Install the lxde desktop on Fedora 17

The LXDE desktop system is a lightweight desktop alternative to the Gnome and KDE desktop systems. It is an excellent choice if you are running linux on low resource hardware like an old pc or netbook. It consumes lesser RAM and CPU compared to Gnome and KDE making it ideal for systems which have limited resources of these.
So here are the instructions on how to install the LXDE desktop on Fedora 17.
Install the LXDE desktop
To install the lxde desktop system run the following command in the terminal
$ sudo yum install @lxde-desktop
or
$ sudo yum groupinstall lxde-desktop
This will install the LXDE desktop. After the installation just logout. On the login page under the Sessions option there shall be an entry for LXDE Desktop.
Setup the LXDM display manager
The login page that comes up is either GDM or KDM. Since you switched to the LXDE desktop system you might as well want to switch the display manager to LXDM (which is again faster than GDM or KDM but provides the same functionality).
Edit the /etc/sysconfig/desktop file
$ sudo leafpad /etc/sysconfig/desktop
Add the following line to it
DISPLAYMANAGER=/usr/sbin/lxdm
Save and close. Now restart Fedora and the login page that comes up would be LXDM and it should be much faster.
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Install the lxde desktop on Fedora 17