[clug] Alternative desktop view for Ubuntu 16

[jhock at iinet.net.au]

Hi George, 

Thanks for the tips.

I have been sent many good suggestions each of which I'm slowly testing. 

I won't be able to get to the Thursday meeting. I'm picking up my son from an overseas trip and I'll have to tend to his jet lag. 

I have found that many of the fully configurable desktops are sometimes hard to configure because of all the options and flexibility. I thank in advance you and others for offering help to configure my options. 

I will notify the list what I choose and why. 

Thanks again. 

John. 

On 24 April 2018 10:52:59 PM AEST, George at Clug via linux <linux at lists.samba.org> wrote:
>John,
>
>I see people have provided you with many suggestions.
>
>I don't use a computer like you describe below, but I want to let you
>know that I use XFCE and enjoy it.
>
>I use Debian and usually install Cinnamon, Mate, and XFCE. I tried
>others GUIs but they are just not my tastes.
>
>I get frustrated that I cannot change the colours of the Cinnamon
>borders, but I can in XFCE (I use kiwi template which gets installed
>from Mate).
>
>I don't use the bottom menu, I just use a top menu bar, though XFCE is
>very configurable and allows one menu bar or two (and either top and
>bottom, or both).
>
>I sometimes switch between Cinnamon, Mate and XFCE, but always end up
>going back to XFCE, as it is the way I like to work (a simple, easy to
>use and effective GUI). I dislike using keyboard shortcuts, instead
>preferring visual clues that I use a mouse to click on.  I realise
>that others have their own preferences and I won't encourage them to
>change unless they want to.
>
>I like Debian for its stability and I don't need to change too often.
>And it works on my hardware.
>
>Hope the above is useful info for you. And if you decide to give XFCE
>a try, but get frustrated configuring it, please let me know, maybe I
>have found an easy way.
>
>Do you think you make it to Thursday's meeting?  I will be curious to
>learn what GUI you eventually settle on. GUIs are one of my interests.
>I was very sad when Microsoft abandoned Windows 7's GUI, this event is
>waht caused me to use Linux for my personal computers' OS. 
>
>George.
>
>On Tuesday, 24-04-2018 at 11:43 jhock via linux wrote:
>
>
>Hi All,
>
>I have finally bought myself a 64 bit computer to replace my old 32
>bit
>one since Ubuntu no longer supports 32 bit architecture. 
>
>I have loaded Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and copied my data onto the new
>computer
>but I still don't like the Gnome 3 or Unity looking desktop. I rather
>liked the old Gnome 2 or Mate version of Ubuntu but found that Mate
>had
>little problems that weren't on the standard Ubuntu version.
>
>I've tried to put up with the Gnome 3 desktop but after a week of
>frustration I've had enough. I want the following:
>
>1. A panel at the top that shows in a drop down menu all the
>applications that I have on my computer. Cairo provides this but
>applications crash for no apparent reason.
>
>2. Add to the top panel applications that I often use. 
>
>3. Four windows that I can switch between with Alt + ctrl left and
>right arrows. I don't like the two above and two below layout because
>I
>have to think in which window I'm in when I want to switch between
>them.
>
>4. A panel down the bottom that shows the applications that I have
>open
>and allows me to switch between them by clicking on their icons in
>that
>panel.
>
>Can my requirements be configured in Gnome 3 or do I need to install
>another desktop?  I've tried Cairo but it just doesn't quite make the
>grade and I don't like applications crashing all of a sudden.
>
>I've tried Docky but I can't seem to configure a drop down menu as in
>requirement 1. above.
>
>Thanks in advance for any helpful suggestions.
>
>
>John.
>
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