Classic (Gnome) settings

[merlinus]

I am wondering if my 10.10 Gnome settings, preferences, color schemes, themes and so on will remain after installing 11.04 and selecting Classic as the default? These live in a separate /home partition, which I obviously will not be formatting.

[3Miro]

They should stay, although some things may change (the top panel for example). Under the hood, Unity is just the same Gnome that you have on 10.10.

[merlinus]

Thanks for your response -- much appreciated! So the top panel with its transparency, dropdown menus (Applications, Places, System) and launchers will go away in 11.04?

What replaces it? I absolutely hate that mac/win cloned side panel with huge icons and cluttered choices, needing far too many mouseclicks to get where I want to go!