On Mon, 30 Apr 2018 at 20:05, Jim Price <d1vers...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 30/04/18 11:47, Liam Proven wrote: > > So I myself am looking for a way to update my 16.04 install and _not_ get > > GNOME. I have not found one yet. I may have to do a clean install with one > > of the 3rd party Unity remixes. > Another way would be to convert it to an Ubuntu MATE install, upgrade > and then install your preferred desktop (unless that happens to be MATE, > then you don't need to). > I've not had to use it myself, but here's the process: > <http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/replace_unity_by_mate> > Ubuntu MATE is what I use as a base for using an alternate desktop - in > my case Enlightenment. Ubuntu MATE seems to be well suited to this as it > sticks to standards well and is an excellent fall-back should things go > wrong elsewhere. I'd be using it myself now but for the Unity thing > happening before MATE was released. I share your thought on Gnome3. I don't want Maté, either, though. I used GNOME 2. It was all right, but it never did vertical panels well, and it still doesn't. Nor does Cinnamon, nor GNOME 3 with any number of extensions. LXDE and XFCE are the only desktops that do it well. Thanks for the suggestion, but what I seek is a way to upgrade without getting _any_ other desktop installed... -- Liam Proven • Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • Google Mail/Hangouts/Plus: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven • Skype/LinkedIn: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 • ČR (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
