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CentOS 8 Perfect Desktop Setup

CentOS 8 Perfect Desktop Setup

Date: 12.11.2020 Author: tOP tIER cODER Category: Linux

This article showing how to turn the default CentOS 8 operating system into a perfect desktop, including:

  • Additional repositories - EPEL, RPMFusion,
  • Additional software:
  • Graphics - GIMP,
  • Office - LibreOffice (Write, Calc, Impress, Math, Draw), Adobe Reader,
  • Browsers - Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Vivaldi,
  • Internet - FileZilla, Skype, Thunderbird,
  • Multimedia - VLC,
  • CD/DVD/BluRay burning program - Brasero, K3B,
  • Remote Desktop Connection - Remmina, LiteManager, AnyDesk, VNC,
  • Virtualization - VirtualBox, VMWare,
  • Programming - Visual Studio, Java, Eclipse, Bluefish,
  • Utilities for NTFS and xFAT drives,
  • Archive - 7zip,
  • Fonts - Microsoft True Type Fonts,
  • YouTube Downloader,
  • Windows Emulator - Wine,
  • Conneting to a VPN, Connecting to Samba Networks, and more...