This page describes certain features of the "Linux Desktop 2.0" pilot/R&D project. While this project has been in progress for some time, these notes begin in July 2018.
There are an estimated 200-300 Linux desktop users at SLAC. This project aims to provide a basic managed and maintained building block desktop from which users may customize to their specific needs. At this writing, either Ubuntu or CentOS are available options. This is very much a work in progress....
List of candidate add-on software to be included in CentOS 7 network-install image.
| Package | Status | Date installed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | required | 7/13/2018 | Basic CLI |
| X11 | required | 7/17/2018 | X11+gnome+gazillion dependencies |
| window manager | required | 7/17/2018 | gnome based - working on conf file |
| desktop | required | 7/17/2018 | (various convenience apps) |
| printing | required | CUPS? Need printing via lpd01.slac.stanford.edu | |
| AFS | |||
| emacs | required | 7/19/2018 | |
chrome | |||
| thunderbird | required | 7/19/2018 | |
| NX | NoMachine client for use with NERSC | ||
| dbvis |
| ||
| citrix client | |||
| fastx | First attempt to install & run app failed | ||
| slack | |||
| zoom | (implies support for microphone, camera and speakers) | ||
| OpenOffice | required | 7/19/2018 | LibreOffice...same thing |
| python v3 | |||
Notes:
X11 & GUI installed in this way:
X11 and GUIcurl http://yum/centos-gui > /tmp/centos-gui /bin/sh /tmp/centos-gui
(very large set of packages, takes a long time...)
Software installed via the GUI: Thunderbird, emacs, LibreOffice
sudo gnome-software
Attempt to install FastX downloaded from www.starnet.com. Code is unpacked from a tar.gz file and run without any special installation. Attempt to configure SLAC but code fails with a relocation error associated with /lib64/libssl.so.10