Re: Gnome classic theme for 7?
Ralf Mardorf writes:
> On Sat, 2013-02-23 at 03:22 -0600, Mark Allums wrote:
> >
> > > Is there a Gnome classic theme for Debian 7?
> >
> > 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.
I'll look at Xfce4. Its for my wife, who works in an M$ environment,
and is really accustomed to Ubuntu/Gnome2 as an alternative at home.
(Unity is just not going to work out for her-I use fvwm2, myself; the
lack of an icon/auto mount for fvwm2 and Enlightenment is kind of a
show stopper for her.)
Thanks to all,
John
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John Conover, conover@rahul.net, http://www.johncon.com/
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