Application menu in 12.04 LTS

[Linda]

On 07/08/2012 03:10 PM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 8 July 2012 13:56, Linda <haniganwork at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> I just installed 12.04 LTS to play with. I was wondering if there is a way
>> to access an application menu like you have had in the past or do you have
>> to change desktops to do so?
> I presume you wish to do this because you do not like Unity.  If so
> then I urge you first to give it a good go.  Run with it for a couple
> of weeks before making a decision.  Many find it excellent once they
> get used to it.
>
> Is there something in particular that you do not know how to do or do
> not like the way you have to do it?
>
> Colin
>
My kids just have no idea how to find the games they play on 
that computer since they can no longer just choose them from 
a menu plus they wanted to see what new games installed by 
default before they decide what is missing that they want me 
to install for them.
  I actually went with the suggestion to install xfce. I 
used to run it with red hat years ago. It actually is a good 
solution for this computer as it is an older computer and 
unity was pretty slow. This is mostly my chance to play 
around with 12.04 LTS before I install this winter on 
business computers.
                       Linda