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Hello, I'd like to know if there's a way to install the old "normal" gnome, the one I used to have before gnome3 came out.
I followed a tutorial on how to install arch+gnome and I ended up with gnome3.
Arch Linux is a "rolling release" distribution that always gives you the latest software versions. Gnome 3 is the current version of Gnome. When Gnome 4 comes out, your Arch system will "roll" to Gnome 4, and so on.
I'm curious if you've read the Arch Wiki page on the topic?
Thank you for your quick reply. I did read the wiki, and I am aware of the fallback mode, still its not even close to old gnome looked like. What I was wondering if there was a way to install the old gnome.
Since there is such a negative reaction to Gnome 3, I am expecting a Gnome 2 build to show up from the community soon. In the mean time, XFCE is a very good Gnome alternative.
Same thing happened with KDE4, there are a few community members maintaining a KDE3 build.
Thank you for your quick reply. I did read the wiki, and I am aware of the fallback mode, still its not even close to old gnome looked like. What I was wondering if there was a way to install the old gnome.
Thank you!
demencia.
I don't know the answer, but I do know Gnome 3 is a hot topic on the Arch forums:
I managed to customize gnome3 to make it look as nice as I could. I read on the link you shared that I needed to press "alt+rightclick" to edit the panels, that was veeery helpful. At first it didnt work as I was running compiz, but i switched to metacity edited, and switched back to compiz.
Thank you very much snowpine and i hope someome finds this useful.
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Arch Linux + GNOME not gnome3 nor gnome-shell
