Install gnome classic in a minimal centos install
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Hi, thank you "Gabor" for bringing me on the right way... to reach a CentOS7 Minimal Desktop Installation you can do following steps: 1. Install CentOS-7 - Minimal (First entry point in list) 2. yum groupinstall "X Window System" 3. yum install gnome-classic-session gnome-terminal nautilus-open-terminal control-center liberation-mono-fonts 4. unlink /etc/systemd/system/default.target 5. ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/graphical.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target 6. reboot Now you have a CentOS-7 Minimal Desktop installation LIKE CentOS-6 Minimal Desktop Enjoy!