Getting a DESKTOP on centos!

Do a minimal install of centos 6.5 and start doing this:

# yum -y groupinstall "Desktop" "Desktop Platform" "X Window System" "Fonts" "General Purpose Desktop"

# init 5

To have CentOS boot into runlevel 5 “X11” instead of runlevel 3 “Full multiuser mode”, modify the /etc/inittab file to change start up level like this :

# nano /etc/inittab

id:3:initdefault:

to

id:5:initdefault:

Job Done!