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

[sdavmor]

On 02/15/2011 04:53 AM, Jesse Palser wrote:
> On 02/14/2011 10:23 PM, 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'm starting to think that I should skip 11.04 and use 10.10 until
> 11.10 is released.
>
> I have no interest in using Unity.

Ditto. After upgrading to 11.04 alpha 3 I reinstalled Gnome 2 from
repositories then selected "Ubuntu classic desktop" moving Unity off
to one side. I'm thinking of making that be "Ubuntu classic desktop
(no efffect)" because of some of the odd things graphically that are
happening.
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