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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130223132522.gb32...@aurora.owens.net
