Question about Ubuntu 12 desktop

[John Moniz]

On 09/10/2012 10:40 PM, Stephen wrote:
> On 12-09-10 06:53 PM, John Moniz wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>         How to return to classic Gnome in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise
>>>
>>> https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/netcooltips/entry/how_to_return_to_classic_gnome_in_ubuntu_12_04_precise12?lang=en
>>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the link. The question is very timely also, Mel just beat 
>> me to it.
>>
>> I have installed 10.04 LTS for a few friends and family, none of whom 
>> seem to be interested in Unity. Has anyone tried this "fix"? Is there 
>> any loss in functionality to be concerned about? I did see something 
>> about installing gnome shell from the gnome team repository (ppa: 
>> gnome3-team/gnome3) instead of using the default Ubuntu repository 
>> gnome package (too old apparently?).
>>
> I have been using it since installing 12.04. I made sure that I could 
> use classic Gnome before I did the upgrade to 12.04.
>
> I have not been able to get icons for apps on the top bar, but that is 
> not very important, and I have not tried to hard to figure it out.

Having app icons on the top bar is kind of important for my 
mother-in-law, it's the only way she remembers how to start a program. 
I'll have to see if I can figure it out.

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