On Saturday 24 December 2011 20:33:31 Lisi wrote:
> Could it get any worse?? Yes, it could.
> :-(  I have just decided that as I can't have Trinity on a fresh install
> : for
>
> the moment, I should look at KDE 4.  After all, perhaps I shouldn't condemn
> something out of hand and permanently.  Fortunately it is in a VM and
> easily removeable.  I shall just get rid of the whole VM and start again. 
> It is GHASTLY.  Far worse than I remembered.  So, pending the reopening of
> the mirrors, I shall have a look at Lubuntu.

Linux Mint is worth a look. I have Mint 11 Debian Edition in a VM, as my work 
environment. While I miss some of the KDE3 features, it's a very usable GNOME 
2 environment.

Mint 12 is Ubuntu based, but without Unity. it has 3 main options, GNOME 3 
with MGSE (Mint Gnome Shell Extensions), regular GNOME 3 and MATE. MGSE is 
supposed to give it a similar feel to the old GNOME 2 and MATE is a 
continuing GNOME 2 development (Trinity for Gnome?). I have had a quick look 
at Mint 12 and it seems nice, but I haven't done more than kick the tyres.

HTH

Neil Youngman