Not heavily. And differences are very little. Possible variables:
- Java 7 is or isn't in official repo
- you need or need not to configure iptables
- you need or need not to be a member of wheel group
- you need, or need not to be a sudoer
- you may need to, or may not need to configure SELinux
- you may or may not be aware that your default shell needs to be rehashed