0 [Ubuntu 11.10] How To Change Classic Gnome 3 Like Gnome 2

Ubuntu 11.10 ships with ‘classic’ Gnome session in its repositories. To install it, click here or use the following command:

sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback 

Here I will cover most common questions, problems and their solutions.

Customize panel

Now you should use Alt + right-mouse-button sequence to add/remove applets and configure panel properties. Note: This sequence doesn't work when Compiz is used; see ‘Compiz’ section below.

Use indicator applet instead of standard notifications area

Used to Ubuntu's indicators? Get them back! Add Jason Conti's PPA and install them.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jconti/gnome3 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install indicator-applet-complete 

Then remove clock, notification area and user switch applet, and add ‘A unified applet containing all of the indicators’. Don't forget to install a mail notifier.

Change panel background to something better

Open panel properties, go to Background tab, select ‘Background image’ and select /usr/share/themes/Ambiance/gtk-2.0/apps/img/panel.png file. Now, your panel should look like it used to in Natty.

You can also use a ‘solid color’ for background, maybe with some transparency added.

Launchpad bug: #828392.

Get Compiz working

Compiz is the world's best window manager. Due to an error in gnome-session package, it doesn't start automatically and Metacity is used. This is already fixed for Precise, but if you want to get this working on Natty, open /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/gnome-classic.session file as root and change

RequiredProviders=windowmanager;notifications; 

line to

RequiredProviders=windowmanager; 

Now Compiz should start automatically when you log in. Note: Alt + right-mouse-button sequence doesn't work if you use Compiz. You should use Alt + Super + right-mouse-button instead (Super is usually the windows-logo key).

Launchpad bugs: #885939, #891622.

Use Ubuntu logo in Applications menu

If you want Ubuntu logo to be displayed in ‘Applications’ menu, open /usr/share/themes/Ambiance/gtk-3.0/apps/gnome-panel.css file and change this block of code:

PanelMenuBar.menubar.menuitem { background-image: -gtk-gradient (linear, left top, left bottom, from (shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.5)), to (shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.05))); } 

to this:

PanelMenuBar.menubar.menuitem { background-image: -gtk-gradient (linear, left top, left bottom, from (shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.5)), to (shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.05))); -PanelMenuBar-icon-visible: true; }

Source: http://mandriver.users.sourceforge.net/classic-gnome-guide.html 

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