Refers to the Desktop Environment used by default up until Ubuntu 11.04, at which point it became an option to use the environment at the login screen. (package: gnome-session-fallback)
Questions tagged [gnome-classic]
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How to revert to GNOME Classic Desktop?
I'm used to GNOME Classic and personally don't want to change to anything else, but it seems there is no more GNOME Classic in the Oneiric release. After apt-get installed gnome-session and all, though there comes back the GNOME Classic option in…
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Wifi doesn't work after suspend after 16.04 upgrade
This particular version of the "doesn't work after suspend" came after upgrading to 16.04. It seems that the upgrade includes a Wicd applet (added to Metacity Classic Gnome task bar alongside regular network icon), but doesn't seem to work after a…
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How do I remove an icon from the top panel in GNOME Fallback mode?
When I right click the Filezilla icon, the only options are "launch" and "properties". How do I remove it from the top panel?
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How to customize the gnome classic panel
First the picture:
As you can see in the image, the colors used for the icons and the words Applications and Places (In spanish in this case) have a different background dark gray color than the rest of the panel. Also the icons look rather bigger…
Luis Alvarado
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Using different wallpapers on multiple monitors (Gnome 2 + Compiz)
This seems like a simple question, yet I could not find any satisfying answer using Google or Ask Ubuntu.
So I have a triple-monitor setup. Basically what I want is simply to have a different background on each of the three monitors. Now I am not…
Malte Skoruppa
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How to make the date appear next to the time indicator in Gnome Classic?
I'm using Gnome classic in Ubuntu 12.04 and I'm not able to find the settings that would allow me to display the date and day along with time in the clock of my indicator applet. Any idea how I can make the date and day appear along with the…
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How do I disable Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right?
I use GNOME Classic. There is no Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right shortcut in System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts.
It should be configured somewhere else. But where?
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How to remove a launcher from a Gnome Panel?
My kids put some bogus launcher on top bar (I have no idea how) :
How can I remove it? I get only next options : properties and launch.
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How to add panel applets to classic gnome panel?
Because of Unity's inability to use any Gnome panel applets, I changed back to the classic gnome panel.
However, even in the classic interface, I'm finding I can't right-click the Gnome panel to change anything.
How do you add applets to the Gnome…
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Volume and other indicators disappeared in the classic desktop
I updgraded my ubuntu to 12.04 LTS and then installed gnome classic since I do not like unity. But then the volume icon at the up-right corner has disappeared. How can I get it back to that place. Thanks for any help.
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add workspaces with gnome classic and ubuntu 14.04
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 with gnome classic.
I want to add 4 workspaces.
I right click into the workspaces (left-bottom) and go to preferences. I change the number of workspaces from 1 to 4 and close the window.
No workspaces are added and when I…
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Gnome classic Alt-Tab doesn't work
The simple keyboard combination of Alt-Tab to switch between applications doesn't work.
I have followed this answer but it doesn't answer the question as I want to switch to another application, not display applications and then have to select it…
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I can't add a Indicator Applet to Panel in Gnome-Classic
ubuntu 11.10
I recently changed unity for classic Desktop. So, i noticed that the volume control dissappeared.
So i read everywhere that the only thing to do is add the Inidicator Applet in the panel. But i dont have that option in my applet list.
Mariano L
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No Banshee notification area icon in Gnome 3 classic session
After installing Ubuntu 12.04, I have a problem with Banshee: it doesn't have a tray icon. I know about the tray-icon-plugin, but it's not working:
I'm using Gnome 3 in classic mode. In gnome-shell Banshee has an icon. How can I get the tray-icon…
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Which is correct: "GNOME Classic" or "GNOME Fallback"?
Since the availability of Unity and GNOME Shell, I have noticed widespread confusion over whether the more "traditional" version of the GNOME desktop environment should be referred to as "GNOME Classic" or "GNOME Fallback" in 11.04, 11.10 and…
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