When Ubuntu 11.04 came with Unity as default option, I played few minutes with it and switched to "classic mode".
And now with 11.10 I have no such option. I tried to install full GNOME 3 (sudo apt-get install gnome-shell), an it's not better. Then I Installed GNOME 3 fallback package (sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback), which shows up as "GNOME Classic" in LightDM. It looks like a somewhat crippled version of classic GNOME, but it still possible to work with it after adding some applets. Strangely enough, when I use the GNOME mode (no matter new, classic or pseudo-classic), some Unity services were still running in the background, such as Zeitgeist (user activities logging / indexing service) and BAMF (application matching framework). Solved it with uninstallation of these packages, though it also removes Unity (no remorse). ** Tags added: usabilty ** Tags removed: usabilty ** Tags added: usability -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/830404 Title: Proposed removal of GNOME Classic desktop would be a serious usability and accessibility regression To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/830404/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
