Classic which is what Ubuntu 10.10 uses. However, if it is something else
then you will have to re-install to go back to 10.10. There is no downgrade
option. Switching distros may or may not solve your problem. Most distros
use either GNOME 3 which is as bad as Unity (or worse) or KDE. KDE is
available for Ubuntu 11.04 and is just a matter of installing the
kubuntu-desktop package. Installing a different desktop environment is far
easier than re-installing or switching distros. The DE that is closest to
GNOME Classic (old GNOME) is XFCE and you would install the xubuntu-desktop
package to get that.
These are times of flux for GNOME and Ubuntu users. Not all users are happy,
but both GNOME 3 and Unity will get better, but both require users to
re-learn the desktop and change their workflow. I don't think that users
should have to do this, but both Unity and GNOME 3 are following a different
path and the metaphor is changing from traditional desktop computer to
device computing and both are set up to take advantage of smaller screens
and touch screens. That is the way of the future as far as GNOME and
Canonical see it. The best desktops for traditional users is either KDE or
XFCE, I think.
Mint is one distro that uses Ubuntu that has stuck with classic GNOME, but
even GNOME will phase out GNOME 2.32 at some point in the near future. The
only way to avoid that will be the use an older distribution like Debian
which is two years behind the times because it runs stable or to switch to
another desktop environment. Even Mint will have to bite the bullet and
switch to something else. The best they can do as stall for time which is
what they seem to be doing.
People who use Unity or GNOME 3 and like it say that it takes about 10 days
of daily use to get the way that it works and they think that it is worth it
in the end. I think that new users will come to Linux and leave if they
think that all Linux is like Unity or GNOME 3. It just is not what people
especially coming form Windows are used to. Mac and smartphone users may
find it an easier transition.
Roy
Using Kubuntu 11.04, 64-bit
Location: Canada
On 18 June 2011 11:13, Ron Osborne <majorridge67@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> I have recently upgraded to the latest Ubuntu and thoroughly dislike it.
> I've used Ubuntu for years and am not up on all of the current distros out
> there, and I would like to know if it would be better to downgrade to 10.10
> or to look for another distro? If another distro, which one?
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