How do I keep Gnome 2

Nesrail · 2011-10-25 20:10:17

Hello.
First of all, I am a TOTALLY new arch user. Have always used Ubuntu and Linux Mint, but wanted to try Arch. So far its really awesome!

So, since I'm so new I have some problems. I found a website to install gnome 2 using arm.konnichi as a server. But I also want the latest software from the normal repos.
Is there a way to ONLY install the upgrades from the normal repos and let pacman skip gnome 2, so it doesn't get updated to gnome 3?

Thanks in advance.

graysky · 2011-10-25 20:12:17

Thought I saw this discussed before, but can't remember the answer. Try searching. My guess is that eventually something will break if you try to keep g2. There is a g2 branch that is actively developed (the name escapes me). You might wanan give xfce4 a try if you like g2. I made the switch not caring for g3 and am very happy. See our great wiki for installation instructions if you wish. Welcome to Arch.

karol · 2011-10-25 20:14:21

Please search the forums - this is one of the most basic duties of an Arch user.

You are advised against keeping gnome 2 as it's dead upstream, but you can try e.g. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MATE .. or xfce :-)
Gnome is in the normal repos so it would be hard to skip the updates for too long, not sure if it's possible at all as the underlying libraries change and gnome 2 does not so it would break.

Nesrail · 2011-10-25 20:22:20

Thanks for the quick answer.
maybe its time to try another desktop manager :-)

Never heard of Mate but will try it. Or maybe xfce

graysky · 2011-10-25 20:48:01

Yeah, mate was the name I couldn't remember.

Mr_ED-horsey · 2011-10-25 20:51:39

Mate is pretty good. I used it for a bit but I found a way to make Gnome usable... for now at least. Might check out Mate again sometime soon though just to see where it's at.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MATE

wonder · 2011-10-25 21:08:26

mate is a lie

!next

Nesrail · 2011-10-26 12:36:29

xfce works surprisingly good. Now I want to try kde and see if its any good. Have any comments on either of them? I just want to hear what the peoble think. Never used any of them.

ozar · 2011-10-26 13:00:29

Nesrail wrote:

Have any comments on either of them? I just want to hear what the peoble think. Never used any of them.

Hello

There are already quite a few threads on the forums with lots of comments on Xfce and KDE, so be sure to search for them if you are really interested in them. Otherwise, they both work fine for some users and not so well for others, depending on what you want and like in a desktop environment. I could use either of them if forced to do so. In fact, I switch frequently between Gnome3, KDE4, Xfce4, and even an Openbox (WM only) environment.

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