Re: Gnome classic theme for 7?
On Sat, 2013-02-23 at 03:22 -0600, Mark Allums wrote:
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> > Is there a Gnome classic theme for Debian 7?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > John
> >
> > --
> >
> > John Conover, conover@rahul.net, http://www.johncon.com/
>
> Do you mean icon and desktop theme for Gnome 3, or a version of Gnome 2, or
> something else? The answer is complicated.
>
> Gnome 3 has a "classic mode" in 3.0 - 3.4. Also called in some dists,
> "fallback mode". After Gnome 3.6, fallback mode will go away. There is a
> Debian-based distro called SolusOS (I think) that has a gnome 2-style
> desktop that is like Gnome 2 but uses gtk 3. MATE desktop, with is
> available for Mint, Ubuntu, and Debian, and a few RPM-based dists, is a fork
> of Gnome 2. It is rough in spots, but works fairly well for me. There is
> Cinnamon, and you might consider an alternative like it.
>
> Is any of this a place for you to start, or have I misunderstood?
If this is meant by "theme", I recommend to switch the desktop
environment from Gnome to Xfce4.
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