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http://ubuntuforums.org – I used ubuntu 10.04 way back when, and I loved the gnome 2 look. Had it configured exactly how I loved. Problem is I lost the rig it was on, and am getting on; but am seeing a whole new desktop for ubuntu. Gnome 3 and/or Unity. Just have a few questions: Is there any reason not to just re-download 10.04 and stick with gnome 2? If there are, can I get back to a gnome look to how I might have had it before? using applets / panel backgrounds / etc? What are the pros/cons of 10.04 vs the new 12.04 (like, are there noticable speed improvements in the system) any answers will help greatly. (Hardware)

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I've installed 13.04 and after installing gnome and then logging out and back into unity desktop, the backgrounds are gone. What happened? How do you get backgrounds back in unity and gnome?

Hello again:

I'm a bit confused about gnome-fallback and gnome-panel. My Ubuntu-Tweak (from tualatrix) says I'm using gnome-fallback as DE:

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I remember I installed gnome 3, which comes with gnome-fallback. But I also have installed gnome-panel (I see it marked at Ubuntu Software Center). Could you explain to me the difference? Or it's the same.

with gnome-fallback and classic gnome shell, we had gnome applets available, but not in Unity. There was a system monitoring applet there that I could see may CPU and network bandwith used. I'm pretty sure that I can not have the same applets in Unity, at least not yet, from Can I use GNOME applets in Unity?.

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Hello ubuntuforums, I recently installed ubuntu 12.04 on my desktop, I started out with ubuntu 10.04 so gnome classic was the desktop environment of my choice, I dislike unity and gnome 3 isn't my cup of tea so to say.

After I installed a package called gnome-panel to enable gnome classic I went on to try to get my eyefinity setup to work, without success.

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I'm using Gnome Shell instead of Unity. Yesterday I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10, which seems to work fine. However I'm very disappointed with the Gnome version that came with it. Many extensions and themes do not support Gnome 3.6. So, my upgrade feels like a step back when it comes to the user interface.

Is there a way to downgrade to Gnome 3.4?

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This tutorial will explain how to install classic gnome desktop in ubuntu 12.04.By default ubuntu 12.04 loads in to unity desktop some of the users didn’t like unity desktop so they want to get back the old classic gnome desktop. (...)Read the rest of How to install classic gnome desktop in ubuntu 12.04 (Precise) (77 words)

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