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. -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- The Lord is like a strong tower. Those who do what is right can run to him for safety. --------------------------- Proverbs 18:10 (niv) -----------------------------