Alternative desktop environment?
Alternative desktop environment?
Hello,
CentOS 8 has the Gnome desktop environment by default.
If I install non-GUI server, is there any alternative desktop environment I can install?
Thank you.
CentOS 8 has the Gnome desktop environment by default.
If I install non-GUI server, is there any alternative desktop environment I can install?
Thank you.
Re: Alternative desktop environment?
Hi,
Cinnamon, MATE and all others was in EPEL repo in version 7.
In EPEL 8, no alternatives Desktops.
A request already sent for XFCE on bugzilla : https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1744139
If your desktop environment not available and no request, you can send a request.
Cinnamon, MATE and all others was in EPEL repo in version 7.
In EPEL 8, no alternatives Desktops.
A request already sent for XFCE on bugzilla : https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1744139
If your desktop environment not available and no request, you can send a request.
Re: Alternative desktop environment?
Hi Adrien.D,Adrien.D wrote: ↑2019/09/27 08:00:44Hi,
Cinnamon, MATE and all others was in EPEL repo in version 7.
In EPEL 8, no alternatives Desktops.
A request already sent for XFCE on bugzilla : https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1744139
If your desktop environment not available and no request, you can send a request.
Thank you for your reply.
Xfce is what I am really looking for.
I hope I can install Xfce on CentOS 8 soon!
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Re: Alternative desktop environment?
Hello,Adrien.D wrote: ↑2019/09/27 08:00:44Hi,
Cinnamon, MATE and all others was in EPEL repo in version 7.
In EPEL 8, no alternatives Desktops.
A request already sent for XFCE on bugzilla : https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1744139
If your desktop environment not available and no request, you can send a request.
I'm interested in MATE in EPEL 8
I send a request too: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1756601
Re: Alternative desktop environment?
Same here . And thanks for your request. I'm try to build mate desktop from source, but it has so many packages.zeroespero wrote: ↑2019/09/28 11:20:20Hello,Adrien.D wrote: ↑2019/09/27 08:00:44Hi,
Cinnamon, MATE and all others was in EPEL repo in version 7.
In EPEL 8, no alternatives Desktops.
A request already sent for XFCE on bugzilla : https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1744139
If your desktop environment not available and no request, you can send a request.
I'm interested in MATE in EPEL 8
I send a request too: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1756601
Re: Alternative desktop environment?
The issue you submited has been closed by the maintainer.zeroespero wrote: ↑2019/09/28 11:20:20Hello,Adrien.D wrote: ↑2019/09/27 08:00:44Hi,
Cinnamon, MATE and all others was in EPEL repo in version 7.
In EPEL 8, no alternatives Desktops.
A request already sent for XFCE on bugzilla : https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1744139
If your desktop environment not available and no request, you can send a request.
I'm interested in MATE in EPEL 8
I send a request too: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1756601
And I found this:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/stenstorp/MATE/
maybe we can give it a try
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Re: Alternative desktop environment?
I have backported xfce 4.14 to CENTOS 8
https://sauronlenoir.be/index.php/fr/xfce
site is currently in french i do the translation this week.
a repository is created with all the rmps and srpms
direct link
https://sauronlenoir.be/repo/rpm/sauron ... noarch.rpm
xfce need gtk-doc present int Centos-PowerTools repository
this repo is desactived by default
to enabled it
edit /etc/yum.repos.d/Centos-PowerTools.repo
replace enable=0 par enable=1
install al the rpm present un the repository
reboot the pc en select xfce enjoy
this week a create a group.xml so you can perform a install with groupinstall xfce
https://sauronlenoir.be/index.php/fr/xfce
site is currently in french i do the translation this week.
a repository is created with all the rmps and srpms
direct link
https://sauronlenoir.be/repo/rpm/sauron ... noarch.rpm
xfce need gtk-doc present int Centos-PowerTools repository
this repo is desactived by default
to enabled it
edit /etc/yum.repos.d/Centos-PowerTools.repo
replace enable=0 par enable=1
install al the rpm present un the repository
reboot the pc en select xfce enjoy
this week a create a group.xml so you can perform a install with groupinstall xfce
Re: Alternative desktop environment?
Hello,sauron_le_noir wrote: ↑2019/09/30 06:14:18I have backported xfce 4.14 to CENTOS 8
https://sauronlenoir.be/index.php/fr/xfce
site is currently in french i do the translation this week.
a repository is created with all the rmps and srpms
direct link
https://sauronlenoir.be/repo/rpm/sauron ... noarch.rpm
xfce need gtk-doc present int Centos-PowerTools repository
this repo is desactived by default
to enabled it
edit /etc/yum.repos.d/Centos-PowerTools.repo
replace enable=0 par enable=1
install al the rpm present un the repository
reboot the pc en select xfce enjoy
this week a create a group.xml so you can perform a install with groupinstall xfce
Thanks for your effort.
I will try it soon.
Re: Alternative desktop environment?
Thank you for asking this question. Part of the reason -- among others -- is this one. I currently use KDE 4.x. RHEL has said that KDE will be "deprecated" starting in CentOS 8 and for KDE users installation will be via some repo. My alternative to KDE is Cinnamon, which is very KDE-like.Adrien.D wrote: ↑2019/09/27 08:00:44Hi,
Cinnamon, MATE and all others was in EPEL repo in version 7.
In EPEL 8, no alternatives Desktops.
A request already sent for XFCE on bugzilla : https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1744139
If your desktop environment not available and no request, you can send a request.
I HATE GNOME, as a result I am waiting to see what happens between now and the release of say 8.2. I am seriously considering simply jumping ship to say something like Manjaro-KDE, in hopes of finding something as stable like CentOS but is not as bleeding edge as say Fedora.
Re: Alternative desktop environment?
To whom it may concern,
I would love to see Cinnamon as a GUI option for CentOS (Stream) 8!
Cheers,
Marc
I would love to see Cinnamon as a GUI option for CentOS (Stream) 8!
Cheers,
Marc