Restoring the old gnome desktop

[Albert Wagner]

On 04/25/2012 05:26 PM, Joep L. Blom wrote:
> On 26-04-12 00:09, Bill Stanley wrote:
>> I knew I was going to regret switching to the Unity desktop and I was
>> right! I was assured that I could choose to use the Classic Gnome
>> desktop if I didn't like Unity. I ungraded to version 11.10 and I can't
>> find how to choose the classic desktop. On the previous version, I could
>> at least choose to use the Gnome Classic desktop.
>>
>> I did go to the software repository and downloaded Gnome 3. I thought
>> that would restore the Gnome desktop (No dice). I looked at the Help
>> menu and I was unable to find it. So the question is... What must I do
>> to get back to the Gnome desktop.
>>
>> Bill Stanley
>>
> Use Xubuntu.
> Joep
>
Yes,  If you want to stay with Ubuntu, then use Xubuntu.  It's actually 
better than any Gnome 2 look-alike that Ubuntu is capable of.  Also, 
check out SolusOS.