"Ubuntu’s Unity GUI isn’t my speed. But that doesn’t matter for the majority of end-users." -- source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/i-hate-ubuntu-but-my-mother-in-law-loves-it...
If you're old-fashioned and want Gnome 2 feel back in 12.04, these tips might help you: - Classic desktop (taken from above article): sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback and choose "Gnome 2 classic/fallback" when logging in - Window buttons on the right (http://alexsleat.co.uk/2012/04/11/ubuntu-12-04-moving-the-windows-buttons-ba...): gconftool -s /apps/met>gconftool -s /apps/met>gconftool -s /apps/metacity/general/button_layout -t string menu:minimize,maximize,close - Can't change panel settings with a right-click anymore? Hold down ALT as well (http://askubuntu.com/questions/125891/panel-settings-not-appearing-on-right-...). - changing global font size (formerly dpi settings in appearance/fonts dialog) http://askubuntu.com/questions/60044/how-do-i-change-the-font-dpi-settings Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174