Alternatives to Unity

[Ryan Gauger]

On Dec 5, 2012, at 11:00 PM, "JD" <jd1008 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 9:40 PM, staticsafe <me at staticsafe.ca> wrote:
>> On 12/5/2012 20:52, JD wrote:
>> > Folks, I really do miss the old gnome2 way of doing things.
>> >
>> > I would like to get rid of Unity and install gnome2.
>> >
>> > Since I am running 12.10, is this even possible?
>> >
>> > If yes, is gnome2 available for 12.10?
>> >
>> Have you looked at MATE?[0]
>> 
>> [0] - http://mate-desktop.org/
> 
> So, if I install mate, will any pieces of Unity interfere with Mate's functioning,
> or should Unity be uninstalled ? 
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Nothing should be messed up or interfering with anything. It's just like installing KDE alongside Unity. I haven't experienced any problems. You might also try Cinnamon, which is made to make GNOME 3 function a lot like GNOME 2. Hope this helps!
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