LXDE is an acceptable substitute for Gnome 2

[Joe Zeff]

On 09/16/2011 12:34 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>      Do you have "xfce4-settings-manager" installed? I go there and in
>      this case select Desktop, etc, as above. It configure the desktop
>      with a few check marks.

The desktop was configured the way I wanted the first time I ran XFCE. 
It's the *PANEL* that won't cooperate, as I've written repeatedly. 
Answering a question I didn't ask instead of the one I did isn't helping 
any.