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Revert to old interface from new unity on 11.10

Asked by Rahul Rodrigues

i have installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my Lenovo Y560 laptop as dual boot with windows 7.everything works just fine but i want to revert back to old Gnome interface.I tried way as logout from current user->>on login screen enter login credentials and then select Ubuntu 2D but it didn't work for me.i can see only two option for Ubuntu and Ubuntu 2D.Please help me.

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Best Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitojb) said : 		#1

Install gnome-panel package, log out and choose "GNOME Classic" in the log in screen.

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Rahul Rodrigues (rahulrods) said : 		#2

I'll check and get back to you.Thanks any ways

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Jeet (gour-jitendrasingh) said : 		#3

you could choose 'Ubuntu classic' as your desktop session type when you log on - click on your user name and before you enter your password, look along the bottom of the login screen and you'll see a row of information as follows:

your language, keyboard type, and then the session type - choose Ubuntu Classic

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/03/gnome-classic-in-ubuntu-12-04-its-like-nothing-ever-changed/

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Rahul Rodrigues (rahulrods) said : 		#5

Thanks Fitoschido, that solved my question.