Fluxbox on Centos

Install X:

yum -y groupinstall “X Window System”

Install Fluxbox:

yum -y install fluxbox thunar thunar-volman rxvt wget alsa-utils pciutils usbutils xdg-utils fuse fuse-ntfs-3g ntfs-3g ntfsprogs parted udisks gvfs yum-utils bind-utils lsb wireless-tools gdm gtk2-devel zlib-devel glibc glib2 glib2-devel vim-enhanced vim-X11 rpm-build gettext-devel perl-XML-Parser xarchiver p7zip

this will install and gives you a basic desktop with window manager, file manager, text editor and a terminal emulator, also you can add other packets

change inittab 3 to 5

show hidden files: Alt+F2 to run Thunar, check the ‘show hidden files, then you should look for some folders like .fluxbox and there you can found keys file, where you can set some key shortcuts.

F9 : ExecCommand google-chrome or F2 : ExecCommand rxvt

also look for Desktop folder where you can add some shortcuts with linux symlink on your desktop.

alsactl init                           sets up sound
alsamixer                              adjust levels

 

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