Cent OS And Fedora

[Surak]

Hi there Linux forums! I haven't posted in a while and i thought id ask you a question. Could i use Fedora Repos on CentOS? Or would they not work properly? Because i Like Fedora ALOT But i dont want too be constantly updating and becoming above the bleeding edge level of technology, Aside from that i tried CentOS once and i really liked it.

[measekite]

Hi there Linux forums! I haven't posted in a while and i thought id ask you a question. Could i use Fedora Repos on CentOS? Or would they not work properly? Because i Like Fedora ALOT But i dont want too be constantly updating and becoming above the bleeding edge level of technology, Aside from that i tried CentOS once and i really liked it.

I would like to know the answer to that also. But I feel that CentOS is somewhat more technical and has less support than Fedora.

It sure would be nice if Fedora would have 27 month support and update the applications to the latest versions but I do not think Red Hat would allow that.

I think Red Hat needs a version for the home user who may have less than 5 machines and one home server. Maybe a $25.00 Red Hat sponsered online support system and a maybe for $35.00 a book by Red Hat like the Fedora Bible that would be updated with each new version.

Then they could come out with a new version once a year if people want to update to bleeding edge.

[techieMoe]

I would like to know the answer to that also. But I feel that CentOS is somewhat more technical and has less support than Fedora.

I'm not sure what you mean by "more technical." I personally find Fedora and CentOS nearly identical in relative difficulty to manage as a desktop. The perceived lack of support probably comes from the fact that most end-users prefer the new and shiny Fedora to the tried-and-true CentOS, but I'm just guessing here.

It sure would be nice if Fedora would have 27 month support and update the applications to the latest versions but I do not think Red Hat would allow that.

Redhat has no say in the matter. If the Fedora developers wanted to offer free support for it (and they already do, by way of their forums), there's very little if anything that the Redhat corporation could do about it. However since most of the companies that Redhat makes it money off of don't use Fedora I doubt they'd care. Fedora is a completely different animal than Redhat Enterprise Linux.

I think Red Hat needs a version for the home user who may have less than 5 machines and one home server. Maybe a $25.00 Red Hat sponsered online support system and a maybe for $35.00 a book by Red Hat like the Fedora Bible that would be updated with each new version.

Redhat did have a home version in the past and they may be releasing one again in the future, so you might get your wish.

Red Hat returns to the Linux desktop - Computerworld Blogs

Then they could come out with a new version once a year if people want to update to bleeding edge.

I understand what you're saying, but once a year is far from bleeding-edge. In order to keep up with the current rate of new features they would still have to stick to the existing Fedora release cycle.

To answer the original poster: I don't know that there's really any technical limitation that would keep you from doing this, but I would advise against it. If you want to use Fedora, use it. No one is forcing you to upgrade with every new release. Why not use Fedora every *other* version? That would give you more time between and likely offer more stability.

[Surak]

To answer the original poster: I don't know that there's really any technical limitation that would keep you from doing this, but I would advise against it. If you want to use Fedora, use it. No one is forcing you to upgrade with every new release. Why not use Fedora every *other* version? That would give you more time between and likely offer more stability.

Thanks, ive decided to have two partitions, CentOS and Fedora, and eventually switch to the one i like the best, i just wanted to know if i could yum all the software i got in fedora and vice versa.