I have been using Linux since the fall of 2006, but this is the first time I will not upgrade my current Linux distribution, which is Fedora 14. Not just because I have technical difficulties: my DVD writer can't read anything and I don't have the money to buy a new one and I have problems with my harddrive too, so much that I've already made a backup of my most important stuff through my mother's machine.

The biggest reason for me is to NOT upgrade to Fedora 15 is that I just simple got tired of the process. Every half year upgrading just to get the newest software, is the biggest marketing move in the world of Linux. I know, I should just use rolling distros like Arch, but I don't want to mess with my system every day. Let's look at from a practical point of view. We live in the web browser. I'm a (mostly) happy WordPress modifier (can't program, but I love modifing stuff) and I'm interested in the social aspects of the web. I use Firefox for web browsing (Chrome for testing, but not much), Clementine for listening to music, Gimp and Inkscape for graphics, etc. I update KDE through the KDE for Red Hat repository and I install every security update. I just simply have no reason to update. I will only install a new version if my current distro is not supported, which if I am remembering correctly still a year away.

Think about it when a new, "shiny" version comes out: is it worth upgrading?