I'm going to install Ubuntu 10.04 on my thinkpad x201 so

why not just use mate....?

>>56599896
it's not the same

>>56599896
Mate isn't as good as gnome 2. I agree with op, and I'd do the same if I cared

will this be secure?

>>56600211
I'll take the bait - what's different?

>>56602031
10.04 already reached it's end of life, so it's not updated with security patches anymore.

Why not just install gnome 2 on a minimal version of Ubuntu.

>>56599880
CentOS 6 is still supported and not riddled with unpatched vulnerabilities.

>>56599880
while gnome 2.2 was pretty neat, aren't you going to have to manually resolve your dependencies for the proper ancient versions?