Thanks everybody. I figured that something like that had hapened but did not know how to get back to a Gnome 2-like place. I have used XFCE in the past happily so have installed that and wil also give MAte a go, as I have heard some good things about it.
Thanks again! On 14 July 2014 16:58, StarLion <[email protected]> wrote: > MATE is also an alternative that I believe is in the official repositories > now - it's a fork of Gnome 2 and is effectively identical but for names > (Due to licensing restrictions, I believe). > > > On 14 July 2014 16:13, TimA <[email protected]> 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:[email protected] > > 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:[email protected] > How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue > -- best regards, 웃 Victor Churchill, Bournemouth -- 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:[email protected] How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
