If you don`t like Gnome 3 and want the Gnome 2 desktop environment back on Fedora Linux, this guide is for you.
Open the terminal and run:
sudo yum groupinstall MATE-Desktop
How-To Install Gnome 2 (MATE) on Fedora Linux
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How-To Install Gnome 2 (MATE) on Fedora Linux 17
If you – like me – don`t like Gnome 3 and want the Gnome 2 desktop environment back on Fedora 17, this guide is for you.
Open the terminal and run:
su
yum install https://dl.dropbox.com/u/49862637/Mate-desktop/fedora_17/mate-desktop-fedora-updates/noarch/mate-desktop-release-17-2.fc17.noarch.rpm
yum groupinstall MATE-Desktop
Solaris 11 – Install Gnome on Text Install
When you`ve got an old server with CD-ROM and therefore cannot install the live edition, or you have another reason to install Gnome on Solaris 11 you should follow my very short guide;
Login onto the console and use the following commands:
sudo pkg install slim_install
sudo svcadm enable gdm
And if you want to run the deskstop:
startx