Xwindow advise needed

[Warren Block]

On Mon, 29 Dec 2014, Valeri Galtsev wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I just upgraded my workstation from 10.0 to 10.1. Which made me to make
> "step up" from Gnome 2 to Gnome 3. And after a few days of frustration
> (which was just trying to do the work on workstation as usually) I
> realized that I'm not ready to join ipad generation yet.
>
> I don't think there is any need to describe all that displeases (to use
> polite word) someone who attempts to do this transition. I'm sure, many of
> you have been though this already, and majority with success. I wonder if
> some of you can suggest some alternative to gnome 3. Basically, I really
> like logical tree-like arrangement of tolls we had in Xwindow since its
> very origin (though we are made to use search instead of brain these
> days). I do not like most of the fanciness that had been added in a step
> from Gnome 2 to Gnome 3. Because each particular one ends up taking more
> of my time doing what I need to do.
>
> Any suggestion anybody? To prolong my not joining ipad generation for just
> a bit longer.

See x11/mate or x11-wm/xfce4.