Ubuntu first time

[Zbigniew Koziol]

On 12/30/2011 11:14 PM, Thomas Milne wrote:
> 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.

I do not seem to know how to do that ;)

>
>> 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.
>

This seems to be helpful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xDXeOsLQ3k

sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback

If I do not return soon means I am lost entirely or everything went very 
easy ;)


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