On Sat 04 Apr 2015 at 01:26:35 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > On 03/04/2015, Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > > On Fri 03 Apr 2015 at 17:41:44 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > > > >> What are the expected differences between Debian 7 and Debian 8? > >> > >> Will Debian 8, when released, provide the "GNOME Classic" interface? > > > > Would gnome-session-flashback suit you? > > > > I have no idea.
Well, get one then. It is very easy to install Debian 8 on a hard disk or, as I might do, on a USB stick. None this new-fangled VM (or whatever it is called) nonsense. Whatever happened to the age of exploration? :) > In searching for it, the web pages at > https://packages.debian.org/es/jessie/gnome-session-flashback > and > https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomePanel > do not include screenshots, so I do not know of its appearance or > implied functionality. Get to know it: https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Projects/GnomeFlashback?action=show&redirect=GnomeFlashback > In Debian 6, with its GNOME 2 interface, I have, at the bottom of the > screen, a taskbar below the panel, with the three menu types > (Applications, Places,System) at the left end of the panel, and the > system monitor applet to the left of the date and time at the right > end of the panel. > > I want to be able to reproduce that in Debian 7 and, Debian 8, if they > have the functionality. You never know, You might have some luck with this. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/03042015183435.88c7c2706...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk