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ventrical
January 2nd, 2013, 08:46 AM
Just got a gnome session fallback update from the repos :)
kansasnoob
January 2nd, 2013, 11:07 AM
The last update I've seen is just a rename of "classic" back to "fallback":

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=12427969&postcount=22

If you log out and check available sessions you'll see the name change :)
ventrical
January 2nd, 2013, 11:15 AM
But it appears to still be working good.

Is that the only change they made?

edit! Yes .. I see.. sheesh.. why even mention it.
kansasnoob
January 2nd, 2013, 11:52 AM
Here's what my Ubuntu-GNOME-remix login screen looks like with gnome 3.7.3 from the staging PPA (https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3-staging/), and with 'gnome-session-fallback' installed:

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And here's what the "new classic" session looks like ATM:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=12425827&postcount=10

Just remember it's all a work in progress, so it's too soon to pass judgment :D

And since Raring will use gnome 3.6 I expect the "fallback" session to survive just this cycle and then disappear in 13.10, but my time machine is borked so it's just a game of wait and see.
ventrical
January 2nd, 2013, 09:25 PM
Hmmmm... ok ..! I think I am then trying to dream the impossible dream. That being that Canonical will extend Lucid LTS updates for another 2 years. I mean I can still install raring on older machines (even 600MHz PIII) but MATE is so crumudgeon on older machines, (fvwm-crystal better) but for those who like the older gnome + ubuntu is going to be obsolete.
kansasnoob
January 3rd, 2013, 12:49 AM
Hmmmm... ok ..! I think I am then trying to dream the impossible dream. That being that Canonical will extend Lucid LTS updates for another 2 years. I mean I can still install raring on older machines (even 600MHz PIII) but MATE is so crumudgeon on older machines, (fvwm-crystal better) but for those who like the older gnome + ubuntu is going to be obsolete.

I have about 30 PC's running this setup with Precise:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1966370

And it's supported until April 2017, so if I don't like the options available in 14.04 I'll wait for 16.04 to decide which route to take :)