m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > Nux! wrote: >> On 05.10.2012 14:31, Nux! wrote: >>> On 05.10.2012 14:05, James B. Byrne wrote: >>> >>>> So what is it that I am missing? What other step is required to get >>>> my 'normal' gnome desktop with the utilities ans such displayed in >>>> the title bar? >>> Try: >>> yum groupinstall "Desktop" "Desktop Platform" "General Purpose >>> Desktop" >>> >>> Btw, you can't really have "minimal" AND "gnome" ... :-) > <snip> > Yeah... they keep changing the group names, for no good reason AFAIK. For > example, between 5 and 6, they changed KDE from "KDE (K Desktop > Environment)" to "KDE Desktop". Note that we groupinstall "X Window > System" and Desktop, and *then* the KDE; I'd assume gnome was the same. > > mark, confirmed gnome disliker (and hater of gnome 3) If I require a minimal desktop in CentOS 6, I usually use the net install ISO & when the time comes, just select 'minimal desktop' & there's a small(ish) gnome desktop installed but without all the major cruft. Granted this minimal desktop does include Firefox but then again, if I want a desktop environment, I usually want Firefox. Cheers, Phil... -- currently (ab)using CentOS 6.3, Debian Squeeze, Fedora Beefy, OS X Snow Leopard, Ubuntu Precise
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