Ubuntu 12.04 LTS removing unity and installing GNOME

[Chris]

On 6/8/2012 6:57 PM, Albert Wagner wrote:
> On 06/08/2012 06:35 PM, Chris wrote:
>> On 6/8/2012 6:23 PM, Albert Wagner wrote:
>>> On 06/08/2012 05:14 PM, Robert Spanjaard wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:14:27 -0500, Albert Wagner wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>> Aw...OK.  I'll do your homework for you just this once:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1) You must actually install Kubuntu.
>>>>>>> 2) Click on Muon Package Manager 3) Type GTK into search.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There it is...a complete Gnome installation within a Kubuntu
>>>>>>> installation.
>>>>>> GTK is not the same as Gnome. Gnome is just one of many pieces of
>>>>>> software that use GTK.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>> So, how would you define Gnome?  Or do you follow others on here that
>>> refuse to define anything?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> "GNOME was started in August 1997 by Miguel de Icaza and Federico
>> Mena[9] as a free software project to develop a desktop environment and
>> applications for it.[10] It was founded in part because KDE, an already
>> existing free software desktop environment, relied on the Qt widget
>> toolkit which at the time used a proprietary software license.[11] In
>> place of Qt, the GTK+ toolkit was chosen as the base of GNOME. GTK+ uses
>> the GNU Lesser Public License (LGPL), a free software license that
>> allows software linking to it to use a much wider set of licenses,
>> including proprietary software licenses.[12] GNOME itself is licensed
>> under the LGPL for its libraries, and the GNU General Public License
>> (GPL) for its applications."
>>
>> Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME
>>
> Oh, for Pete's sake, Chris.  Did you just wake up and discover this
> thread?  You should have read more for a proper context.   A history is
> only a definition of a historical event.  What software, libraries,
> applications, etc would definitively  identify a Gnome installation?  
> Everyone here can tell you what doesn't.
> 

Yes - Unfortunately (and admittedly) I did tune in late. As to Gnome and
what makes it, I am not savvy enough to say what it is or what it isn't
- I am not embarrassed to admit that - then again, I'm and XFCE munkie
*shrug*

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Keep well,

Chris
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