[olug] Boot error updating F14 to F16

[Dave Rowe]

I decided to attempt to bite the bullet and work with Unity on Ubuntu,
which follows a similar UI pattern.  So far, haven't thrown a keyboard.
Operates similar to OSX, which I've been using for work, so, that could be
a contributing factor.

I hate drastic changes like this as much as the next guy,  but decided to
give it two weeks and see if it grows on me.

-Dave
 On Jan 14, 2012 6:38 PM, "Kevin" <sharpestmarble at gmail.com> wrote:

> What you are seeing is GNOME3. I'm now an XFCE user(as soon as I get
> my laptop reinstalled) and very happy with it. You can find out what
> XFCE packages are available by doing `yum list available | grep xfce`.
>
> On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 18:29, Obi-Wan <obiwan at jedi.com> wrote:
> >> Is there any place from which I can get the /upgrade/ dir so that I
> >> can continue my upgrade, or is this a lost cause, requiring a fresh
> >> reinstall?  When I said that I'd backed up the important bits of this
> >> system, that meant just /home and /usr/local.  I don't have a backup
> >> of any of the system directories, since this laptop is little more
> >> than a portable terminal.
> >
> > Well, I just bit the bullet and did a fresh install from CD.  I figured
> > it was faster than trying to repair the upgrade, since I had very little
> > system stuff installed.
> >
> > Upon logging in for the first time, I'm appalled at the new window
> > manager (or whatever they call them these days).  how do I get back
> > to something sane that resembles the old Gnome interface from F14?
> > If even I can't figure out how to do anything useful, my kids & wife
> > will certainly never use Linux again.
> >
> > --
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