Gnome Classic Places not working

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I understand you problem , but really is not necessary to shout . (Caps)

If you don't like the Unity environment you can try 2 other environments that looks like old gnome 2.

First is the gnome-session-fallback , you can install it from Software Center and logout and select the environment and see if meet your needs.

The other environment is MATE. MATE is a fork of gnome 2 (uses GTK2 as gnome 2) and is good development.
There you must add and external repository , because mate not included in main Ubuntu's repositories.

Search for MATE - Ubuntu at google and you will find the answer.

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS supported until 2017 and is a good choice for those don't want to upgrade every 18 months.

Ubuntu 11.04 is EOL (dead) not supported anymore , so do not use this.

Thank you.

Dear Question Person

I found out I can attach a document on a email but Places still does not
work as I just did

So buy a Mac then, they more user friendly? Thanks, I thought it was a bug
if a fresh version or reload caused a non working default for a Places drop
down menu. As they say: Seems pretty queer to leave the garage with a new
motor and blinkers and instruments panel does not work. May the Ubuntu teem
needs some different a design engineer so it is not like a Yugo. If it is
the classic add on..................then make it standard as with 11.04

I guess MS and Mac user forums are right it is geekware not software

*PS* This geek stuff is tiresome and not dependable to most old people. Can
Windows 8 handle my LibreOffice Writer documents if save to a disk and then
put on a reformat computer with Windows 8 ? I will wait till my pension
check comes, then I go and buy a copy or do I need another computer so I
have to keep this one to view documents and pictures?

Beans, Rice and Potato for two or three weeks then, as it is stupid to get
angry at a pieces of plastic and some electronic morse code in a series 0
and 1s in groups of 8. At least that is what my near 90 year mother tells
me, who is way smarter at computer stuff than me. In the 1940s and 50s she
worked with secret computer stuff my father was not even allowed to know. I
asked her to fix my computer she laughed said go away. She said *"fixing a
computer for you is like asking me to fix your aeroplane when you can not
fly"*

Oh thanks for the speedy reply .....but I really don't know what you said.

I have a 21 day deadline that is now shot to file a Form 2 and a aplication
for Indigent Status in Supreme Court of BC. That so happens to be this
December 21st ironically, Could pleases tel the engineers that worked on
making Ubuntu LTS versions a reliable product. I don't want any one to feel
bad for my shitty luck but it is what it is.....Maybe my karma from a past
life or something it certainly is not theirs.

Yours Sincerely

Josh Thurston

On 17 December 2012 01:31, NikTh <email address hidden>wrote:

> Your question #216973 on gnome-shell in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+question/216973
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> NikTh proposed the following answer:
> I understand you problem , but really is not necessary to shout . (Caps)
>
> If you don't like the Unity environment you can try 2 other environments
> that looks like old gnome 2.
>
> First is the gnome-session-fallback , you can install it from Software
> Center and logout and select the environment and see if meet your needs.
>
> The other environment is MATE. MATE is a fork of gnome 2 (uses GTK2 as
> gnome 2) and is good development.
> There you must add and external repository , because mate not included in
> main Ubuntu's repositories.
>
> Search for MATE - Ubuntu at google and you will find the answer.
>
> Ubuntu 12.04 LTS supported until 2017 and is a good choice for those
> don't want to upgrade every 18 months.
>
> Ubuntu 11.04 is EOL (dead) not supported anymore , so do not use this.
>
> Thank you.
>
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To clairify: I only use classic mode with no effects. this is not about unity. The classic add on the drop down menu for places drops down but when selected will no open anything up is that not a bug???????????????????????????????????/

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