Good Bye Scientific Linux!

Or maybe not Scientific Linux per se, but a definitive farewell to the idea of ever going back to GNOME 2...
Wanted to go back, I really did...
Back to the glory days of GNOME 2, with a proper Global Menu, and the whole shebang of customization available and ready to work.
But, but, I've learn that there is no more Google Chrome support for "old distros", for those not bleeding edge ones...
So, there is no turning back now, Cinnamon and Lubuntu seem to be the road ahead.

Stuff I miss on Cinnamon/ MATE

Simply things, no big deal, but nevertheless...

• Global Menu solution
• Google Calendar integration

The Global Menu one seems to be a little hope that some day I'll be able to get one up & running (easily) on MATE; on Cinnamon there are no news so far.

As for the Google Calendar integration (with the Panel's calendar), I have no news  whatsoever.

The current Scientific Linux desktop

A little more of GNOME Colors (green) glory.

The rise and fall of the Global Menu

There is no news that I love GNOME Global Menu, it simply makes sense to me; one of the things, along with drop shadows, that I got stuck from the Os X days.

While searching over and over on Google and Duck Duck Go for info on how to get it (or something very similar) up and running on Cinnamon and/or MATE I found a pattern regarding the adoption of the program.

There seems to be a clear cut that divides everybody's wishes to have something like GNOME Global Menu installed, and then, getting it out of your box no matter what.

The event is no other than Unity; it seems like Ubuntu's Global Menu implementation was a bit hard to swallow for a lot of folks.

The current Ubuntu desktop

Went back to the greys, my beloved Clearlooks & Gnome Colors icons.
A true classic.

The current Ubuntu desktop

With a little GNOME Colors love, Clearlooks GTK, and of course, the Linux Mint wallpaper from yesterday's tests.

The current Ubuntu desktop

Back to Gnome Colors it is...

The current Ubuntu desktop

A very nice and softly looking GTK theme called Murrina Chupetin, of course, Metacity is still Clearlooks and Gnome Colors as usual, are the icons.

The current Ubuntu desktop

Nothing much has changed... Still the ole trusty Gnome, Clearlooks & the beloved Gnome Colors icon set.

The current Ubuntu desktop

Oh man... I'm in love with Clearlooks, Gnome Colors & the Trisquel wallpaper...

The current Ubuntu desktop

Gnome Colors
Clearlooks
And, yes, the Trisquel wallpaper... Clarity, simplicity and beauty.

The current Ubuntu desktop

The Minimal Desktop, this time, a little bit customized since the first screenshot.
GNOME Colors and Metacity's builtin composite engine on.

The current Ubuntu desktop

Gnome Colors FTW!

The current Ubuntu desktop

I love Clearlooks.
And Gnome-Colors Brave.
And the Squeeze wallpaper.
But then again, this is nothing new...

The current Ubuntu desktop

With a lot of inspiration from the latest Debian, I should say... And lot of help from GNOME Colors as well.

The current Ubuntu desktop

It is "Back to the Earth and all of its rich browns" this weekend... Ubuntu Style!

To visit all time friends like GNOME Colors, lucky me, I like to keep old versions around, since I couldn't find anywhere the version that I really like of GNOME Colors, the one I posted about here: Jaunty re-installation (4)...

Incidentally, the folks over at Deposit Files have decided to delete the file I uploaded there...

The current Ubuntu desktop

MurrineRounded glory
Metacity composite
GNOME-Colors beauty
Vladstudio wallpaper
Gnome desktop

The classic Ubuntu desktop

Un compressed copy on Image Shack