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Refers to the Desktop Environment used by default up until Ubuntu 11.04, at which point it became an option to use the environment at the login screen. (package: gnome-session-fallback)

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Classic GNOME Flashback in Ubuntu 20.04

Till now I was working with Ubuntu 16.04, with classic GNOME flashback (I don't remember where did I install it from). Now I moved finally to 20.04, and tried to install the same, but somehow it looks ... gnome gnome-classic

guyaloni

asked Dec 4, 2021 at 22:41 1 vote 1 answer 97 views

Unable to right-click and add the "workspaces selector" in GNOME classic's taskbar of my ubuntu 20.04

I would like to add the "workspaces switcher" in GNOME classic's taskbar of my ubuntu 20.04. The right-click of the mouse has no response. I've installed the gnome-tweak-tool, and the "... 20.04 mouse gnome-classic taskbar

Ryan Wu

asked Aug 9, 2021 at 18:41 2 votes 0 answers 74 views

Gnome lockscreen does not allow to type in the password

I have the following problem - after updating to Ubuntu 20.04 and configuring gnome, the laptop goes into suspend mode when closing the lid. In 95% of the time, the lockscreen behaves as expected and ... gnome 20.04 suspend lock-screen gnome-classic

Mr. T

asked Jan 1, 2021 at 17:16 1 vote 1 answer 141 views

Edit "Places" in main menu, Ubuntu 18.04 with Gnome Classic

When I left-click on the "Main Menu" icon on my control panel (if that's what we call it) it pulls up a menu with sub-menus for "System Tools" etc. but also one called "Places&... gnome-classic trash menu-bar places

Carl Ponder

asked Sep 9, 2020 at 21:20 3 votes 1 answer 166 views

GIMP icon in GNOME Classic's window list changes after opening an image

I am using Ubuntu 18.04 with GNOME Classic. With GNOME Classic I use window list, this shows me all my currently open apps: When I open a file in GIMP, the icon in the window list changes and appear ... 18.04 gnome icons gimp gnome-classic

Fernando Escalante Gon

asked Jul 27, 2020 at 17:54 1 vote 1 answer 71 views

GNOME Classic bottom bar transparency

So I am using the GNOME classic shell, I have been able to make the top bar transparent using the Dynamic Panel Transparency in gnome tweaks, but I hate that the bottom bar does not match and is still ... gnome-classic gnome-tweak-tool transparency gnome-tweaks

Daniel

asked May 3, 2020 at 17:11 1 vote 0 answers 941 views

Problems with login screen (GDM3) on Ubuntu 20.04, nvidia card and hires monitor

After migration to ubuntu 20.04 i'm facing a problem with login screen or whatever. I have nvidia 2070 card and 4k monitor. I installed proprietary nvidia (tried both) driver over "Additional drivers".... gnome gnome-classic 4k-monitor

user2877079

asked Apr 27, 2020 at 15:47 1 vote 1 answer 86 views

Broken characters and gnome applications

I'm kinda new to Linux community, made some research and found nothing similar to this. Everything works fine, but I'm facing this very weird symbols on VirtualBox and Flameshot on Gnome(screenshot ... fonts desktop-environments gnome-classic

Bruno Avko

asked Apr 8, 2020 at 5:23 0 votes 1 answer 1k views

How can I change the dark color of (a vanilla) "Gnome" Shell-Theme into the white-ish default "Gnome Classic" Shell-theme color?

How can I change the dark color of a default (vanilla) "Gnome" Session Shell-Theme into the light (white-ish) default "Gnome Classic" Shell-theme color? It should be possible (at least, in my ... gnome themes gnome-classic

Marco

asked Feb 8, 2020 at 16:07 0 votes 0 answers 245 views

Where has the panel editor gone

This question is about ubuntu mate (gnome 2). When you wanted to change the layout of a panel you would right click and select the settings for that panel to edit the contents of that panel in the ... mate panel ubuntu-mate gnome-panel gnome-classic

Tarick Welling

asked Jan 6, 2020 at 21:24 2 votes 1 answer 1k views

Invoking .desktop file from launcher opens it in editor rather than opening the program it describes

I am running with vanilla-gnome-desktop, using GNOME Classic on Ubuntu 18.04. When pressing Super and entering KeePass plus Enter, the ~/Desktop/KeePass.desktop file is opened in an editor (gedit in ... 18.04 gnome .desktop gnome-classic

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asked Oct 29, 2019 at 22:04 1 vote 0 answers 234 views

In GNOME 3 sometimes windows disappear, but "restarting" GNOME won't help

I am having an issue that - on the surface - is quite similar to this question. Alas, I have tried the suggested remedy of Alt+F2 and then typing r and Enter to restart GNOME, but that doesn't make ... 18.04 gnome-classic

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asked Oct 29, 2019 at 21:28 0 votes 0 answers 197 views

How to switch to text console without logging out GUI on 18.10

Occasionally I need to drop into the text console (via ctrl+alt+f1), usually to kill something. When I try to return to the graphical console (via ctrl+alt+f7), I've been logged out of my GUI session ... 18.10 gnome-classic virtual-console

falcojr

asked Mar 7, 2019 at 15:59 1 vote 1 answer 397 views

How reset gnome-fallback settings to defaults?

On Ubuntu 16.04 and using gnome-fallback, I have messed the settings with gnome-tweak-tool. I'm wondering if there is a way to return the configs to default? If it is not possible, I'd like to know ... gnome gnome-classic gnome-tweak-tool

Karlom

asked Dec 24, 2018 at 11:54 1 vote 0 answers 152 views

How to reduce browser tab size in gnome-fallback?

I'm on Ubuntu 16.04 using gnome-fallback. The tab size of both Chrome and Firefox are annoyingly large. How can I reduce the size? I've installed gnome-tweak-tool but could not figure out what are ... gnome google-chrome gnome-classic gnome-tweak-tool