For 12.04 LTS version.
Install gnome-panel from Software Centre or synaptic.
From terminal.
sudo apt-get install gnome-panel
Logout and choose your session at login.
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For 12.04 LTS version.
Install gnome-panel from Software Centre or synaptic.
From terminal.
sudo apt-get install gnome-panel
Logout and choose your session at login.
And for a more up to date and detailed T&T see here.
[How to] Make Ubuntu 11.10 Look and Feel Like GNOME 2.
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Also see this thread for Oneiric Gnome classic with no desktop effects. Please read this carefully before trying this out. Here be dragons.....
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1886799