## INSTALL XFCE ON SYNEX SERVER

To install Synex XFCE on Synex Server, you must do the following:

apt update && sudo apt install -y \
blueman \
gparted \
qt6-gtk-platformtheme \
thunar \
thunar-archive-plugin \
thunar-volman \
tumbler \
tumbler-plugins-extra \
xarchiver \
xfce4 \
xfce4-appfinder \
xfce4-appmenu-plugin \
xfce4-battery-plugin \
xfce4-clipman-plugin \
xfce4-clipman \
xfce4-cpufreq-plugin \
xfce4-cpugraph-plugin \
xfce4-datetime-plugin \
xfce4-dev-tools \
xfce4-dict \
xfce4-diskperf-plugin \
xfce4-docklike-plugin \
xfce4-eyes-plugin \
xfce4-fsguard-plugin \
xfce4-genmon-plugin \
xfce4-goodies \
xfce4-helpers \
xfce4-indicator-plugin \
xfce4-mailwatch-plugin \
xfce4-mount-plugin \
xfce4-mpc-plugin \
xfce4-netload-plugin \
xfce4-notes-plugin \
xfce4-notes \
xfce4-notifyd \
xfce4-panel-profiles \
xfce4-panel \
xfce4-places-plugin \
xfce4-power-manager-data \
xfce4-power-manager-plugins \
xfce4-power-manager \
xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin \
xfce4-screensaver \
xfce4-screenshooter \
xfce4-sensors-plugin \
xfce4-session \
xfce4-settings \
xfce4-smartbookmark-plugin \
xfce4-systemload-plugin \
xfce4-taskmanager \
xfce4-terminal \
xfce4-time-out-plugin \
xfce4-timer-plugin \
xfce4-verve-plugin \
xfce4-wavelan-plugin \
xfce4-weather-plugin \
xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin \
xfce4-windowck-plugin \
xfce4-xkb-plugin \
xfconf-gsettings-backend \
obsidian-icon-theme \
orchis-gtk-theme \
gvfs-backends \
lightdm \
mate-polkit \
mate-polkit-bin \
mx-packageinstaller \
mx-packageinstaller-pkglist \
network-manager-gnome \
package-update-indicator \
xbindkeys \
xdg-desktop-portal \
xdg-desktop-portal-gtk \
xorg \
xserver-xorg \
firmware-amd-graphics \
firmware-atheros \
firmware-intel-graphics \
firmware-iwlwifi \
firmware-linux \
firmware-linux-nonfree \
firmware-misc-nonfree \
firmware-realtek \
intel-media-va-driver \
alsa-ucm-conf \
alsa-utils \
bluez \
bluez-firmware \
libcanberra-pulse \
libspa-0.2-bluetooth \
pipewire \
pipewire-audio \
pipewire-pulse \
pulseaudio-utils \
wireplumber \
mesa-utils \
mesa-va-drivers \
mesa-vulkan-drivers \
ffmpeg \
ffmpegthumbs \
flac \
gstreamer1.0-libav \
gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly \
lame \
libavcodec-extra \
libfaac0 \
vorbis-tools \
fontconfig \
fontconfig-config \
fonts-dejavu-core \
fonts-dejavu-mono \
fonts-droid-fallback \
fonts-hack \
fonts-inter \
fonts-lato \
fonts-liberation \
fonts-liberation-sans-narrow \
fonts-montserrat \
fonts-noto \
fonts-noto-color-emoji \
fonts-open-sans \
fonts-quicksand \
fonts-roboto \
fonts-roboto-fontface \
fonts-roboto-slab \
fonts-urw-base35 \
ttf-mscorefonts-installer \
plymouth-themes

## Remove conflicting packages
In order to install Synex Center, you must uninstall synex-server-release package.

apt remove synex-server-release

## Synex Stuff
apt install firefox-esr \
synex-branding \
synex-branding-xfce \
synex-center \
synex-cleaner \
synex-firmware-helper \
synex-gtk-defaults \
synex-home \
synex-wallpapers

## USER
Add user with adduser command or use synex-control to add your user.

adduser YOURUSERNAME
or
synex-control
Option 1) User management
Option 1) Create new user

Optionally, but recommended, you need to add your user to the following groups:

usermod -aG dialout,cdrom,floppy,audio,dip,video,plugdev,netdev,bluetooth

On Synex Server, newly created users are only in the "sudo" group.

## Final tweaks
On ZFS, /boot and /boot/efi partitions are not mounted by default. So, we need a few more steps to have plymouth theme working on.

Mount your partitions:

mount /dev/sdaX /boot

1. Edit /etc/default/grub
You will see a line like this one:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="root=ZFS=zpsynex/ROOT/synex/root quiet"

You need to add splash parameter in order to work with plymouth. So the complete line will look like this:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="root=ZFS=zpsynex/ROOT/synex/root quiet splash"

After that, execute the following:

update-grub
update-initramfs -u

## LAST STEP - BOOT REDUNDANCY ACROSS ALL DISKS ON ZFS (only UEFI)
The last step is to replicate your GRUB configuration to the other mirror disk. For that, we've developed a tool called synex-boot-redundancy, capable of replicating configurations to the other disks. To do that, just run:

synex-boot-redundancy sync --all

With this command, /boot and /boot/efi will be updated on the other disk(s) so, if first disk gone wrong, you're able to boot from within the other disk(s)

Reboot your system and enjoy Synex!