Unity 2d support dropped in 12.10, what now?

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Published on 2012-08-16T15:11:57Z Indexed on 2012/12/17 17:14 UTC
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So its been announced. Ubuntu is dropping unity 2d support.

I wouldn't mind if it wasn't for two things that are important to me.

1) A working system

Unity is nice, i try to use it quite often. But it lags.

2) Support for older hardware.

I also have old computers. You can imagine how they would work with unity if my current laptop is slog in Ubuntu.

I guess i could use another desktop environment/ window manager , like switching to fluxbox.

Anyone have any suggestion ideas/solutions on how to proceed with Ubuntu in the future? All insights welcome

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