Error with Unity and classic Gnome

[Виктор Погребняк]

Carl Ansell recommeded us to install another distrib, fully based on 
GNOME2 (such as Mint). Maybe he had strong reasons for this, I don't 
know. Now I use ubuntu natty and don't know about oneiric behaviour.

04.09.2011 22:54, Mohammad AbuShady пишет:
>
> Gnome classic is installable on oneiric isn't it?
>
> On Sep 4, 2011 10:47 PM, "Mohammad AbuShady" <coalwater5 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:coalwater5 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > 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 
> <mailto: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 <mailto:avtomaton at gmail.com>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> --
> >> С уважением, Виктор Погребняк
> >> avtomaton at gmail.com <mailto:avtomaton at gmail.com>
> >>

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С уважением, Виктор Погребняк
avtomaton at gmail.com

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