> redistribute the combination. CentOS does a lot of work just to get to > the point where redistribution is allowed and doesn't add much except an > option kernel with more drivers included. I'd rather see that work go And yum, which is a big change. You assume that Centos wants to do other stuff. > into something like a better installer, or combining newer desktop apps > into the stable kernel/libs from RHEL - but nobody does because RH goes I wouldn't recommend trying that too hard. Current gnome needs current gtk and really wants composite which really wants current X libraries and server which ... and so it goes on. Alan