@johnhooks said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@johnhooks said:

I knew the workstation version was, I just didn't understand why they have a "server" version.

Server and workstation are just different sets of packages. Not different products. Server is the actual proving ground, the workstation isn't really a big deal since no one actually uses CentOS or RHEL as a desktop, that would be pretty silly in general. Fedora Workstation is the product that is actually used as a workstation. It is Fedora Server that is the actual proving ground for CentOS and RHEL.

I actually did use CentOS 7 as a desktop for a while, just to try it. It wasn't bad. I don't use anything strange, and was able to compile everything else I needed. Their gnome theme is pretty nice.

Thing is, if you used CentOS 7 that means that it was pretty new. But CentOS 7 will be one painfully old desktop by the time that CentOS 8 is getting close. Fedora updates every six to eight months, so their desktops are always current. So you are never looking at something outdated. CentOS 7 will be many years out of date when it is time to replace it.

@scottalanmiller said:

You can deploy Cockpit to CentOS too. Red Hat just moved it to "default install" in Fedora before it went to CentOS.

Good to know.
Will have a hunt on Monday have a play oh and of course "Do some Work"

Highlights:

Fedora Server

Database Server Role. The Fedora Server edition focuses on easy of different server roles. Fedora 21 debuted with an Domain Controller Role featuring FreeIPA. For this release, we’ve added a Database Server role, built around PostgreSQL. Default to XFS filesystem. The default file system type for Fedora Server installs will be XFS running atop LVM for all partitions except /boot. The /boot partition will remain a non-LVM, ext4 partition due to technological limitations of the bootloader. Cockpit will be compatible between OS releases. Cockpit is a server manager that makes it easy to administer your GNU/Linux servers via a web browser.
- Easy to use. Cockpit is perfect for new sysadmins, allowing them to easily perform simple tasks such as storage administration, inspecting journals and starting and stopping services.
- No interference. Jumping between the terminal and the web tool is no problem. A service started via Cockpit can be stopped via the terminal. Likewise, if an error occurs in the terminal, it can be seen in the Cockpit journal interface. Multi-server. You can monitor and administer several servers at the same time.

Soooooo, will it play Crysis?
 
 
 
 
 
 
lol 😛

As long as the RPM standard is being maintained, that would be hell to replace.