I hate GNOME 3, but I agree with this move. If you like classic desktops, and you have been using Gnome-Fallback you are doing it wrong: GNOME 3 is designed to

I hate GNOME 3, but I agree with this move. If you like classic desktops, and you have been using Gnome-Fallback you are doing it wrong: GNOME 3 is designed to be used with the Gnome-Shell. XFCE and Mate are both excellent Desktop Environments which follow a "classic" approach. (Or you can try KDE too).