[clug] Upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04 has destroyed Gnome customisation

[Ivan Lazar Miljenovic]

On 24 October 2014 18:25, jhock <jhock at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> Hi Hal,
>
> Great suggestion. I created another administrator account and logged in
> using that account. Here are the results:
>
> Gnome: This looks the same as my original account and I hate it. It
> looks very much like Unity. Yuk. I can't live with this.
>
> Gnome (Classic): The menus etc. were all mucked up like my original
> login. See original email content.
>
> Gnome(Compiz) and (Metaciy): I could see the menu options and this looks
> very similar to what I want. If I could customise this view I could use
> it.
>
> It would appear to me, and I'm very willing to listen to anyone who has
> alternative ideas, that my "auto-hide" of the top and bottom panel seems
> to not work in the new Compiz or Metacity Gnome. If I could configure
> either of these to make the auto-hide work, then I'll be on my way to
> having something that I can use. Any suggestions from this very
> knowledgeable list subscribers?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.

IIUC, the Gnome Classic is a re-implementation (in that it looks and
acts similar, so not 100% functionality) of the layout of Gnome2 using
Mutter and Gnome3.  As such, previous configurations do not carry
over, but it might be possible to install gnome-tweak-tool and some
Gnome extensions to give you similar functionality.

>
> John.
>
>
> On Fri, 2014-10-24 at 17:31 +1100, Hal Ashburner wrote:
>> Hey I dunno about this specifically.
>> But if you think it's config. Create a new user account and log into
>> to see if default looks better for you or if new version isn't to your
>> liking at all.
>>
>>
>> On 24 October 2014 17:17, jhock <jhock at iinet.net.au> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > I am totally p!$$ed off!
>> >
>> > I have an eeePC with a 10.1" screen. About a month ago I upgraded from
>> > Ubuntu LTS 12.04 to 14.04. In the process I stupidly answered "no" to
>> > all the prompts to accept the default configuration hoping that all the
>> > customisation of my Gnome windows - with many thanks to this list -
>> > would be saved, but I lost almost everything that I like about Gnome.
>> >
>> > I don't like Unity. I want a simple menu list with categories that I can
>> > edit. During the upgrade I ended up with a stack of categories that I
>> > don't want, don't know how to change and are so long that I can't see
>> > the last few categories or their applicaions because they are off the
>> > bottom of the screen. (I don't even know how to screen capture to show
>> > this list the mess that I'm in.)
>> >
>> > I also had the options at the top panel automatically hide itself so
>> > that I can fully use the limited screen space. I also added my favourite
>> > applications to the top panel eg. Midori, Evolution and ebReader. Those
>> > options are now lost.
>> >
>> > I also had the bottom panel automatically hide itself to fully use the
>> > screen space but that option has gone. The bottom panel used to show
>> > *all* the applications so that I could easily switch applications no
>> > matter what window it was in. That option has now gone. I can only see
>> > in the bottom panel the applications that apply to that window and not
>> > the other windows.
>> >
>> > Also, everything is slower! Showing and navigating through the menu
>> > takes forever. Even changing windows seems to take a long time. It is
>> > definitely slower than 12.04.
>> >
>> > Finally, can someone please help me? I have installed "Window Manager
>> > (gnome-session-flashback)" but when I login using "Metacity" or "Compiz"
>> > I can't see my top or bottom panels. If I login using "Gnome (Classic)"
>> > the top and bottom panels do not auto-hide. Can someone tell me how to:
>> >
>> > - edit the menu categories and content
>> > - auto hide the top and bottom panels
>> > - show all the opened applications in the bottom panel
>> > - change the windows navigation from Ctrl Alt up and down to Ctrl Alt
>> > left and right
>> > - make the operations faster and
>> > - tell me what I should have done to not get myself into this mess when
>> > I next upgrade Ubuntu LTS?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
>> >
>> > Totally p*$#ed off John.
>> >
>> >
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