Alternatives to Unity

[JD]

On 12/06/2012 06:47 AM, rtgkid at gmail.com wrote:
> *From:* JD
> *Sent:* ‎December‎ ‎6‎, ‎2012 ‎12‎:‎02‎ ‎AM
> *To:* ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> *Subject:* Re: Alternatives to Unity
>
> On 12/05/2012 09:40 PM, staticsafe 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/
> >
> Thank you very much Staticsafe!
> Mate meets my needs very well.
>
> Cheers,
>
> JD
>
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> If you like Mate, you should try Cinnamon - I think you’d like it. 
> It’s basically a lot like Mate, except it’s built off of GNOME 3, so 
> it’s basically turning GNOME 3 into a usable and stable desktop 
> environment.
>
Mate is functioning almost 100% like gnome2.
I will take cinnamon for a test drive when I get some
extra time cycles.

Cheers,

JD