Alternatives to Unity

[JD]

On 12/06/2012 08:52 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> 2012/12/6  <rtgkid at gmail.com>:
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>> 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.
> I'm not the OP, but I have some follow-up questions that I think is on
> topic in this thread:
> Are those (Maté and Cinnamon) compatible with Compiz?
>
>
> Kind regards
>
> Johnny Rosenberg
> ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ
Well, as I am not too familiar with compiz,
I cannot tell. Personally, I hate doing something
to the desktop with a tool that is not an integral
part of the desktop. So far I have not had to resort
to any tool external to Mate in order to set it up
to my liking.