[ale] How do I NOT use Unity and DO use Gnome 2 in Ubuntu 11.x?

[Cameron Kilgore]

In the GDM prompt, it will typically be called "Ubuntu Classic"

--Cameron <http://ghostfreeman.net>


On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 2:50 PM, David Tomaschik <david at systemoverlord.com>wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Ron Frazier
> <atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Well, the subject says it.  How do I NOT use Unity and DO use Gnome 2 in
> > Ubuntu 11.x?  Michael T. has almost convinced me to hit the Update
> > button on my old Ubuntu 10.04 based on comments in the "AARG!  Manual
> > software updates, Sun Java, LibreOffice, help" thread.  Should I take
> > the plunge, and update twice to 11.04, I'll be faced with running the
> > Unity UI.  I tried it once before and its lifespan on my system was
> > about 30 minutes.  So, if I go down this road, and update and keep 11.04
> > on the system, and hate Unity yet again, how do I banish it permanently
> > and use Gnome 2 on the newer version of Ubuntu.  I don't know anything
> > about Gnome 3, but my objective is to get an up to date system, not to
> > change everything I've finally got working like I like it.  PS, I don't
> > want to have to specify the UI every time I login.  PPS, I don't have
> > the system upgraded yet, so I cannot try instructions you give yet.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Ron
>
> 11.04 can probably (IIRC) run Gnome 2 just fine, just select it once
> from the GDM greeter, and your preference should be remembered.
>
> All support for Gnome 2 has been dropped from Ubuntu as of 11.10.  GTK
> and all supporting components have been bumped to their GTK/Gnome 3
> versions.
>
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