Error with Unity and classic Gnome
Mohammad AbuShady
coalwater5 at gmail.com
Sun Sep 4 18:47:09 UTC 2011
it's just not in installed by default but you can still install it if you
want
On Sep 4, 2011 10:38 PM, "Виктор Погребняк" <avtomaton at gmail.com> wrote:
> Now you mean that I can't use GNOME 2 as a desktop in Oneiric at all? In
> fact, ubuntu became OS with hardly integrated desktop. It's a great
> pity, I think.
>
> 04.09.2011 22:25, Carl Ansell пишет:
>> The next release (Oneiric) uses Unity 2D as a fallback option and
>> Unity 3D by default. So in the current preview releases for Oneiric
>> (which I am using) GNOME 2 is not installed, and Unity is based on
>> GNOME 3 rather than GNOME 2.
>>
>> On 04/09/11 19:18, Виктор Погребняк wrote:
>>> It's clear that Ubuntu is moving away from GNOME 2? Why? This package
>>> is still available even in new release, and it's a lot of people
>>> using it. Now you mean that if unity is main desktop option, it is
>>> one and only option?
>>>
>>> 04.09.2011 22:08, Carl Ansell пишет:
>>>> On 04/09/11 08:20, Oddvar Kvernevik wrote:
>>>>> I report this as a bug because what happened was highly unexpected.
>>>>> I have Used Ubuntu with Classic Gnome desktop in all the years w
>>>>> Ubuntu.
>>>>>
>>>>> My computer has Pentium D processor, 80GB harddisk and
>>>>> Nvidia graphic card with 2GB Ram.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is what happened when I first time used the Ubuntu 11.04.
>>>>>
>>>>> First I burned the Ubuntu 11.04 CD.
>>>>> During boot I got message saying my Hardware is not good enough for
>>>>> Unity
>>>>> and Gnome Classic will be used.
>>>>> Thats all fine because I prefer Gnome Classic over Unity.
>>>>>
>>>>> The problem started when I wanted to use my Ubuntu as I am used to.
>>>>> First I waned to Add to Panel; Dictionary Lookup.
>>>>> That choice suddenly did not exist. After asking the Ubuntu
>>>>> Community I got to know
>>>>> this option has been removed from Unity.
>>>>> But I did not use Unity, only classic Gnome desktop?
>>>>> After some investigation I found there were programs installed on
>>>>> my system
>>>>> that refer to Unity.
>>>>>
>>>>> After removing those programs I am back to Gnome Classic
>>>>> and no more problems about Unity.
>>>>>
>>>>> I report this as a bug because this should not happen during install:
>>>>>
>>>>> First my 2-3 years old Pentium D computer is not too old to run
>>>>> Ubuntu whether
>>>>> Unity or Classic. I personal prefer Classic but I never got the
>>>>> opportunity to
>>>>> choose during install.
>>>>> After classic installed, it seemed there where still some annoying
>>>>> traces from Unity
>>>>> like Dictionary Lookup is not on the list over applications "Add to
>>>>> Panel"
>>>>>
>>>>> Only after search and remove all programs in my system that seems to
be
>>>>> related to Unity did my system function as a normal Ubuntu Gnome
>>>>> classic desktop.
>>>>>
>>>>> This was highly annoying and disturbing to me
>>>>> and it should indeed be reported as a bug.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards from Oddvar Kvernevik
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I would recommend that you try one of the many GNOME 2 Ubuntu based
>>>> distros out there such as Mint. It is clear that Ubuntu is moving
>>>> away from GNOME 2 and Oneiric will not even provide the GNOME 2
>>>> desktop as an option, but there are many distributions that still
>>>> use it as their main interface.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> С уважением, Виктор Погребняк
>>> avtomaton at gmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> С уважением, Виктор Погребняк
> avtomaton at gmail.com
>
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