what happened to the tool bar?

Don't quite understand your question. Lynx is a browser. I guess your reference to 12.04, means Ubuntu, since this in Ubuntu support. Change layout, in reference to which version of Ubuntu. 11.04 to 13.10 are a lot a like. There are many options. On Ubuntu 12.04 I use Classic. I also use Xubuntu, which looks a lot like Ubuntu 10.04. I also do not care for Unity. Look around for options, that you like better.

Hi Michael, Thank you for your response. My questions pertaining to
Rhythm Box is that the nothing is displayed, song title, artist, etc in
the column even though I toggle the all the preference in the
preference box. I'm also not able to edit the columns. I get no
response. How do I configure Linux in the "classic" fashion as you
mentioned? That might do the trick.

Thanks,
Lance

sudo apt-get install gnome-panel

Log of and log into the new session. There are also Cinnamon and Mate from various PPAs (Newer versions of Ubuntu have Cinnamon in the official repos)

If you don't like Unity, don't use it. You don't have to use the default application set. I hate Firefox but I remove it and install Chrome. I also remove gwibber, libreoffice and all sorts of applications and install what I like. It's not hard to do....

When you start Ubuntu, are you required to enter a password, if so you can change to Gnome Classic in the window. If you do not enter a password, I believe you hold down Shift on boot.

Holding SHIFT at boot simply allows you to select a different kernel or to use recovery mode. It has no bearing once the OS is booted.
If automlogin is chosen the user will still login at boot. All you have to do is log off and you can choose the session you want. This will then be remembered and used for the automlogin next boot.

My bad.