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  • Anyone know how to install a really lean desktop like LXDE or XFCE ?

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    I am really not a big fan of the big massive GNOME desktop or KDE which has every bell and whistle anyone could want. I am happy, very happy with a very lean and simple interface like LXDE. Even ye old TWM would work but that is perhaps a tad too lean and entirely too mean. I went looking for lxde and see not much :

    # yum search lxde
    Loaded plugins: langpacks, product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager
    ======================================================== N/S matched: lxde =========================================================
    lxmenu-data.noarch : Data files for the LXDE menu
    
      Name and summary matches only, use "search all" for everything.
    # 
    

    So not sure what to make of that.

    I think building from source may be a bit of a long haul : https://wiki.lxde.org/en/Installation

    Any thoughts ?

    Dennis

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    I found the sad news here :

    https://access.redhat.com/solutions/56723

    Does Red Hat support the XFCE Desktop Environment on Red Hat Enterprise Linux?
    Solution Verified - Updated April 8 2017 at 2:39 AM - English
    Environment

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4/5/6/7
    XFCE Desktop Environment
    

    so Computer says "no". :-(

    I have to look at a total build of my own into $HOME somehow.

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