Questions about Ubuntu 18.04 live/install ISO

[Robert Heller]

At Mon, 18 Feb 2019 14:44:02 +0100 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> On Mon, 18 Feb 2019 08:20:09 -0500 (EST), Robert Heller wrote:
> >I don't like the Ubuntu GUI.
> 
> I don't know if your old release of CentOS does use GNOME Classic as
> stated by the Wiki, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CentOS, or if it
> still is on GNOME 2.

CentOS 6 *normally* runs GNOME 2. I have removed *most* of the *visible* parts
of GNOME 2 (the only visible part is one gnome-panel, with the clock,
notification area, NM, disk mounter, plus the little icons for sound,
Bluetooth, and battery on the left end with GNOME's Workspace switcher [10
workspaces] on the right end). Otherwise, the file manager is /bin/true and
the window manager is fvwm2. I use my own menu system (I removed the GNOME
menus). I use plain old xterms. I use fvwm's icon-box (what most people would
think of as the task manager).

> 
> It should be possible to change Ubuntu's default GNOME to either
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME#GNOME_Classic
> or even to
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME#GNOME_Flashback.
> 

Not really interested in GNOME either.  I am resigned to gnome-session, 
because most tools now expect the whole dbus / session mamagement / 
communication hackery.  So long as I don't have to have junk on my screen and 
it all stays quietly in background I can live with that. 

I have an askubuntu question about setting the file manager to /bin/true and 
the WM to fvwm2.  Next I will get rid of the Dock/Launcher thingy.  Since I am 
sharing /home between both installs, once fvwm2 is managing my windows, things 
should start looking "normal" and "sane" and me more "usable" (to me).

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