Your options are limited.
Have a look at Fuduntu, it's a rolling release so it should have newer kernels and they still maintain Gnome2 which is their default desktop.
Another options is SolusOS which uses Gnome2, future version will use a patched & forked Gnome3 to behave like Gnome2
As others have suggested also have a look at Mint's MATE. Then there is also XFCE which you can make very similar to Gnome2, many Gnome2 users have moved over to XFCE, can even have that applications, places, system on the panel.
http://mylinuxexplore.blogspot.com/2...mparasion.html
Gnome2 is pretty much dead so you should probably be looking for an alternative or stop using computers if you are dead set against change.
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