On 04/04/14 20:35, Marius Liebenberg wrote: > On 2014-04-04 21:29, andy pugh wrote: >> On 4 April 2014 20:24, Marius Liebenberg <mar...@mastercut.co.za> wrote: >>> Thanks Andy. My Ubuntu is prompting me to upgrade to 12.something on a >>> regular basis. Is this a good thing to do and then follow the >>> instructions on the wiki? >> You would be swapping a machine that works with an interface that is >> familiar and convenient for (at least initially) a machine that didn't >> work with LinuxCNC and with a user interface that is odd. >> >> (I don't actually mind Unity, but I tend to work with my Mac the same >> way, bring up the search and type the name of what I want.) >> Arguably we all now have so many files that the icon/pointer interface >> is useless. >> > I will just stay with what I have then, at least for now. Maybe when I > get another machine will I put 12.04 on it just be aware. > You can 'apt-get install gnome-desktop-environment' and then reboot, at the login screen somewhere you're given a list of choices of desktops to use, choosing one of the gnome or gnome-classic options gets you very close to where you were before, but with a newer OS.
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