My request to ubuntu developer team

[Dave Woyciesjes]

Liam Proven wrote:
> On 16 November 2011 13:12, Amedee Van Gasse <amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be> wrote:
>> On Wed, November 16, 2011 02:54, Liam Proven wrote:
>>
>>> *But* what has happened is that some volunteers forked GNOME 2.32, the
>>> last version before GNOME 3. It's now called Mate:
>>> https://github.com/Perberos/Mate-Desktop-Environment
>>>
>>> Because the name has changed, the package names have changed. So, in
>>> theory, you can have Mate and GNOME  3 installed at once.
>>>
>>> And there is a PPA for Mate:
>>> https://launchpad.net/~amanas/+archive/mate-desktop
>>>
>>> So in theory you could install Mate, remove GNOME 3 and Unity and have
>>> a modern Ubuntu with the classic-GNOME-style desktop.
>>>
>>> And who knows, maybe someone will do a remix that includes this?
>>>
>>> It's not a trivial task, though. And it is too soon to say if the Mate
>>> project will be a success, attracte more volunteer developers and
>>> continue to get updated.
>> Mate doesn't have a lot of activity. I'm afraid that it's a stillborn child.
> 
> I suspect you are right. Trinity - the fork of KDE3 that came out
> after KDE 4 - also struggled on for a short distance and then largely
> died, in just the same way.
> 
> It would be better, I think, in both cases, to start over and
> re-implement a "classic" style desktop on top of the newer versions of
> the libraries and applets/accessories. But that is very obviously an
> epic task.
> 
> It is not as apparent at first, but forking an existing desktop and
> then maintaining and updating it is /also/ an epic task and needs a
> lot of effort - and therefore probably a lot of people. I don't think
> that a handful of people could do it.
> 
> 

	I upgraded by Dell Latitude D830 to 11.10 a few days ago. I added CCSM 
to have the dock on the side hide all the time, installed Docky. Works 
fine, and I'm not bother by Unity really. Taking a little looking to 
find the options I want, but otherwise I'll stick with it.

	For those who really want a Gnome2 feeling, Going with Xubuntu (XFCE) 
or Lubnutu (LXDE) is a sensible way to go. They take a little tweaking 
to get it close to Gnome2, but not horrilbe.

	What I'd like to see (unfortunately, don't have the time nor thorough 
enough knowledge to do) is create a meta-package (which would bring in 
appropriate apps, themes, adn configure it) for X- and Lubuntu to easily 
"instantly" make them look as close to Gnome2 as possible.

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