Ubuntu first time

[Thomas Milne]

On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Zbigniew Koziol <softquake-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Used am to CentOS. For years.
>
> For certain reasons I installed Ubuntu on my main desktop at home, the
> latest one.
>
> And am frustrated enourmously.
>
> Yes, its Ubuntu Software Center works great. Unfortunately, if I wanted to
> use Ubuntu at school where I have a small part time work I could not - they
> have no Internet.
>
> However, I am sick with the menu on the left. Why these icons are so large?
> The idea about this menu must have been invented by an insane Windows users,
> right? Why i can not add my own icons of programs to upper horizontal

You can, just select Applications and then the ones you want can be
dragged over or added from the right-click menu.

> menu?Where is terminal configuaration? Why do I have to click so many times
> to open a terminal? Where are terminal tabs? Why I can not change screen
> window with a one mouse movement and a click? Why firefox needs a new
> configuration? Ughrr...
>

When you log in, there should be an option for Gnome Classic or
something like that. It will give you the old Gnome 2 desktop that you
are used to.

-- 
Thomas Milne
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