I wonder how many people are using Unity/Gnome 3/Gnome 2 in the later releases of Linux distros?<div><br></div><div>I myself ditched Unitiy after about 5 mins, tried Gnome 3, also ditched it, but then a year or so later tried Gnome 3.2 forced myself to use it for a month to give it a real shot. And now I am very happy with Gnome3 UI and can&#39;t imagine going back to gnome 2. �I am a long time linux user since redhat 5.2 days, a geek at heart, definately not the gnome 3/unity target users.</div>
<div><br></div><div>But I have a friend whom I have had running ubuntu and gnome 2 for several years, at least 4. �He is the target audience for the unity/gnome 3 desktops, only does email and web surfing, has no computer knowledge to speak of and does not want any. �So gnome 3/ unity should be a great fit for him, but he hates it and I had to send him back to gnome 2.</div>
<div><br></div><div>So I am curious, how many geek types use the new ui&#39;s and how many hate them after a real attempt to use them? �</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Peter Reutemann <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:fracpete@waikato.ac.nz" target="_blank">fracpete@waikato.ac.nz</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">&gt; &quot;Ubuntu�s Unity GUI isn�t my speed. But that doesn�t matter for the<br>
&gt; majority of end-users.&quot;<br>
&gt; -- source: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/i-hate-ubuntu-but-my-mother-in-law-loves-it/20373" target="_blank">http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/i-hate-ubuntu-but-my-mother-in-law-loves-it/20373</a><br>
<br>
</div>If you&#39;re old-fashioned and want Gnome 2 feel back in 12.04, these<br>
tips might help you:<br>
- Classic desktop (taken from above article):<br>
 �sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback<br>
 �and choose &quot;Gnome 2 classic/fallback&quot; when logging in<br>
- Window buttons on the right<br>
(<a href="http://alexsleat.co.uk/2012/04/11/ubuntu-12-04-moving-the-windows-buttons-back-to-the-right/" target="_blank">http://alexsleat.co.uk/2012/04/11/ubuntu-12-04-moving-the-windows-buttons-back-to-the-right/</a>):<br>

 �gconftool -s /apps/met&gt;gconftool -s /apps/met&gt;gconftool -s<br>
/apps/metacity/general/button_layout -t string<br>
menu:minimize,maximize,close<br>
- Can&#39;t change panel settings with a right-click anymore? Hold down<br>
ALT as well (<a href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/125891/panel-settings-not-appearing-on-right-click-in-gnome" target="_blank">http://askubuntu.com/questions/125891/panel-settings-not-appearing-on-right-click-in-gnome</a>).<br>

- changing global font size (formerly dpi settings in appearance/fonts dialog)<br>
 �<a href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/60044/how-do-i-change-the-font-dpi-settings" target="_blank">http://askubuntu.com/questions/60044/how-do-i-change-the-font-dpi-settings</a><br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
Cheers, Peter<br>
--<br>
Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>--<br><br>Rob<br>
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