On 10/5/19 2:47 AM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > On 10/5/19 3:14 AM, David G. Miller wrote: >> 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 >> > "It is I, Leclerc" > > Here is what I did to have working MATE from Fedora 28 repositories (did > not recompile anything): > > https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2019-September/173533.html > Thanks! Since I'm an Xfce type, I'll go that route first. I'm thinking that the same process has a good chance of working as long as the dependencies are the right version. I'll post steps of road blocks. BTW, I tend to be more the Inspector Clouseau type! Cheers, Dave -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty." -- Benjamin Franklin