<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br><br>On Dec 5, 2012, at 11:00 PM, "JD" <<a href="mailto:jd1008@gmail.com">jd1008@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 9:40 PM, staticsafe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:me@staticsafe.ca" target="_blank">me@staticsafe.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On 12/5/2012 20:52, JD wrote:<br>
> Folks, I really do miss the old gnome2 way of doing things.<br>
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> I would like to get rid of Unity and install gnome2.<br>
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> Since I am running 12.10, is this even possible?<br>
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> If yes, is gnome2 available for 12.10?<br>
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</div></div>Have you looked at MATE?[0]<br>
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[0] - <a href="http://mate-desktop.org/" target="_blank">http://mate-desktop.org/</a><br>
<span class="HOEnZb"></span></blockquote><div><br>So, if I install mate, will any pieces of Unity interfere with Mate's functioning,<br>or should Unity be uninstalled ? <br></div></div>
</div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>-- </span><br><span>ubuntu-users mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a></span><br><span>Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a></span><br></div></blockquote>Nothing should be messed up or interfering with anything. It's just like installing KDE alongside Unity. I haven't experienced any problems. You might also try Cinnamon, which is made to make GNOME 3 function a lot like GNOME 2. Hope this helps!</body></html>