[CentOS] Alternative GUI

Fri Sep 30 07:39:30 UTC 2016
Sorin Srbu <Sorin.Srbu at orgfarm.uu.se>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On
> Behalf Of Greg Bailey
> Sent: den 30 september 2016 08:30
> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org>
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Alternative GUI
> 
> >> Only additional thing I did was to install the "nux" repo, along with
> >> the infinality font rpms, which drastically improved font rendering.
> >> For some reason, the default C7 desktop never looked as good as the
> >> default C6 desktop until I installed:
> >>
> >> fontconfig-infinality-1-20120615_1.noarch
> >> freetype-infinality-2.4.12-2.20130514_01.el7.nux.1.x86_64
> > Thanks for the hint!
> >
> > Is there however something fishy with the
> > freetype-infinality-2.4.12-2.20130514_01.el7.nux.1.x86_64?
> > It seems it cannot be found in the nux-dextop repo.
> >
> 
> I hadn't noticed that it disappeared.
> 
> https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=55936
> 
> looks relevant, but I haven't experimented with "freetype-freeworld",
> whatever that is...  the freetype-infinality RPM is apparently still
> available via the link posted in that forum.

Thanks for the heads-up!

I'll give it a go during the day and see how it goes.
-- 
//Sorin