-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/01/15 03:04 PM, Chris Aitken wrote: > Will there be any possibility of choosing the old GNOME interface, > so I don't end up with Unity?
I use the MATE interface, a Gnome2 fork. You can install it from Ubuntu 14.04LTS "Trusty Tahr" repositories now: http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/mate-desktop Install it from the commandline with 'apt-get install mate-desktop' I'd also install the packages 'mate-desktop-environment' and 'mate-desktop-environment-extras', but they seem to be available only in 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn": http://packages.ubuntu.com/utopic/mate-desktop-environment-extras Instead of upgrading from 14.04LTS to 14.10 to get the '-environment-extras' you may want to add the MATE repositories instead. That'll let you install the '-environment-extras' package, and probably provides you with a more current MATE core as well. There's good instructions at http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/download#ubuntu_1404_lts_trusty_thar - --Bob. Bob Jonkman <[email protected]> Phone: +1-519-669-0388 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ http://bob.jonkman.ca/blogs/ http://sn.jonkman.ca/bobjonkman/ Software --- Office & Business Automation --- Consulting GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA On 03/01/15 03:04 PM, Chris Aitken wrote: > On 15-01-02 11:21 AM, Tim Tisdall wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Chris Aitken >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> On 15-01-02 09:39 AM, Tim Tisdall wrote: >>> If you don't have too much on that computer, you should >>> probably just copy of your personal stuff and reformat it with >>> the 14.04 version. Nuke it from orbit... it's the only way >>> to be sure. >> >> Man, it's been so long. I don't expect you to give me a >> step-by-step, but are the broad strokes that I would make a CD or >> DVD on another PC, then boot from that to do the fresh >> installation? Is there a command I can run, then at boot the >> installation would begin? I assumed I was going to lose >> everything anyway - I'm good about backing up data. >> >> >> Easiest way is to download the 14.04 ISO image and then use the >> "Startup Disk Creator" to create a bootable USB flash drive. >> You then boot from the USB drive and follow the instructions. >> >> You should have everything you need on that older Ubuntu machine >> already, you just need to download the disk ISO. > > OK - I'm starting in on this. Will there be any possibility of > choosing the old GNOME interface, so I don't end up with Unity? > > Chris > >> >> >> >> --- GTALUG Talk Mailing List - [email protected] >> http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > > > > > > --- GTALUG Talk Mailing List - [email protected] > http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.15 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Ensure confidentiality, authenticity, non-repudiability iEYEARECAAYFAlSoVJQACgkQuRKJsNLM5epcrwCggDItzKlqb2O/ZF8yg5J7fmAs MEQAnjKopaIRYyR1Ek3jfgynA1QzyqzM =+m/l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --- GTALUG Talk Mailing List - [email protected] http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
