Perfect (or so) Desktop with SL 6.5 (CentOS 6.5)

perfect-desktop-with-sl6.md

Perfect (or so) Desktop with SL (CentOS) 6.5

Install from Live CD

Post-install:

Disable unneeded services:

$ chkconfig iscsi off
$ chkconfig iscsid off
$ chkconfig livesys off
$ chkconfig livesys-late off

Disable selinux

grob boot timeout set to 1

update /etc/sysconfig/network to set HOSTNAME

Add extra repos:

$ yum install yum-conf-epel
$ yum  install http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/updates/6/i386/rpmfusion-free-release-6-1.noarch.rpm
$ yum install http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/el/updates/6/i386/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-6-1.noarch.rpm

Remove extra packages

$ yum remove evolution
$ yum remove httpd httpd-tools
$ yum remove thunderbird
$ yum remove nfs-utils
$ yum remove rpcbind
$ yum remove java-1.6.0-openjdk
$ yum remove java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc
$ yum remove libtirpc
$ yum remove mysql-server
$ yum remove log4j
$ yum remove kdebase-runtime
$ yum remove kdelibs
$ yum remove kdelibs3
$ yum remove kdelibs-common
$ yum remove kde-settings
$ yum remove kdebase-workspace-wallpapers
$ yum remove kde-\* xsettings-kde
$ yum remove ekiga
$ yum remove emacs
$ yum remove tigervnc tigervnc-server libvncserver
$ yum remove xchat
$ yum remove kernel-devel 
$ yum remove krb5-workstation
$ yum remove pam_krb5
$ yum remove icewm icewm-l10n
$ yum remove liveusb-creator
$ yum remove livecd-tools
$ yum remove subversion
$ yum remove postgres postgres-libs
$ yum remove net-snmp

Dropbox:

install fedora RPM disable dropbox yum repo

Skype:

$ yum install qtwebkit.i686
$ yum install libXv.i686
$ yum install libXScrnSaver.i686
$ ln -s /usr/lib/libtiff.so.3 /usr/lib/libtiff.so.4

$ cd /opt
$ wget http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-dynamic -O /tmp/skype-4.3.0.37tar.bz2
$ tar xjf /tmp/skype-4.3.0.37tar.bz2
$ ln -s skype-4.3.0.37 skype

$ ln -s /opt/skype/skype.desktop /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop
$ ln -s /opt/skype/icons/SkypeBlue_48x48.png /usr/share/icons/skype.png
$ ln -s /opt/skype/icons/SkypeBlue_48x48.png /usr/share/pixmaps/skype.png
 
cat << EOF > /usr/bin/skype
#!/bin/sh
export SKYPE_HOME="/opt/skype"
 
\$SKYPE_HOME/skype --resources=\$SKYPE_HOME \$*
EOF
chmod 755 /usr/bin/skype

Run for each user:

$ qtconfig-qt4 

MS Fonts:

$ yum install https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mscorefonts2/rpms/msttcore-fonts-installer-2.2-1.noarch.rpm