Anyone interested in a "GNOME 2 look and feel" remix?

[mess-mate-gmx]

On 29/10/2013 16:41, Jim Byrnes wrote:
> On 10/29/2013 10:03 AM, paul_carlson wrote:
>> On Tue, 2013-10-29 at 09:34 -0500, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>>> On 10/29/2013 04:06 AM, Tom H wrote:
>>>> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On 28 October 2013 11:39, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> GNOME seems to have an obsession with simplification to reduce code
>>>> complexity and to make the interface as uncustomizable as possible.
>>>> The latter's driven by a strong interest in their "brand" as if GNOME
>>>> is a commercial product like Coke or Pepsi. I don't see how giving
>>>> users a GUI option to disable bluetooth or accessibiility icons or
>>>> move the clock is a big assault on the GNOME brand but they clearly
>>>> do. There was a bug filed by a GNOME developer against an app where
>>>> the GNOME developer was asking that app developer to disbale some
>>>> functionality because it didn't fit in with the GNOME look. I've
>>>> forgotten what the actual bug was but I think that had to do with
>>>> indicators and the GNOME developer actually said at one point (more or
>>>> less) "you have to choose whether you want to be a GNOME app or a
>>>> Unity/KDE/... app"!
>>>>
>>>
>>> I just got started with 13.10 and this is certainly the case with
>>> Nautilus.  To me removing the ability to have two panes removes the 1st
>>> or 2d biggest reason to use a file manager in the first place.  I've
>>> always looked for one with that ability starting in DOS to Amiga to 
>>> OS/2
>>> right up to Ubuntu. I've started to look for one to replace Nautilus 
>>> now.
>>>
>> You can now install Nemo, the Cinnamon file manager, without installing
>> all of Cinnamon too.  It has a few dependencies, mainly its own version
>> of file-roller and a data-thingy for icons and stuff, I guess.
>>
>> Nemo is pretty much Nautilus before it was vandalized with a few nice
>> enhancements.  It works well for us here.
>>
>
> Thanks for the tip.  I just installed it and it looks like it is what 
> I want.  Based on this article [1], I was thinking of trying Cinnamon, 
> despite a possible conflict with Unity in 13.10.
>
> [1] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/29/cinnamon_2_0_review/
>
> regards,  Jim
>
>
I'd like install gnome, but can't display a window in full screen.
The icon in the right upper corner do not permit it.
regards