[CentOS] Non-Gnome desktop

Tue Nov 11 14:27:19 UTC 2014
James B. Byrne <byrnejb at harte-lyne.ca>

On Mon, November 10, 2014 14:57, Frank Cox wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:35:05 -0500
> James B. Byrne wrote:
>
>>  Does this Desktop work for anyone else without gnome3
>> installed?  What am I leaving out?  Am I suppose run some sort of X
>> configuration program?
>
> I've done this a few times now, and it's worked every time:
>
> Install the Centos 7 Live CD.
>
> Install epel-release
>
> Install Mate Desktop
>

That matches my experience.  I can install from the LiveCD with a graphical
interface and get KDE and Mate.  But I suspect that is because the LiveCD is
providing Gnome3.  If I use the Minimal install DVD instead then I simply
cannot get Mate or KDE to run as desktops without having first installed
Gnome3.  Neither alternative desktop will work without and both always work
with Gnome3 present.


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