Alternatives to Unity

[JD]

On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 10:03 PM, Ryan Gauger <rtgkid at outlook.com> wrote:

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> 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:
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>> On 12/5/2012 20:52, JD wrote:
>> > Folks, I really do miss the old gnome2 way of doing things.
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>> > I would like to get rid of Unity and install gnome2.
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>> > Since I am running 12.10, is this even possible?
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>> > If yes, is gnome2 available for 12.10?
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>> Have you looked at MATE?[0]
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>> [0] - http://mate-desktop.org/
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> So, if I install mate, will any pieces of Unity interfere with Mate's
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> 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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> Yeah ... if Mate does not meet my expectations, guess I will try cinnamon.
Thanx Ric.
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