Gnome top bar

[Art Edwards]

On 05/29/2012 01:57 AM, Ric Moore wrote:
> On 05/29/2012 02:27 AM, chris wrote:
>> On Tue, 2012-05-29 at 07:15 +0100, Norman Silverstone wrote:
>>> On 28/05/12 22:47, Liam Proven wrote:
>>>> On 28 May 2012 22:42, John R. Sowden<jsowden at americansentry.net>  
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On 05/28/2012 02:38 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
>>>>>> On 28 May 2012 21:52, John R.
>>>>>> Sowden<jsowden at americansentry.net>     wrote:
>>>>>>> How do I access the Gnome features selections? How do I put
>>>>>>> icons on the
>> <snip>
>>>>
>>>> If you're in Fallback Mode, the old 2-panel-style desktop, then you
>>>> have to hold down a modifier key - I can't remember if it's Alt or
>>>> Shift - while you right-click. Beware that as GNOME 3 is based on
>>>> GTK3, GNOME 2 applets won't work - they're based on GTK2 - and there
>>>> are almost no applets available for Fallback Mode, as it's only meant
>>>> to be a standby if you don't have working 3D acceleration.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> And if you are not happy with all of this, change to Xubuntu, I did and
>>> I am content.
>>>
>>> Norman
>>>
>>
>> +1
>
> ...and, you get ALL your goodies back too! Just install xfce on top of
> what you have. Ric
>
>
>
Another option is mate. I'm running xubuntu, and I installed mate. It
does have the "gnome-2est" environment, but it uses a fair bit of CPU,
and the graphics are similar to CentOS. However, its stability is very
impressive, and it looks to make very rapid progress.

Art Edwards