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CentOS Minimal Post-Installation Steps

CentOS Minimal Distro is a good starting point for deploying a bare-bones no-frills server. However, CentOS Minimal lacks some commonly used Linux packages. This guide covers a couple Linux packages that are nice to have in a server deployment.

All steps are optional.

For clarity and ease of use, we execute these commands as the root user.

Become Root User

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Ubuntu Desktop For Software Development

Desktop Goodies

Please refer to Ubuntu Desktop Post-Installation Steps

Time Synchronization

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-time-synchronization-on-ubuntu-16-04

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Ubuntu Desktop Post-Installation Steps

Ubuntu Desktop comes pre-loaded with many software packages, so it is pretty usable as is. Every step in this guide is optional; follow only the steps you need.

Note: Use apt-get command instead of apt command if you are running a Ubuntu version older than 16.04 LTS.

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