Default layout of the GNOME Classic session

Kees Cook kees at ubuntu.com
Mon Apr 23 23:49:58 UTC 2012


On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 05:20:14PM +0200, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote:
> Den 22. april 2012 17:15, skrev Martin Pitt:
> > I would actually prefer to do it the other way around: Drop indicators
> > and other Ubuntu-isms and ship the (mostly) pristine GNOME upstream
> > experience with gnome-panel. In earlier releases we had the
> > "straciatella" session, but we don't have this any more. The session
> > says "GNOME", and so should _be_ a GNOME session, not another Ubuntu
> > session.
> 
> Perhaps it might make more sense to change the label than to change the
> software it describes? I've written about this before. I'd much rather
> call it Ubuntu Classic. This is Ubuntu, after all. If I were a 10.04
> user and I couldn't use indicators anymore, I would certainly consider
> that to be a regression.

Right, I would prefer renaming it instead of removing functionality. The
whole reason I want this "Ubuntu Classic" mode is to retain functionality.

-Kees

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Kees Cook



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