Is there any desktop alternative to Gnome?
Is there any desktop alternative to Gnome?
The subject says it all. I cannot find Mate nor Xfce.
TIA,
Ken
TIA,
Ken
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Re: Is there any desktop alternative to Gnome?
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Cheers,
Mike
P.S. But to answer, no there is not. At least in the first party supported repos (base/appstreams). All other desktop environments are in EPEL, and most have been waiting for the C8 release to rebuild.
Cheers,
Mike
P.S. But to answer, no there is not. At least in the first party supported repos (base/appstreams). All other desktop environments are in EPEL, and most have been waiting for the C8 release to rebuild.
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Re: Is there any desktop alternative to Gnome?
Thanks Mike,
I figured as much. I have been busy fighting issues with the 7.6 -> 7.7 upgrade so I am not planning to be an early adopter of 8. Still I thought I might have a look. The latest Gnome is worse than the last Gnome I came across which... Gnome has not been worth a darn since 2. That is why I use Mate
CentOS 7 has another 4 years of support so I will be patient.
Ken
I figured as much. I have been busy fighting issues with the 7.6 -> 7.7 upgrade so I am not planning to be an early adopter of 8. Still I thought I might have a look. The latest Gnome is worse than the last Gnome I came across which... Gnome has not been worth a darn since 2. That is why I use Mate
CentOS 7 has another 4 years of support so I will be patient.
Ken
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Re: Is there any desktop alternative to Gnome?
I have just ported xfce 4.14 for centos 8.
https://sauronlenoir.be
Just the site in french is currentyl working sorry fort this
i will release the repo this week
See Attachments
https://sauronlenoir.be
Just the site in french is currentyl working sorry fort this
i will release the repo this week
See Attachments
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Re: Is there any desktop alternative to Gnome?
Thank you sauron_le_noir,
I look forward to your repo.
Ken
I look forward to your repo.
Ken
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Re: Is there any desktop alternative to Gnome?
Te repo is online
don't forget to enable Centos-PowerTools.repo
change just the file /etc/yum.repos.d/Centos-PowerTools.repo enable=0 by enable=1
xfce need gdk-doc and he is provided by this repository
download & install all the rpms
I'm working for a group.xml so you just can do the installation with a group-install
I will try to translate my site from french to english and flemish this week
Enjoy
https://sauronlenoir.be select Portage de xfce sur centos 8
click on ce lien these will propose you a rpm that install the repository to your pc
here is the direct link to the release rpm for the repo : https://sauronlenoir.be/repo/rpm/sauron ... noarch.rpm
Source rpm are also provided on the site but are disable by default in the sauronlenoir-release.repo
don't forget to enable Centos-PowerTools.repo
change just the file /etc/yum.repos.d/Centos-PowerTools.repo enable=0 by enable=1
xfce need gdk-doc and he is provided by this repository
download & install all the rpms
I'm working for a group.xml so you just can do the installation with a group-install
I will try to translate my site from french to english and flemish this week
Enjoy
https://sauronlenoir.be select Portage de xfce sur centos 8
click on ce lien these will propose you a rpm that install the repository to your pc
here is the direct link to the release rpm for the repo : https://sauronlenoir.be/repo/rpm/sauron ... noarch.rpm
Source rpm are also provided on the site but are disable by default in the sauronlenoir-release.repo
Re: Is there any desktop alternative to Gnome?
Thank you again.
I will give it a try.
Ken
I will give it a try.
Ken
Re: Is there any desktop alternative to Gnome?
There will be more desktops coming to EPEL, some may already be in a repo called EPEL-Playground which is installed (disabled) by the epel-release package.
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke
Re: Is there any desktop alternative to Gnome?
Hi !sauron_le_noir wrote: ↑2019/09/29 18:15:23I have just ported xfce 4.14 for centos 8.
https://sauronlenoir.be
Just the site in french is currentyl working sorry fort this
i will release the repo this week
Tu pourrais aussi poster ça dans le forum français ?
https://fr.centos.org/forums/
ça serait cool ! Merci d'avance
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Re: Is there any desktop alternative to Gnome?
Gnome 3 and its terrible "Mac-like" user interface is pretty bad for power users, developers, devops and sysops. Lots of people abandoned Fedora due to Gnome 3 and went with other distros, at least these days there are Fedora Spins with alternative desktops.
I understand that RedHat has its own agenda for using this terrible user interface, but they should consider having at least one alternative available by default.
Lets not force people away from CentOS...
I understand that RedHat has its own agenda for using this terrible user interface, but they should consider having at least one alternative available by default.
Lets not force people away from CentOS...
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