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Ubuntu!!!!

I pretty much don't like Unity (nor am i an ubuntu fan in general), gave it a shot and it came flying down :p. Used classic mode when i had ubuntu on my cr-48 and things we're breaking and i wasn't even trying to break things, lol

Linux Mint used to be my main distro until i found Arch Linux. Ever since finding and experiencing Arch Linux there's no going back, easily my favorite distro and don't see that changing.
 
dots said:
I pretty much don't like Unity (nor am i an ubuntu fan in general), gave it a shot and it came flying down :p. Used classic mode when i had ubuntu on my cr-48 and things we're breaking and i wasn't even trying to break things, lol
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I don't like Unity at all! :(

I despise unity!

It's all scattered and not thought out properly, but I might not be used to the new interface at the moment so I am still trying to get used to it.

Does any body know how to get back to GNOME interface for Ubuntu???

I don't like Unity! ;)

lol

How do I go about it?

I see a lot of people tell you to back up before doing anything to the GUI.

Should I back up?

I am thinking of just going back to 10.04 if I can't get rid of the Unity stuff.

I am sure others like it a lot but I for one don't like Unity.

So how do you go back to Gnome?

Is it easy?

Thanx to anyone who can help me with this! :D
 
Stinky Stinky said:
I don't like Unity at all! :(

I despise unity!

It's all scattered and not thought out properly, but I might not be used to the new interface at the moment so I am still trying to get used to it.

Does any body know how to get back to GNOME interface for Ubuntu???

I don't like Unity! ;)

lol

How do I go about it?

I see a lot of people tell you to back up before doing anything to the GUI.

Should I back up?

I am thinking of just going back to 10.04 if I can't get rid of the Unity stuff.

I am sure others like it a lot but I for one don't like Unity.

So how do you go back to Gnome?

Is it easy?

Thanx to anyone who can help me with this! :D
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O.o

You made me giggle :p

No need to backup GUI's or that nonsense.

At the login screen chose your account, then at the bar at the bottom, towards the middle of it i believe. You can click and choose Ubuntu Classic. Then finish logging in. Pretty much the old Ubuntu look (gnome2) of before.
 
I run Ubuntu and Mint in VMWare on my Core i3 Thinkpad and I love them, it's fun to play with along with Win 7. And keeps me well rounded on the OS area. (Former Mac user here).
 
I've used many distros but always come back to ubuntu due to the huge package repository and ppa's with latest packages. The cosmetics such as unity are irrelevant in my opinion as it is so easily swapped out for something else.
 
dots said:
O.o

You made me giggle :p

No need to backup GUI's or that nonsense.

At the login screen chose your account, then at the bar at the bottom, towards the middle of it i believe. You can click and choose Ubuntu Classic. Then finish logging in. Pretty much the old Ubuntu look (gnome2) of before.
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Ahhh!!

Thank you dude!! :D

This is exactly what I have been looking for!

Hahaha and it's so easy to do it as well!

You have solved a big problem for me ;)

Shot! / Thanx!

Keep well dude :D

Regards

Stinky!
 
Stinky Stinky said:
I don't like Unity at all! :(

I despise unity!

It's all scattered and not thought out properly, but I might not be used to the new interface at the moment so I am still trying to get used to it.

Does any body know how to get back to GNOME interface for Ubuntu???

I don't like Unity! ;)

lol

How do I go about it?

I see a lot of people tell you to back up before doing anything to the GUI.

Should I back up?

I am thinking of just going back to 10.04 if I can't get rid of the Unity stuff.

I am sure others like it a lot but I for one don't like Unity.

So how do you go back to Gnome?

Is it easy?

Thanx to anyone who can help me with this! :D
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I wasn't the biggest fan of Gnome...but it was okay, I switched to 11.04...getting use to the Unity....I wish they had Trillian for Linux...bastards...
 
I'm a wintel system engineer but have never had experience of linux. I installed Ubuntu 10.04 to create an android build environment and I do really like it.

