jes-13
September 2nd, 2012, 06:10 PM
Here's what I have:
Desktop running
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Gnome desktop 2.30.2
gdm 2.20, gdm was rolled back because of imposed restrictions that deleted features...
This system is also used as a file server for the rest of the computers in the house.
I skipped all 11.xx releases because of the Unity desktop. With 12.04 LTS release, I thought I should decide to upgrade before 2013 end of support for 10.04... Unfortunately, 12.04 still comes only with Unity crap. I've played with Mint 13 - Mate on my MacBook and IMHO for a new install it's a no-brainer. For the desktop, I was hoping for an upgrade to reduce the pain of switching to a different distro, bringing in the important configuration files and the usual trickle of problems for the next x weeks... Not wanting to risk crippling my home network and becoming the focal point of abuse ;), I copied my system to a spare disc, installed the upgrade to 12.04 and MATE, per instructions on their site for Ubuntu. The result is kind of a success. Depending on which greeter wins the battle for resources, it either looks exactly like my customized 10.04 setup or the boring maroon, default Ubuntu greeter.
I've searched the forum w/o luck, but I assume I need to remove at least the default window manager (greeter) used by Unity. Does anyone know which package that is?
Thanks
Desktop running
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Gnome desktop 2.30.2
gdm 2.20, gdm was rolled back because of imposed restrictions that deleted features...
This system is also used as a file server for the rest of the computers in the house.
I skipped all 11.xx releases because of the Unity desktop. With 12.04 LTS release, I thought I should decide to upgrade before 2013 end of support for 10.04... Unfortunately, 12.04 still comes only with Unity crap. I've played with Mint 13 - Mate on my MacBook and IMHO for a new install it's a no-brainer. For the desktop, I was hoping for an upgrade to reduce the pain of switching to a different distro, bringing in the important configuration files and the usual trickle of problems for the next x weeks... Not wanting to risk crippling my home network and becoming the focal point of abuse ;), I copied my system to a spare disc, installed the upgrade to 12.04 and MATE, per instructions on their site for Ubuntu. The result is kind of a success. Depending on which greeter wins the battle for resources, it either looks exactly like my customized 10.04 setup or the boring maroon, default Ubuntu greeter.
I've searched the forum w/o luck, but I assume I need to remove at least the default window manager (greeter) used by Unity. Does anyone know which package that is?
Thanks