GNOME Classic in Ubuntu 12.04: It?s Like Nothing Ever Changed

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 22, 2012

“But for all of the innovation, aesthetics and features that the
unity desktop offers there is a chance that, for many, the change
will be too much.

But Unity is only one desktop environment available to install
in Ubuntu. GNOME Classic

?GNOME Classic? (properly referred to ?GNOME Fallback?) is one
such option, and is arguably the most familiar to that of the
Ubuntu desktop that shipped in Ubuntu 10.04 by default.


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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