> RHEL/CentOS installations tend to end up being a frankestein patchwork of different repos with varying degree of support. Yes, that is kind of true if you ne

> RHEL/CentOS installations tend to end up being a frankestein patchwork of different repos with varying degree of support. Yes, that is kind of true if you need to push the boundaries of RHEL into client/workstation use. However, I've found EPEL to be quite stable and mature. I would say that the quality of packaging is on par with Ubuntu's universe and other auxiliary repositories. Ubuntu makes it less obvious that their non-core packages are not actually supported. EPEL fits sort of in a similar category.