<p>Likely your longest support window for a Gnome 2 desktop is going to be Centos 6 and Scientific Linux 6, extended support til 2017 mirroring RHEL 6, and I think the main rpm repos plus rpmforge and backports do a little better of a job in more current software than Debian based distros. What I don't know is can you run GTK3 apps in Gnome 2? I have a feeling that XFCE and LXDE is going are carry the banner of the traditional desktop metaphor, as well as IMHO don't count out how well Gnome 3 fallback mode might work by Gnome 3.4. That said I am using Debian Squeeze on my laptop but the old software is frustrating for me too (although I think the Libreoffice from backports is 3.4.3).<br>
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<p>On Nov 8, 2011 2:41 PM, "Ron Frazier" <<a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com">atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com</a>> wrote:</p>
<blockquote><p>Hi all,</p>
<p>Well, the subject says it. How do I NOT use Unity and DO use Gnome 2 in<br>
Ubuntu 11.x? Michael T. has almost convinced me to hit the Update<br>
button on my old Ubuntu 10.04 based on comments in the "AARG! Manual<br>
software updates, Sun Java, LibreOffice, help" thread. Should I take<br>
the plunge, and update twice to 11.04, I'll be faced with running the<br>
Unity UI. I tried it once before and its lifespan on my system was<br>
about 30 minutes. So, if I go down this road, and update and keep 11.04<br>
on the system, and hate Unity yet again, how do I banish it permanently<br>
and use Gnome 2 on the newer version of Ubuntu. I don't know anything<br>
about Gnome 3, but my objective is to get an up to date system, not to<br>
change everything I've finally got working like I like it. PS, I don't<br>
want to have to specify the UI every time I login. PPS, I don't have<br>
the system upgraded yet, so I cannot try instructions you give yet.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Ron</p>
<p>--</p>
<p>(PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want to<br>
call on the phone. I get about 300 emails per day from alternate energy<br>
mailing lists and such. I don't always see new messages very quickly.)</p>
<p>Ron Frazier</p>
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linuxdude AT <a href="http://c3energy.com">c3energy.com</a></p>
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