Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] I hate Unity

[Alexandru Csete]

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 7:28 PM, Tom Rondeau <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Robert McGwier <address@hidden>
> wrote:
>>
>> Install gnome-tweak-tools to get advanced settings for gnome to be able to
>> get your favorite settings after you install gnome-shell.
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Robert McGwier <address@hidden>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2011/10/03/install-gnome-shell-in-ubuntu-11-10/
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bob McGwier
>>> Facebook: N4HYBob
>>> ARS: N4HY
>
> Or do what I did: apt-get install gnome-session-fallback and switch to Gnome
> Classic Mode at the login screen. Removes Unity.
> I haven't heard anyone say a good thing about Unity. It's an awful
> environment to develop under. The first thing I do in Ubuntu now is stop
> using it.
> I'm now shopping around for another Linux distro if they keep going this
> way.
> Tom

On Ubuntu 11.04 I have installed Xfce desktop ( http://www.xfce.org/ )
- it is available via the package manager (or by installing xubuntu
instead of regular ubuntu). It is similar to Gnome 2 and is very
lightweight.

Alex