Hi Victor, Give the live DVD, (or live USB, or SD card) of Linux Mint 13 KDE a try. It is LTS (Long Term support) with 5 years of support. Linux Mint 13 KDE is what several of my friends & myself, use and love.
GNOME fallback mode has just been eliminated from any future versions of GNOME. A lot of people don't like Unity, & GNOME3 is so unpopular, that THE GNOME project is going to try to make GNOME 4 more traditional like GNOME 2. The 2011 Members' Choice Awards from LinuxQuestions.org has honored the KDE Community with "Best Desktop Environment of the Year". " http://dot.kde.org/2012/03/05/kde-best-desktop-environment-year"; Cheers, Elcaset On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Victor Soich <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Plug clinic, > > I don't like my Ubuntu 12.something. I can't figure out what programs > are on my machine. There is no menu. I want to go back to 10.04. Or > I want to put on Mint or Debian on my desktop computer. I really > don't relish hauling my desktop computer down to the clinic, with my > monitor, printer, et. al. Can I get help backing up my files, blowing > away Ubuntu 12.something, and putting Debian on my machine, and make > sure I can surf the internet, and be able to print, all in the span of > 4 hours. I've had issues with all these things in the past, and each > time it took an inordinate amount of time. > > On second thought, I may be getting a laptop, and putting Linux from > Scratch, or Debian on it, or whatever more sophisticated people than I > suggest. Once I get that working to my satisfaction, I'll blow away > my Ubuntu 12.something. Unless there some quick trick to go back to > 10.04, I'll leave well enough alone. Is there a mechanism to roll > back the operating system, so to speak? > > Sincerely, > Victor Soich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Free Geek Seattle- Helping The Needy Get Nerdy http://www.freegeekseattle.org/ https://groups.google.com/group/freegeek-seattle/topics?hl=en K Desktop Environment- Experience Freedom & User Friendliness http://kde.org/ Free Lossless Audio Codec https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Flac Protect your digital freedom and privacy, eliminate DRM, learn more at http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
