Okay /g/entoomen, I'd like some input from this esteemed online community. I'd like to graduate from Baby's First Linux (Ubuntu) to something not based on Debian. A friend of mine told me to check out CentOS or Fedora. What's the real difference?
Different release cycles for one
>>61321505
CentOS is targeted for servers because it's pretty stable and has very old packages (even older than Debian's).
Fedora is targeted for desktops. It's pretty stable and cutting-edge.
>>61321539
>CentOS for servers
That's what I thought as well, but I've seen screenfetch/neofetch threads here with people using CentOS. Is that grade-A doofus?
>>61321615
CentOS is basically RHEL without commercial support, it's really stable so it works for some people. I'd use it instead Debian because I don't like .deb.
But I prefer newer packages so that's why I run Fedora and Arch. CentOS is perfect for servers, good for desktops but too old.
>>61321505
CentoOS is for servers if you're too poor to afford RHEL subscription.
Fedora is for desktops and has newer packages.