[GTALUG] Upgrade from Ubuntu 12.10

[Bob Jonkman]

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On 03/01/15 03:04 PM, Chris Aitken wrote:
> Will there be any possibility of choosing the old GNOME interface,
> so I don't end up with Unity?

I use the MATE interface, a Gnome2 fork. You can install it from Ubuntu
14.04LTS "Trusty Tahr" repositories now:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/mate-desktop Install it from the
commandline with 'apt-get install mate-desktop'

I'd also install the packages 'mate-desktop-environment' and
'mate-desktop-environment-extras', but they seem to be available only
in 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn":
http://packages.ubuntu.com/utopic/mate-desktop-environment-extras

Instead of upgrading from 14.04LTS to 14.10 to get the
'-environment-extras' you may want to add the MATE repositories
instead. That'll let you install the '-environment-extras' package,
and probably provides you with a more current MATE core as well.
There's good instructions at
http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/download#ubuntu_1404_lts_trusty_thar

- --Bob.


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On 03/01/15 03:04 PM, Chris Aitken wrote:
> On 15-01-02 11:21 AM, Tim Tisdall wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Chris Aitken 
>> <chris at chrisaitken.net <mailto:chris at chrisaitken.net>> wrote:
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>> On 15-01-02 09:39 AM, Tim Tisdall wrote:
>>> If you don't have too much on that computer, you should
>>> probably just copy of your personal stuff and reformat it with
>>> the 14.04 version.   Nuke it from orbit...  it's the only way
>>> to be sure.
>> 
>> Man, it's been so long. I don't expect you to give me a 
>> step-by-step, but are the broad strokes that I would make a CD or
>>  DVD on another PC, then boot from that to do the fresh 
>> installation? Is there a command I can run, then at boot the 
>> installation would begin? I assumed I was going to lose
>> everything anyway - I'm good about backing up data.
>> 
>> 
>> Easiest way is to download the 14.04 ISO image and then use the 
>> "Startup Disk Creator" to create a bootable USB flash drive.
>> You then boot from the USB drive and follow the instructions.
>> 
>> You should have everything you need on that older Ubuntu machine
>>  already, you just need to download the disk ISO.
> 
> OK - I'm starting in on this. Will there be any possibility of 
> choosing the old GNOME interface, so I don't end up with Unity?
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> Chris
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