Installing Linux GUI Desktop Environments

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Install Desktop environment to use and administer your Fedora/Centos distribution with Graphical user interface. This post is related to all Fedora and CentOS Linux distributions.


Install X Server pckages from YUM
Install the Desktop environment packages from YUM repositories. Login as root and run.
[root@server ~]# yum -y groupinstall "X Window System" 
[root@server ~]# yum -y groupinstall "Desktop" 
[root@server ~]# yum -y groupinstall "General Purpose Desktop"


Start Desktop Environment
Login as root user and run the below command to start Linux GUI environment
[root@server ~]# startx

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