Question about Ubuntu 12 desktop

[Ori Idan]

On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Mel Wilson <mwilson-Ja3L+HSX0kI at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> I audited Ubuntu 12 a couple of months ago, and seemed to see the new
> Gnome that treats desktops as though they were cellphones.  I hated what
> I saw, and stuck with 10.04 LTS.  That has become a software backwater
> with regard to packages like git, scratch et.al.
>
> Is there a way to upgrade to 12.04 and keep my traditional desktop?  Or
> should I just revert to Slackware times and do my own package installs?
>

Use cinnamon by MINT, it emulates the old gnome desktop pretty well.
I am using it and like it very much.

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Ori Idan
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