Question about Ubuntu 12 desktop

[William Park]

I thought that was "Mate" by Mint?
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William





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> From: Ori Idan <ori-RdxWQVHs3mjDN57Tih+YPw at public.gmane.org>
>To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org 
>Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 12:48:25 PM
>Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Question about Ubuntu 12 desktop
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>On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Mel Wilson <mwilson-Ja3L+HSX0kI at public.gmane.org> wrote:
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>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.
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>>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?
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>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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