Re: How can I get GNOME 2 back

2011-11-30 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:46:32 -0500, Stephen Allen wrote: > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 04:24:17PM +, Camaleón wrote: >> On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:33:08 +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote: >> > Well until then maybe GNOME 3 has evolved into a more usable state. >> >> (...) >> >> It is "usable" right no

Re: How can I get GNOME 2 back

2011-11-30 Thread Stephen Allen
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 04:24:17PM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:33:08 +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > Well until then maybe GNOME 3 has evolved into a more usable state. > > (...) > > It is "usable" right now. > > Current version 3.0 (the one available in testing) is not

Re: How can I get GNOME 2 back

2011-11-29 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:33:08 +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Am Montag, 28. November 2011 schrieb Camaleón: (...) >> >> Nowadays, there is no way to get GNOME2 back as it was. >> >> >> >> No way, but not just for Debian but any other linux distributions >> >> (the last release of OpenBSD fea

Re: How can I get GNOME 2 back

2011-11-29 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:36:03 +0100 Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Am Montag, 28. November 2011 schrieb Cybe R. Wizard: > > On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:52:52 + > > > > Richard wrote: > > > I was unhappy with Gnome 3 at start, but after giving it a chance > > > I've grown to like it. for instance, AL

Re: How can I get GNOME 2 back

2011-11-29 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Montag, 28. November 2011 schrieb Cybe R. Wizard: > On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:52:52 + > > Richard wrote: > > I was unhappy with Gnome 3 at start, but after giving it a chance > > I've grown to like it. for instance, ALT Tab to move between desktop > > is a nice feature, its less hand movement

Re: How can I get GNOME 2 back

2011-11-29 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Montag, 28. November 2011 schrieb Camaleón: > On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 10:29:10 -0900, Greg Madden wrote: > > On Sunday 27 November 2011 8:29:19 am Camaleón wrote: > >> On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:04:24 +, Cam Hutchison wrote: > >> > I have tried GNOME 3. I have tried it with fallback mode. I've now >

Re: How can I get GNOME 2 back

2011-11-28 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:52:52 + Richard wrote: > I was unhappy with Gnome 3 at start, but after giving it a chance > I've grown to like it. for instance, ALT Tab to move between desktop > is a nice feature, its less hand movement than grabbing the mouse to > click on a window. And its not a tw

Re: How can I get GNOME 2 back

2011-11-28 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 10:29:10 -0900, Greg Madden wrote: > On Sunday 27 November 2011 8:29:19 am Camaleón wrote: >> On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:04:24 +, Cam Hutchison wrote: >> > I have tried GNOME 3. I have tried it with fallback mode. I've now >> > tried xfce, kde and my own hacked together xsessio

Re: How can I get GNOME 2 back

2011-11-28 Thread AG
On 28/11/11 10:52, Richard wrote: On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:03:40 + AG wrote: On 27/11/11 11:04, Cam Hutchison wrote: I have tried GNOME 3. I have tried it with fallback mode. I've now tried xfce, kde and my own hacked together xsession with gnome components. I don't like any of it. What I

Re: How can I get GNOME 2 back

2011-11-28 Thread Richard
On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:03:40 + AG wrote: > On 27/11/11 11:04, Cam Hutchison wrote: > > I have tried GNOME 3. I have tried it with fallback mode. I've now tried > > xfce, kde and my own hacked together xsession with gnome components. > > > > I don't like any of it. > > > > What I like is the s

Re: How can I get GNOME 2 back

2011-11-28 Thread AG
On 27/11/11 11:04, Cam Hutchison wrote: I have tried GNOME 3. I have tried it with fallback mode. I've now tried xfce, kde and my own hacked together xsession with gnome components. I don't like any of it. What I like is the setup I had. I had GNOME 2 set up just the way I wanted it, and there

Re: How can I get GNOME 2 back

2011-11-27 Thread Walter Hurry
On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:04:24 +, Cam Hutchison wrote: > I have tried GNOME 3. I have tried it with fallback mode. I've now tried > xfce, kde and my own hacked together xsession with gnome components. > > I don't like any of it. > > What I like is the setup I had. I had GNOME 2 set up just the

Re: How can I get GNOME 2 back

2011-11-27 Thread Greg Madden
On Sunday 27 November 2011 8:29:19 am Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:04:24 +, Cam Hutchison wrote: > > I have tried GNOME 3. I have tried it with fallback mode. I've now tried > > xfce, kde and my own hacked together xsession with gnome components. > > > > I don't like any of it. >

Re: How can I get GNOME 2 back

2011-11-27 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:04:24 +, Cam Hutchison wrote: > I have tried GNOME 3. I have tried it with fallback mode. I've now tried > xfce, kde and my own hacked together xsession with gnome components. > > I don't like any of it. > > What I like is the setup I had. I had GNOME 2 set up just the

Re: How can I get GNOME 2 back

2011-11-27 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: On 11/27/2011 09:04 AM, Cam Hutchison wrote: Are the debian patches for the last of the GNOME 2 releases still available? Can I build my own packages? You can find packages here: http://snapshot.debian.org/ But if they are not uninstallable already because of depend

Re: How can I get GNOME 2 back

2011-11-27 Thread Claudius Hubig
Cam Hutchison wrote: >I have tried GNOME 3. I have tried it with fallback mode. I've now tried >xfce, kde and my own hacked together xsession with gnome components. > >I don't like any of it. > >What I like is the setup I had. I had GNOME 2 set up just the way I >wanted it, and there was nothing w

Re: How can I get GNOME 2 back

2011-11-27 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 11/27/2011 09:04 AM, Cam Hutchison wrote: > Are the debian patches for the last of the GNOME 2 releases still > available? Can I build my own packages? You can find packages here: http://snapshot.debian.org/ But if they are not uninstallable already because of dependency problems, they soon wil

How can I get GNOME 2 back

2011-11-27 Thread Cam Hutchison
I have tried GNOME 3. I have tried it with fallback mode. I've now tried xfce, kde and my own hacked together xsession with gnome components. I don't like any of it. What I like is the setup I had. I had GNOME 2 set up just the way I wanted it, and there was nothing wrong with it. Is there any w