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