You might want to check out this thread by Kansasnoob for classic gnome in Precise:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1966370
Hey, I actually moved to Debian for a while after Unity debuted. I moved back because Debian was too esoteric and because the MATE fork was finished. It's pretty good, and I'm using it right now.
Also, if you're going with the Fallback you should mark the thread solved.
I think you are looking for this tutorial.
You can use screenlets for adding desktop widgets.
confused57 shared same link, sorry for double post.
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