I have done you LMM, I will do LMC too.
Ben
Ted Harding mailto:ted.harding@wlandres.net I sh27 June 2017 10:12via Postbox https://www.postbox-inc.com/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=sumlink&utm_campaign=reach
Many thanks, Laurie. That clarifies a number of things! And, yes, live disks of LMC and LMM is an excellent suggestion. And I like (and really sympathise with) the reasons the Mint team went the way they did. In fact, "the way Gnome was going" turned out to be the main reason I have'nt upgraded my Debian for years!
Best wishes, Ted.
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Ted,
I use Mint Cinnamon 17.3 and 18.1 every day, and can confirm that although they are based on Gnome 3, the functionality you require is built-in. LMC uses a tool called expo to manage workspaces (right-click on a workspace to launch it).
You may not be aware but the Mint team got fed up of the way Gnome was going and forked it, keeping and enhancing the parts they like and the community wanted, and adding new functionality.
I can't recommend LMC enough, and can confirm that - personally - I didn't much like MATE.
Anyway, you don't need MATE to have the functionality you require, nor do you need Gnome 2 if you go with LMC.
Maybe Ben could do you a live disk of both LMC and LMM for you to try.
Cheers, Laurie. Huge mailto:huge@huge.org.uk 26 June 2017 19:28via Postbox https://www.postbox-inc.com/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=sumlink&utm_campaign=reach On Mon, 2017-06-26 at 19:18 +0100, Bev Nicolson wrote:
Ah. Well the answer I got a while back was this, Ted:
It's what I use and I'm very pleased with it.
I'll have to dive in one day.
Bev
On 26/06/17 18:56, Ted Harding wrote:
So can anyone point me to installation resources for a Linux distribution which has Gbome 2?
Scientific Linux: https://www.scientificlinux.org/ used to have Gnome 2 for some time after Gnome 3 came out, but it seems that it now only has Gnome 3 (though I haven't found definite confirmation of this on the SciLin website).
Any relevant info anf help will be much appreciated! Thanks, and best wishes to all, Ted.
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Bev Nicolson mailto:lumos@gmx.co.uk 26 June 2017 19:18via Postbox https://www.postbox-inc.com/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=sumlink&utm_campaign=reach Ah. Well the answer I got a while back was this, Ted:
I'll have to dive in one day.
Bev
main@lists.alug.org.uk http://www.alug.org.uk/ https://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main Unsubscribe? See message headers or the web site above! Ted Harding mailto:ted.harding@wlandres.net 26 June 2017 18:56via Postbox https://www.postbox-inc.com/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=sumlink&utm_campaign=reach Greetings all! As I posted a few days ago, I shall want to install Linux on a new laptop. For years I have been using Gnome 2, since in particular it provides for a row of "workspace" icons at the bottom of the screen. I use 20 of these, since much of the work I do involves switching between different workspaces in which different jobs are going on in parallel (and each could itself use up two or more workspaces).
A screengrab of what the screen looks like before I start anything up is at: http://www.zen89632.zen.co.uk/Misc/gnome2-debian-desktop.jpg The 20 workspace icons are at bottom right, and switching between them is easy -- mouse-click, or "Ctrl-Alt-RightArrow" or "Ctrl-Alt-LeftArrow".
This does not seem to be available on Gnome 3.
So can anyone point me to installation resources for a Linux distribution which has Gbome 2?
Scientific Linux: https://www.scientificlinux.org/ used to have Gnome 2 for some time after Gnome 3 came out, but it seems that it now only has Gnome 3 (though I haven't found definite confirmation of this on the SciLin website).
Any relevant info anf help will be much appreciated! Thanks, and best wishes to all, Ted.
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