On Fri, 2013-08-09 at 21:23 +1000, Mark Trickett wrote:
Hello all,
I have managed to install Debian 7.1.0 on an Acer Travelmate 3230, even coping with the binary blobs during the install. It is generally working well, standalone, but now I am looking to sorting out and using now and then networked.
First, I am finding the Gnome 3 series different, and not certain that I either appreciate or like. Any comments about making it behave more "traditionally" appreciated.
How is gnome3 different for you? I moved the panel down to the bottom of the screen, enabled desktop icons and moved the menus back to the bottom left hand corner so now it seems to be have quite similar to gnome2. Additionally, I have installed Linux Mint with MATE(a fork of gnome2) on my other pc which works quite well also so that might be an option for you. Apparently the folks at Debian have denied a request to add MATE to Debian on the grounds that it would necessitate too much code duplication.