Re: New Gnome in Wheezy

2013-07-15 Thread John W. Foster
On Wed, 2013-07-10 at 11:56 -0400, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: > Dear List - > > I updated and now have the new Gnome. > > The desktop is impossible, and almost unusable. > > I do not have the old desktop entries, and cannot find Google Chrome. > > How do I get the old desktop back? > > Ethan

Re: New Gnome in Wheezy - irc

2013-07-11 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 10 Jul 2013 17:20:47 -0700 (PDT) Michael Ayers wrote: > >Dear List - > > > > >I would like to try another modality to try to solve this mystery. > > > >How do I get to and use irc #debian-mate channel  on FreeNode? > > > >I have never used irc befpre. > > > >TIA > > Ethan > > > I'm no

Re: New Gnome in Wheezy - irc

2013-07-10 Thread Michael Ayers
>Dear List - > >I would like to try another modality to try to solve this mystery. > >How do I get to and use irc #debian-mate channel  on FreeNode? > >I have never used irc befpre. > >TIA Ethan I'm not really an irc-guy, but this is what I know you, of course need a irc client I've used x

Re: New Gnome in Wheezy - irc

2013-07-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2013-07-10 at 19:23 -0400, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: > Dear List - > > I would like to try another modality to try to solve this mystery. > > How do I get to and use irc #debian-mate channel on FreeNode? > > I have never used irc befpre. > > TIA > > Ethan Ethan, Ethan *chuckle* h

New Gnome in Wheezy - irc

2013-07-10 Thread Ethan Rosenberg, PhD
Dear List - I would like to try another modality to try to solve this mystery. How do I get to and use irc #debian-mate channel on FreeNode? I have never used irc befpre. TIA Ethan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? C

Re: New Gnome in Wheezy - more info

2013-07-10 Thread André Nunes Batista
Kind of a typo on the name of mate deb package, no?! Someone shall say shutthafuckup sometime, but I'm very happy using slim + openbox + tint2 + i3lock. Not that I hated gnome 3 at first, but after a while of using it, I couldn't help but feel desperate with its huge memory consumption and its unc

Re: New Gnome in Wheezy - more info

2013-07-10 Thread Ethan Rosenberg, PhD
Personally I am using on my Desktop MATE .. here's how you will installing http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/download On 07/10/2013 07:31 PM, John Tate wrote: You can alter the menu options by hitting super and typing "main menu" and you will surely find it. Extensions make it pretty damn good. It

Re: New Gnome in Wheezy

2013-07-10 Thread Ethan Rosenberg, PhD
Personally I am using on my Desktop MATE .. here's how you will installing http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/download On 07/10/2013 07:31 PM, John Tate wrote: You can alter the menu options by hitting super and typing "main menu" and you will surely find it. Extensions make it pretty damn good. It

Re: New Gnome in Wheezy

2013-07-10 Thread Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras
Personally I am using on my Desktop MATE .. here's how you will installing http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/download On 07/10/2013 07:31 PM, John Tate wrote: > You can alter the menu options by hitting super and typing "main menu" > and you will surely find it. > > Extensions make it pretty damn goo

Re: New Gnome in Wheezy

2013-07-10 Thread John Tate
You can alter the menu options by hitting super and typing "main menu" and you will surely find it. Extensions make it pretty damn good. It takes some getting used to. You can go classic with gdm (the login screen), just select a user and there is a little dropdown in the bottom left. It is a lim

Re: New Gnome in Wheezy

2013-07-10 Thread James Allsopp
You can't. You have to install a different DE. I went for XFCE, but people rate Mate. This is a sore point for a lot of people, but that's the simple options. On 10 July 2013 16:56, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: > Dear List - > > I updated and now have the new Gnome. > > The desktop is impossib

New Gnome in Wheezy

2013-07-10 Thread Ethan Rosenberg, PhD
Dear List - I updated and now have the new Gnome. The desktop is impossible, and almost unusable. I do not have the old desktop entries, and cannot find Google Chrome. How do I get the old desktop back? Ethan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject o