I was on Ubuntu from 6.10 to 11.04. Then switched to Mint Cinnamon Maya (based off Ubuntu 12.04) recently. Cinnamon looks a lot more like Gnome 2, and loving it

I was on Ubuntu from 6.10 to 11.04. Then switched to Mint Cinnamon Maya (based off Ubuntu 12.04) recently. Cinnamon looks a lot more like Gnome 2, and loving it. I'm back to installing whatever applets I want! Maya being an LTS, all the better! I recommend you try it