On 12/29/2011 02:35 AM, Alexander wrote:
On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Jeremy Bicha <[email protected]
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On 28 December 2011 17:55, Nenad
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> I do not see where to choose Gnome Panel. Again, I'm using Ubuntu
11.10. If
> I could remove Unity from my desktop and put Gnome panel instead
fine with
> me. But, because is far from obvious where&how to do it, you have my
> comments.
You can install gnome-panel from either Software Center, Synaptic, or
apt-get. Then on the login screen, click the gear button next to your
name and choose GNOME Classic. You might be a bit disappointed as
Ubuntu's nice indicator status menus weren't ported to gnome-panel for
Ubuntu 11.10 but they will be available in 12.04. By the way, you need
to hold down the Alt key (or if Compiz is running: Alt and the Windows
key) to customize gnome-panel 3's applets.
I don't recommend attempting to remove Unity.
> I have impression that the Unity is mandatory, simply because I
cannot find
> a way to switch back to Gnome Panel. So, if Gnome Panel is
available in
> Ubuntu 11.10 and Unity is not mandatory, fine. And again, Unity
was selected
> as a default option - bad choice, the user should have easier way
to switch
> between Unity and Gnome Panel.
In my limited experience, people new to Linux don't have a problem
with Unity especially if someone shows them how to use it. In fact, I
think it's a better experience for this user group than the classic
GNOME desktop. For a variety of reasons, Ubuntu will not provide
multiple desktops by default (basically for the same reasons Ubuntu
doesn't provide multiple web browsers or photo editors). However, a
variety of desktop interfaces and applications are available for easy
install in the Software Center.
Jeremy
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This thread is disappointing. There are some complaints about Ubuntu and
a lack of userability etc. If you don't like something about Ubuntu,
change it. Learn how to work with your Unix-like system. The mailing
list doesn't need to be filled with complaints providing no help or
useful information. If you like it, great! Get involved and make a
difference. If you don't like it, great! Get involved and understand how
the distribution is organized. Alternatively, you can leave and go to
something else. Enough complaining, it's not helpful.
Alexander
Alexander,
It was not about complaining at all. My intention was to provide
comments which could lead to improvements of next releases of Ubuntu. I
respect hard work of people who make Ubuntu possible. Because of that I
provided my comments. All I said is what I think is needed to improve.
My time schedule doesn't allow me now to jump in this problem solving.
And even more important, my comments are not about quality of
implementation, not about local fixes in code, they are about strategy
how to address the needs regarding user interface of different user
groups with Ubuntu. (beginners vs. IT experts)
FYI, most people kindly provided useful comments how to resolve my
problem, and I succeeded by following their advices.
I'm grateful to all of you who discussed and contributed to solve the
problem (solution to run Ubuntu 11.10 with Gnome Panel => happy with
Ubuntu again :-) ). Thank you.
Nenad
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