synaptic on 17.10

[Bret Busby]

On 06/02/2018, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4 February 2018 at 15:40, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Have you tried (or, considered trying) MATE?
>>
>> When GNOME 3 was imposed, the only workable (for me) alternative to
>> GNOME 2, was MATE, so, since about UuntuMATE 12.04, I have been using
>> UbuntuMATE, now using UbuntuMATE 16.04, and hoping that UbuntuMATE
>> 18.04 will be sufficiently similar (and, similarly usable).
>
> I was never a huge fan of GNOME 2 because it doesn't do vertical
> panels properly, but it was good enough.
>
> If you miss it, yes, Maté is a perfectly faithful continuation. And it
> can't do vertical panels properly, either.
>
> This is what I want:
>
> https://imgur.com/a/fLeAy
>
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Not sure about this ...

You know alot more about this, than me, but...

I am running UbuntuMATE 16.04.

I like the old MS Win95/98 appearance, which I think was kind of
emulated in fvwm (but, I am not sure - it was a while ago...), so, I
like the panel across the bottom.

Now, ...

When I right-click (non-dominant mouse button) on the panel, and,
select the Properties option, it has an option Orientation;
Left/Right/Top/Bottom .

If Left would be selected, in that context, is that what you are seeking?

-- 

Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia

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