[aklug] Re: Ubuntu/Unity : was Re: Re: (no subject)

* David Prentice <ak.prentice@gmail.com> [120608 10:38]:
> Ubuntu 12.04 has Gnome. It doesn't have Metacity. Therefore it doesn't
> have the same windowing environment that many people associate with
> Gnome. Gnome is still there.
>
> Before Metacity, Gnome commonly shipped with Enlightenment. Some
> people still like Enlightenment. Some people still like Metacity.
>
> Currently, Ubuntu ships Gnome with Unity instead of Metacity, but the
> "old gnome look" is still there in hiding waiting to be installed.
>
> sudo apt-get install gnome-panel
>
> Then logoff and from the Unity Greeter panel, change your session
> preference to "Gnome Classic".
  Or the same (I would guess) for fvwm or whatever other desktop one
  wanted. Ain't linux great? Yeah.

-- 
Tim 
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