Re: Gnome classic theme for 7?
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 02:19:25AM -0800, John Conover wrote:
> 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.)
>
Pcmanfm (a file manager) can automatically mount removable drives, but
the file manager has to be open. I suppose you could run it on startup,
and even hide it if necessary. There used to be gnome-volume-manager,
but I don't seem to have it on my Squeeze system.
As for icons on the desktop, I think rox-filer, fbdesk, and idesk can
manage that. I've never used them, though, so I can't comment on how
well they work.
Personally, I use fluxbox with pcmanfm. But I don't have pcmanfm
automatically mount anything. When I insert a usb stick, it'll show up
in the left-hand pane and I click it if I want to mount it.
You can also add panels to simulate the look of Gnome 2, if necessary,
by using fbpanel or another panel program.
-Rob
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