Can I modify Gnome so it behaves more like Gnome2 and other desktops?
One has to go to the activities menu in the corner, click, then click the buckshot pattern at the bottom then see this.
Is there something we can tweak in DConf to make have a bar that shows all of the open applications, not just the one on top? And a menu with applications grouped by category we tier down to?
I need to use Debian and Gnome for a project I am working on, so I don't have the choice of changing distribution or Desktop environment. Ubuntu made Gnome have a menu bar and menu, so did some other distros, so I am assuming it is possible.
I am looking for something like:
Cinnamon and Mate are both Gnome based things so it should be a few tweaks to something in DConf to bring back an actual menu. That's what I'm looking for.
Best Answer
if you install gnome-flashback it will do what you want
GNOME Flashback is a shell for GNOME 3 which was initially called GNOME fallback mode. The desktop layout and the underlying technology is similar to GNOME 2.