Re: How can I get GNOME 2 back
On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:04:24 +0000, 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 wrong with it.
>
> Is there any way to get this back, while still using Debian? I've been
> using Debian (sid) a long time and I'm not changing distros.
>
> Are the debian patches for the last of the GNOME 2 releases still
> available? Can I build my own packages?
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 featured GNOME 2.32.2, though). Anyway, more
sooner than later GNOME2 will be completely dropped from upstream.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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