[Nottingham] Desktop Upgrade

[david at gbenet.com]

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On 10/05/12 23:13, Jason Irwin wrote:
> As you can probably tell, I'm in full-on tinker mode.
> 
> Once the server is done and this desktop backed-up, it's time to splat it.  I'm
> currently on Ubuntu 10.10, quite like Gnome2 and find I get on well with
> synaptic/aptitude.  I like the simplicity of Gnome2 (yes, I did just say that), I like
> knowing that Thunderbird will /always/ open on Workspace 2 and irc /always/ on
> Workspace 4 (done via Compiz).  I like some folders/docs on my desktop by times.
> 
> The machine mostly gets used for email, web, bit of VM, XBMC and light gaming (love me
> some Saurbraten and Super Tux kart).  Core II Duo with a 1GB GT240, so not exactly
> low-spec, but not a 1337 gaming rig either.
> 
> I've been trying Unity on-and-off in a VM and am very leery of switching to it as it
> just seems to want to make life difficult.
> 
> So what suggestion do folks have?  The two top-candidates I have in mind are Kubuntu
> and Fedora (Linux Mint KDE is running a strong third). Only thing I have against Fedora
> is people keep telling me horror stories aboout rpm/yum hell. I've tried KDE in the
> past, but the new Plasma/Activities thing seems closest to my current workflow. Fedora
> is Gnome Shell and whilst that seems to have some of Unity's faults (let me select what
> app launches to what workspace, dammit) I've been hearing good things about its
> improving configurablity. One reason for staying with ?buntu is PPAs - I make rather
> heavy use of those for a variety of things.  Does Fedora have something similar (or 
> even better?) And if I am going to have a desktop, I may as well have a *DESKTOP*
> y'know?
> 
> Hmm...I have a sneaking suspicion this may start a DE/distro holy-war. Oh well, so be
> it.
> 
Jason,

How did you get gnome-2?

David


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