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Installing XFCE ( Lightweight Desktop Environment ) on Centos/RHEL 6

What is XFCE Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems. It aims to be fast and low on system resources, while still being visually appealing and user friendly. Xfce embodies the traditional UNIX philosophy of modularity and re-usability. It consists of a number of components that provide the full functionality one can expect of a modern desktop environment. They are packaged separately and you can pick among the available packages to create the optimal personal working environment. Another priority of Xfce is adherence to standards, specifically those defined at  freedesktop.org . Xfce can be installed on several UNIX platforms. It is known to compile on Linux, NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, Cygwin and MacOS X, on x86, PPC, Sparc, Alpha... Features Xfce contains a number of core components for the minimum tasks you'd expect from a desktop environment: Window Manager Manages the placement of windows on the screen, provides wi...