In this video Grant installs the most resource friendly Desktop Environment - Xfce.
- [Instructor] Xfce started out as a recreation…of the Unix Common Desktop Environment,…created in the mid-1990s.…It has since grown into a lightweight and powerful desktop,…built on the GTK Toolkit.…Let's start by preparing a CentOS 7 VM clone just for Xfce,…by clicking on our installed CentOS 7 VM,…and clicking Clone.…I'm using the CentOS 7 full DVD VM I created in our course,…Linux Installation and Overview.…Right-click the virtual machine,…and click on Clone.…
We'll rename this CentOS 7 Xfce.…Click on Reinitialize the MAC address of all network cards,…and click Next.…Click Linked clone to save disk space, and click on Clone.…Once the clone shows up,…click on it and boot it up.…We'll want to dismiss any virtual box messages,…go into full screen mode,…click on our user name,…enter our password, and log in.…Let's go to Applications > Favorites,…and open a Terminal.…
I'll make the Terminal Full Screen,…and I'll zoom in my font.…We'll start out by adding the EPEL software repository.…EPEL holds Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux,…
Author
Grant McWilliams
Released
12/15/2016Note: The topics below map to elements of the Essential Commands section of the Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator exam. Learn more about LFCS certification at https://training.linuxfoundation.org/certification/lfcs.
- Installing GUI desktop environments: GNOME, KDE, MATE, and more
- Preparing your virtual machine for remote access
- Installing and configuring VNC, RDP, and X2Go
- Choosing a terminal and shell
- Accessing the Linux CLI
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome57s
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1. GUI Introduction
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Explore Linux GUI choices4m 15s
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Install GNOME34m 1s
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Install KDE 42m 27s
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Explore KDE 44m 56s
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Install MATE3m 20s
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Explore MATE4m 37s
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Install Cinnamon3m 1s
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Explore Cinnamon4m 3s
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Install Xfce3m 10s
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Explore Xfce4m 49s
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Summary of Linux GUI choices2m 24s
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2. GUI Remote Access
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GUI remote access1m 51s
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Install VNC4m 52s
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Configure VNC5m 43s
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Troubleshoot VNC8m 49s
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Install RDP2m 41s
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Configure RDP4m 14s
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Install X2Go3m 51s
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Configure X2Go2m 12s
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3. CLI Introduction
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The Linux command line4m 4s
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Choosing a terminal4m 40s
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Choosing a shell3m 47s
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Introducing Bash5m 30s
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4. CLI Remote Access
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Access the Linux CLI on iOS1m 52s
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Conclusion
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Next Steps55s
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