MichaelB, what release are you running? I've installed something like 8 Desktop Managers (DMs) on my ubuntu 11.10. I did this for a presentation I did on installing additional DMs. The problems I've seen are a few extra programs installed for the lightweight DMs, I now get the xubuntu splash at some time in startup and shutdown regardless of which DM I actually use, and some of the DMs don't play well with older projectors. Cinnamon works great. This thread is really about 12.04 and I have not tried these things on 12.04. On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Michael Butash wrote: > I wish that were the case for me - gnome3 won't even launch with multiple > framebuffers requiring me to drop to a tty and restart lightdm to choose > something else. Cinnamon is broken on the same display as well. Sadly > with the "new desktops", unity works the best, which isn't saying much in > the least. It's like 2005 all over again, hacking entirely around ui > short-sightedness. > > At this point the only thing gnome-ish left I can use is gedit and > gnome-terminal, even nautilus is still broken on multiple displays. Other > than that, avant-window-navigator and cairo-dock provide all my task and > tray management. > > -mb > > > > On 04/11/2012 09:56 PM, Stephen wrote: > >> Well while i may hate unity, getting gnome2/3 working is a cakewalk >> now. install the one you want. logout and pick the one you want. >> >> you do end up wasting space with unity still installed, but at least it >> works. >> >> ------------------------------**--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss > -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry Please protect my address like I protect yours. When sending messages to multiple recipients, always use the BCC: (Blind carbon copy) and not To: or CC:. Remove all addresses from the message body before sending a Forwarded message. This can prevent spy programs capturing addresses from the recipient list and message body.