Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-05-10 Thread istimsak abdulbasir
If you are using squeeze, and it works they way you it to. Then it is best to leave it as so. I prefer Gnome2 amongst any DE:very stable and configurable. The hardware I have is capable of running Gnome3, but I need something that will run on all hardware. If it ain't broken, don't fix it. On Thu

Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-05-09 Thread Stephen Allen
On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 07:32:03PM +0100, Ellwood Blues wrote: > 2012/4/27 Ralf Mardorf : > > On Fri, 2012-04-27 at 17:26 +0100, Ellwood Blues wrote: > >> http://mate-desktop.org/install/#debian > > > > No experiences here, but I heard that it shouldn't be a good successor > > of GNOME2. > > > >

Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-04-30 Thread Ellwood Blues
2012/4/29 Camaleón : the > final decision on what to use and how to use it is always on the user's > side. > > Greetings, I agree with that. Cheers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Ar

Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-04-30 Thread Ellwood Blues
Please post on the list, if you prefer so. Wait for Mate 1.2.3 because there is a bug with a library that blocks partially the upgrades on Wheezy, at the moment I am on Wheezy with Mate 1.2.0 and I've read that it the bug is fixed on 1.2.3 version. After that it should be smooth and easy. Anyway

Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-04-29 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:12:20 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:47:25 +0100, Ellwood Blues wrote: > >> So you will be loyal but Gnome won't? > > No, I did not say -by no means- that. Maybe you missed the "until" and > the rest of the argument. > > When I feel that GNOME has complet

Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-04-29 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:47:25 +0100, Ellwood Blues wrote: >> So thanks but no, I will be be loyal to GNOME until they decide to take >> a radical path I can't deal with (like it happened when I moved from >> KDE 3 to GNOME 2 because of the poor state of KDE 4.0). > > > So you will be loyal but Gn

Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-04-28 Thread Ellwood Blues
> So thanks but no, I will be be loyal to GNOME until they decide to take a > radical path I can't deal with (like it happened when I moved from KDE 3 > to GNOME 2 because of the poor state of KDE 4.0). So you will be loyal but Gnome won't? I think that that mentality will kill linux. As Jono B

Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-04-28 Thread Ellwood Blues
2012/4/27 Ralf Mardorf : > On Fri, 2012-04-27 at 17:26 +0100, Ellwood Blues wrote: >> http://mate-desktop.org/install/#debian > > No experiences here, but I heard that it shouldn't be a good successor > of GNOME2. > I am deciding now which one is may favourite: Xfce or Mate, right now I am on Mat

Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-04-28 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:54:52 +0300, Mika Suomalainen wrote: > I have now tried MATE and can confirm that it feels just like GNOME 2. I don't have nothing against Mate or another alternative projects (such Trinity for KDE 3) but based in my experience, I prefer to stick with bigger projects (whe

Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-04-27 Thread Dom
On 27/04/12 17:20, Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:59:54 +0100, Dom wrote: On 27/04/12 15:45, Camaleón wrote: (...) 2/ Use the fallback (now "classical") desktop. With higher doses of patience it can be very configurable and enjoyable but remember it won't last forever. Barely work

Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-04-27 Thread Mika Suomalainen
On 27.04.2012 21:05, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2012-04-27 at 14:45 +, Camaleón wrote: >> On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:15:58 +, James Allsopp wrote: >> >>> I want to update from Squeeze to Wheezy but want to avoid Gnome 3 at all >>> costs, is there a way of doing this successfully? > > Yes, s

Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-04-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-04-27 at 14:45 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:15:58 +, James Allsopp wrote: > > > I want to update from Squeeze to Wheezy but want to avoid Gnome 3 at all > > costs, is there a way of doing this successfully? Yes, switch to Xfce4 or LXDE :p. > "At all costs"? Wh

Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-04-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-04-27 at 17:26 +0100, Ellwood Blues wrote: > http://mate-desktop.org/install/#debian No experiences here, but I heard that it shouldn't be a good successor of GNOME2. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-04-27 Thread Mika Suomalainen
On 27.04.2012 19:26, Ellwood Blues wrote: > 012/4/27 Mika Suomalainen : >> On 27.04.2012 13:56, Ellwood Blues wrote: >>> 2012/4/26 James Allsopp : Hello, I want to update from Squeeze to Wheezy but want to avoid Gnome 3 at all costs, is there a way of doing this successfully? >>

Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-04-27 Thread Ellwood Blues
012/4/27 Mika Suomalainen : > On 27.04.2012 13:56, Ellwood Blues wrote: >> 2012/4/26 James Allsopp : >>> Hello, >>> I want to update from Squeeze to Wheezy but want to avoid Gnome 3 at all >>> costs, is there a way of doing this successfully? >>> >>> Thanks >>> James >>> >>> >>> -- >>> To UNSUBSCRI

Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-04-27 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:59:54 +0100, Dom wrote: > On 27/04/12 15:45, Camaleón wrote: (...) >> I would suggest against going that way. I'd better (in order of >> preference): >> >> 1/ Give gnome-shell a chance, it deserves it. > > Doesn't work on my laptop. Neither it does on my VM (I reported a

Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-04-27 Thread keith
Dom wrote: I'd just like to say that I'm not completely against gnome3, but it doesn't work for me (yet). I have to accept that with the hardware that I'm using I may have to move off to another desktop. Have a go with LXDE alongside your present setup, & see how you feel about it, no need

Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-04-27 Thread Dom
On 27/04/12 15:45, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:15:58 +, James Allsopp wrote: I want to update from Squeeze to Wheezy but want to avoid Gnome 3 at all costs, is there a way of doing this successfully? "At all costs"? Whether such possibility exists, the price will be very high ;

Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-04-27 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:15:58 +, James Allsopp wrote: > I want to update from Squeeze to Wheezy but want to avoid Gnome 3 at all > costs, is there a way of doing this successfully? "At all costs"? Whether such possibility exists, the price will be very high ;-) I would suggest against going

Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-04-27 Thread Mika Suomalainen
On 27.04.2012 13:56, Ellwood Blues wrote: > 2012/4/26 James Allsopp : >> Hello, >> I want to update from Squeeze to Wheezy but want to avoid Gnome 3 at all >> costs, is there a way of doing this successfully? >> >> Thanks >> James >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.de

Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-04-27 Thread Mika Suomalainen
On 27.04.2012 10:56, Miles Bader wrote: > James Allsopp writes: >> I want to update from Squeeze to Wheezy but want to avoid Gnome 3 at >> all costs, is there a way of doing this successfully? > > Hmm, can't you just run it in "compability" mode or whatever it's > called...? [if you want to avoi

Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-04-27 Thread Ellwood Blues
2012/4/26 James Allsopp : > Hello, > I want to update from Squeeze to Wheezy but want to avoid Gnome 3 at all > costs, is there a way of doing this successfully? > > Thanks > James > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject > of "unsubscribe". Trouble? C

Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-04-27 Thread Jon Dowland
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 04:56:16PM +0900, Miles Bader wrote: > James Allsopp writes: > > I want to update from Squeeze to Wheezy but want to avoid Gnome 3 at > > all costs, is there a way of doing this successfully? > > Hmm, can't you just run it in "compability" mode or whatever it's > called...

Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-04-27 Thread Miles Bader
James Allsopp writes: > I want to update from Squeeze to Wheezy but want to avoid Gnome 3 at > all costs, is there a way of doing this successfully? Hmm, can't you just run it in "compability" mode or whatever it's called...? [if you want to avoid gnome-shell... I don't see much obvious differen

Re: Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-04-26 Thread Jeremy Allard
Le 26 avril 2012 17:15, James Allsopp a écrit : > Hello, > I want to update from Squeeze to Wheezy but want to avoid Gnome 3 at all > costs, is there a way of doing this successfully? > > Thanks > James > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > debian-user-REQUEST@lists.**debian.orgwith > a subject

Anyway of keeping gnome2 while upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy

2012-04-26 Thread James Allsopp
Hello, I want to update from Squeeze to Wheezy but want to avoid Gnome 3 at all costs, is there a way of doing this successfully? Thanks James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archi