for production **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary After five years running Ubuntu Server in a home lab, the author switched to Fedora and argues its 6-month release cycle with 13-month EOL is better suited for personal production environments. Ubuntu LTS's 5-year support cycle leads to stale packages and painful do-release-upgrade experiences, while Fedora's frequent, smaller updates keep the system modern with a single dnf command and reboot. The author acknowledges Ubuntu LTS still makes sense for enterprise or 'set it and forget it' scenarios, but finds it a poor fit for home labs where staying current matters more than long-term stability. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@sam7work** · 0 upvotes > a strange argument to make, but hay, to each their own , that is why we have many distros ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Fedora can't beat Ubuntu at this one thing, but it wins everywhere else](https://daily.dev/posts/fedora-can-t-beat-ubuntu-at-this-one-thing-but-it-wins-everywhere-else-jlerea4jc) · XDA Developers · 2 upvotes · 1 comments - [I tried Fedora and learned why it's not the beginner Linux distro everyone assumes it is](https://daily.dev/posts/i-tried-fedora-and-learned-why-it-s-not-the-beginner-linux-distro-everyone-assumes-it-is-2hj887lfo) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Ubuntu 26.04 is polished, but Fedora 44 asked less from me out of the box](https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-26-04-is-polished-but-fedora-44-asked-less-from-me-out-of-the-box-yjemcembc) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [I switched from Ubuntu to Fedora after 10 years, and I didn't expect to miss this](https://daily.dev/posts/i-switched-from-ubuntu-to-fedora-after-10-years-and-i-didn-t-expect-to-miss-this-c8hwaucck) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#ubuntu](https://daily.dev/tags/ubuntu), [#self-hosting](https://daily.dev/tags/self-hosting), [#sysadmin](https://daily.dev/tags/sysadmin), [#fedora](https://daily.dev/tags/fedora) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-finally-ditched-ubuntu-server-after-five-years-and-realized-why-fedora-s-release-cycle-actually-w-5fcmchzth) ```json 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