I am a big fan of command line, but there are so many new commands to learn :)
 
Thanks for the tip.

I do love the command line stuff.

The sudo apt-get install is brilliant. Brings a whole new dimension to it for me. As is mencoder -oac copy -ovc copy part1.avi part2.avi -o full.avi
 
I would recommend installing Compiz for maximum effects coolness. I prefer gPodder for a podcast client. Virtualbox for keeping an old copy of XP on hand if needed.

Also, I for one like Unity - more or less - though it needs work to be sure. I'm sure it'll be greatly improved by the next release.
I don't see gnome3 as being any better. In fact it looks kinda crap to my eye, and I can't seem to find a window theme that doesn't suck.

I triple boot between Ubuntu, Mint and Arch, and honestly given all the recent changes none of them feel quite perfect to me.

And one last recommendation. CONKY!!!
 
baillou2 said:
Also, I for one like Unity - more or less - though it needs work to be sure. I'm sure it'll be greatly improved by the next release.
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Completely agree
I hope for 11.10 they get some decent window previewing when hovering the icon
A thing I miss from Windows
Also it would be nice to keep the taskbar stuck in place, it gets in the way sometimes


Still no luck on the touchpad :(
 
Hi,

Don't own an Android phone, yet, but probably getting one at the end of the month.

One of the reasons I'm looking at Android is that I'm running an Ubuntu laptop as my main machine at home (not a power user, yet, but getting closer all the time).

So, rooting and flashing looks fun, but it looks like all the popular tools used to do this are Windows/Mac only. Is that true, or have I just not researched hard enough. If I have to run VM to do all this, than that really deducts from what I thought was a good reason to look towards Android.
 
That really depends on your phone.
Once you get the phone set up you dont need a computer to mod, and on many phones (like mine) you don't need a computer to set it up for Modding either :)
 
enthoosiasms said:
Hi,

Don't own an Android phone, yet, but probably getting one at the end of the month.

One of the reasons I'm looking at Android is that I'm running an Ubuntu laptop as my main machine at home (not a power user, yet, but getting closer all the time).

So, rooting and flashing looks fun, but it looks like all the popular tools used to do this are Windows/Mac only. Is that true, or have I just not researched hard enough. If I have to run VM to do all this, than that really deducts from what I thought was a good reason to look towards Android.
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Depends on the phone you are planning on getting, for example my HTC Inpsire can be rooted with linux/windows/mac. While on the other hand some phones do not need a computer to root at all.
 
I really like Mint, I think I'm using 10, but not sure right now. Been using linux off an on for about four years (which was when I first heard of it), and it's always a fun time, learning new things is good.
 
bluenova said:
I've used many distros but always come back to ubuntu due to the huge package repository and ppa's with latest packages. The cosmetics such as unity are irrelevant in my opinion as it is so easily swapped out for something else.
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The you should try Mint. They use the Ubuntu Repos as well as their own, and also use Their own tools to make package management much easier. Unlike Ubuntu (at least for now) they use a traditional Gnome set up, bt do gnome better than anyone. Of all the linux distros I've tried, this is easily the most user friendly one out of the box and one of the most polished.

Mint 10 is noticeably more stable than Mint 11, but Mint 11 has several UI enhancements that are worth the upgrade.
 
Isthmus said:
The you should try Mint. They use the Ubuntu Repos as well as their own, and also use Their own tools to make package management much easier. Unlike Ubuntu (at least for now) they use a traditional Gnome set up, bt do gnome better than anyone. Of all the linux distros I've tried, this is easily the most user friendly one out of the box and one of the most polished.

Mint 10 is noticeably more stable than Mint 11, but Mint 11 has several UI enhancements that are worth the upgrade.
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I used Mint last year but came back to Ubuntu in April. I actually quite like Unity but if I wanted classic it's as easy as selecting it from the login screen.
 
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