CentOS - Oct 2019 - Differences between CentOS 7.x and CentOS 8.x OS

On 10/3/19 1:37 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
> On 10/3/19 5:49 PM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I will appreciate it if someone can help me understand the differences
>> between CentOS 7.x and CentOS 8.x OS. I look forward to hearing from
you
>> and thanks in advance.
>>
> In short, CentOS 7.x is based on Fedora 19 while CentOS 8 is based on
> Fedora 28. Most of what is in those Fedora's is also in coresponding
> CentOS version. Fedora's might be much easier to compare.
>
>
>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Kaushal
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This sort of cuts across two discussion threads but I found this one 
first.? Silly question: has anyone tried using the Mate or Xfce Fedora 
28 spins as package sources with CentOS 8?

I'm not a fan of Gnome 3 so would like to get Xfce up and running on 
CentOS 8 with a minimum of effort.? I'm thinking the folks asking about 
Mate in the other thread have the same sentiment.

Cheers,
Dave

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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither safety nor liberty."

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On Fri, Oct 04, 2019 at 04:52:28PM -0600, David G. Miller
wrote:
> On 10/3/19 1:37 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
> >On 10/3/19 5:49 PM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I will appreciate it if someone can help me understand the
differences
> >>between CentOS 7.x and CentOS 8.x OS. I look forward to hearing
from you
> >>and thanks in advance.
> >>
> >In short, CentOS 7.x is based on Fedora 19 while CentOS 8 is based on
> >Fedora 28. Most of what is in those Fedora's is also in
coresponding
> >CentOS version. Fedora's might be much easier to compare.
<snip>
> This sort of cuts across two discussion threads but I found this one
> first.? Silly question: has anyone tried using the Mate or Xfce
> Fedora 28 spins as package sources with CentOS 8?
I think someone did post recently that he took Mate from F28
and with some judicious tweaking of the spec file got it built
and working on C8. Sorry, I have no details.


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On 10/4/19 6:59 PM, Fred Smith wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 04, 2019 at 04:52:28PM -0600, David G. Miller wrote:
>> On 10/3/19 1:37 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
>>> On 10/3/19 5:49 PM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I will appreciate it if someone can help me understand the
differences
>>>> between CentOS 7.x and CentOS 8.x OS. I look forward to hearing
from you
>>>> and thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>> In short, CentOS 7.x is based on Fedora 19 while CentOS 8 is based
on
>>> Fedora 28. Most of what is in those Fedora's is also in
coresponding
>>> CentOS version. Fedora's might be much easier to compare.
> <snip>
>
>> This sort of cuts across two discussion threads but I found this one
>> first.? Silly question: has anyone tried using the Mate or Xfce
>> Fedora 28 spins as package sources with CentOS 8?
> I think someone did post recently that he took Mate from F28
> and with some judicious tweaking of the spec file got it built
> and working on C8. Sorry, I have no details.
>
>
Hopefully, the perpetrator will 'fess up and provide the details.

Cheers,
Dave

-- 
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither safety nor liberty."

-- Benjamin Franklin