Uninstall Unity, rewind to old UNR interface, keeping 10.10?

Question

I've upograded 10.04 to 10.10 on my netbook. The unity interface doesn't work for me, it just gets in the way. I can change the gdm choice at boot to put me into good ol' gnome, which is better than unity but not nearly as nice as the 10.04 UNR. How do I install the UNR interface on top of 10.10? Is there a how to - can't see anything useful on the ubuntu site, everyone there is trying to pretend that unity is great.

Answer 1

You can install the ubuntu-netbook-efl and ubuntu-netbook-efl-default-settings packages to get one of the 2 versions of the old netbook interface (the one that doesn't require 3D support).

Answer 2

I think there is small mistake in JanC reply. Correct packages are:

• ubuntu-netbook-efl-default-settings

• netbook-launcher-efl

Then logout and select 2d session.

Answer 3

According to chris as posted here,

Go to the Ubuntu Software Center and use the search box in the upper right corner. Search for "ubuntu-netbook" and remove the packages ubuntu-netbook and ubuntu-netbook-default-settings.

Or less graphically:

 sudo apt-get purge ubuntu-netbook ubuntu-netbook-default-settings

worked for me. And I concur, Unity was not ready enough for me.

Answer 4

Add a sudo apt-get purge unity* on top of that, and you'll be rid of it all ;)