On 12/05/2012 02:34 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Robert Moskowitz rgm@htt-consult.com wrote:
It's been ages since I've used CentOS with a GUI (my desktop at the time). There's a Add/Remove Software application in the menu somewhere.
I also don't 'run' CentOS with a GUI, but jumping into Centos 6.3 from 5.3, I felt there would be enough that I would have to do to warrant starting out with the GUI on a test installation. In my production systems (the 5.3 ones still running), I would install Gnome, but set inittab to level 3 and use VNC when I needed more than just an SSH connection.
I recommend installing freenx and using the NX client (available for linux/windows/mac) when you want remote GUI access.
I played around with freenx and have just settled on vnc for as little as I need it. I have a few things secured down, and for external access, I run it over SSH. Perhaps another time to open this back up. I have Samba and mail to get working new. Plus I will be upgrading my domain server so I can finally implement DNSSEC.