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You are correct Sean but the "Gnome-classic" is a stripped down
version of Gnome. I can also use Cairo-Dock and it is a decent way
to navigate without the horror of Unity. My main gripe is that my
current Gnome Desktop is really tweaked with a lot of third party
action that I will loose with an upgrade. It may be unavoidable at
some point and I'll have to swallow hard and do it probably.<br>
thanks for chiming in!<br>
<br>
Brian <br>
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On 04/03/2012 12:33 PM, MeanderingCode wrote:
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<pre wrap="">[...]for Ubuntu 10.10 that is.
Still resisting the Unity interface with all of my might and not doing a
new install of a different distro.
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Sorry for jumping in without knowing the history:
The Ubuntu repos carry Kde, Gnome, and many more obscure desktop
managers, as well as Unity. I believe all that is require is to install
the "gnome-panel" package (and wait for all your dependancies to
download and install, too ;), and log out. You should be able to choose
a "Gnome Classic" session. I don't know if that package install will
also give you Gnome 3 Shell.
I may be wrong. I am on Kubuntu 11.10, and have been on the Kubuntu
variant for 2 or 3 years. But if that's correct (and someone wrote
about it in regards to 12.04, maybe on <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk">http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk</a> ?)
then I would advise you to spend the time upgrading, as security patches
are priceless. It could be some work, though...can you do a
dist-upgrade in steps (11.04, 11.10), now that you've skipped a release?
I know you cannot go straight from 10.10 to 11.10, as you can only skip
releases when going from LTS to LTS release.
'Course, i would wait until May to upgrade, as i always find the repos
rather slow in the first two weeks after a release :)
Cheers,
Sean
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