[11.04]-Turn Off Unity & Use Classic Gnome?

[Ioannis Vranos]

On Mon, 2011-02-14 at 19:23 -0800, NoOp wrote:
> On 02/14/2011 07:11 PM, Jesse Palser wrote:
> > [11.04]-Turn Off Unity & Use Classic Gnome?
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Been using Ubuntu for about 2 years now.
> > I'm very concerned about this switch to Unity desktop.
> > 
> > How hard would it be to turn off Unity and use classic Gnome?
> > Perhaps this could be an option during install of Ubuntu?
> > 
> > I think forcing Unity onto people is a bad idea...
> > 
> > Jesse
> > 
> 
> Unity drives me nuts as well - worst desktop that I've *ever* used.
> 
> When you log in, select the username. At the bottom of the screen you
> can select which desktop you'd prefer to use. On my HP G60 laptop I
> found that using 'Ubuntu Classic Desktop' crashes and causes multiple
> issues (I've not bothered to file bug reports yet as I only boot into it
> every few days). The only way that I can get a reliable gnome desktop is
> to use 'Ubuntu Classic Desktop (No Effect)'. That, for me is reasonably
> stable.


I have tested GNOME 3 (with the GNOME Shell) as it currently is, and I
think it is great.

Here's the link for the Live CD. The Shell is 3D-accelerated, so I do
not think it can run in VMware right now.


Just boot the Live CD and have a look:

http://gnome3.org/tryit.html





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