Questions about Working with (or around) Unity in Ubuntu 12.04

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http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2012/04/26/install-the-latest-and-greatest-cinnamo 
n-desktop-on-ubuntu-12-04/ 


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latest and greatest Cinnamon desktop on Ubuntu 12.04'   :)
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Tom Haws writes: 

> Even though I have no respect for Ubuntu's Unity desktop, I don't want to
> make this a gripe thread.  I have Ubuntu 12.04 installed on a Windows 7
> VirtualBox machine, and I need to make it work as productively as I can for
> the time being.  That said, I have a few questions: 
> 
> 1.  The Launcher is not rolling out for me since I installed 12.04.  It
> previously would roll out when my mouse was near the left side of the
> desktop.  To access the Launcher I now have to press the Windows key on my
> keyboard. 
> 
> 2.  I cannot find any way to Show the Desktop.  I have never been able to
> do this in Unity (or in Gnome on Linux Mint). 
> 
> Can anybody help me with these problems, or give me a nice way to move away
> from Unity Desktop in Ubuntu 12.04?  I suppose I would want to go back to
> the old Ubuntu default of Gnome. 
> 
> Tom
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