You could try and use the MATE desktop, which is a fork of the old Gnome2 desktop http://mate-desktop.org On 14 Jul 2014 16:14, "TimA" <t...@ls83.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi Victor > > > On 14/07/14 15:48, Victor Churchill wrote: > >> I recently did a Debian istalll onto a machine which had previously been >> struggling with Ubuntu. >> >> lsb_release -a >> No LSB modules are available. >> Distributor ID: Debian >> Description: Debian GNU/Linux 7.5 (wheezy) >> Release: 7.5 >> Codename: wheezy >> >> >> I have an older machine which I installed Debian onto a while ago, running >> 6.0.7 squeeze. >> >> For both installations I don't believe I did anything out of the ordinary. >> >> On the Squeeze machine I have a 'nice', useable desktop with familiar >> panel >> and menus (1). >> >> On the Wheezy I have something that looks more like the new Ubuntu that I >> was running away from, when I log in with a 'Gnome Classic' desktop (2). >> When I log in with regular 'Gnome' session selected it's abominable (3,4). >> >> Is there something I need to do to get a good old Gnome 2-ish desktop like >> I have on Squeeze? >> >> > Wheezy went to Gnome 3. XFCE is pretty close in appearance to Gnome 2 and > can be installed instead of Gnome (advanced install options if I remember > correctly). I migrated all my machines to XFCE when Wheezy came along. It's > lean and quick. > > Cheers > > Tim > > > > 1: Squeeze desktop >> http://s1160.photobucket.com/user/johnvictoredington/media/ >> SqueezeDesktop_zps0970bde2.png.html >> >> 2. Wheezy 'Classic' >> http://s1160.photobucket.com/user/johnvictoredington/media/ >> WheezyDesktop1_zpsf7cc4643.png.html >> >> 3. Wheezy "Gnome" with illegible panel - Radio Gnome Invisible B-( >> http://s1160.photobucket.com/user/johnvictoredington/media/ >> Screenshotfrom2014-07-09183526_zps64093321.png.html >> >> 4. What I got on a "Gnome" session screenshot when all I could see was >> plain blue >> http://s1160.photobucket.com/user/johnvictoredington/media/ >> Screenshotfrom2014-07-09183649_zps0685cfb2.png.html >> >> > > -- > Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-08-05 20:00 > Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ > New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk > How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue > -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-08-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
