How do I use the GNOME Panel in Unity?

11.04 unity gnome-panel cpufreq

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The original author included this in the Question body rather than as an answer. As such I've made this a CW Answer.

Basically run gnome-panel and remove the top panel, and delete all the things we dont need from the panel, i only add the CPU Frequency Monitor to tweak the CPU Speeds.

Run gnome-panel in the terminal (Don't close the terminal until finished with the instructions).
A GNOME Classic desktop will appear over unity
Remove the top panel for we can use the Unity panel. If you cannot right click it, press Alt + Super + Right Click.
Unlock all the applets from the bottom panel (for we can remove some things we dont need 'cause the unity launcher already do some of this things).
Remove everything you don't need from the panel.
With the bottom gnome-panel empty add your applets.
If you like to have the bottom bar extended over the launcher, you can stop here. If you don't continue the steps.
Right click over the gnome-panel then choose properties.
Uncheck the 'Expand' box.
Add gnome-panel to startup applications..

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Haguilar91

College Student (Computational Systems Engineering) Unitec San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Full time Geek, Fan of all Open Source. Linux User since '08. Editor in Usbe.in (Open Source Software Editor)

Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

Haguilar91 over 1 year

I really need to use the GNOME Applets, is there a way to do it?
- Admin about 13 years
  
  This is great that you are posting this, what you should do is copy the tutorial part as an answer and just have this question be "How do I use the GNOME Panel in Unity?", that way you have the question and the answer. Nice work!
- Admin about 11 years
  
  See also this answer for bonobo based applets running from the command line (which would be a solution specific to Natty only)
Luke has no name over 12 years

I can't right click any of the gnome-panel. (Oneiric). Any ideas?
Michael Gundlach over 12 years

@Lukehasnoname If you have a new question, please ask it by clicking the Ask Question button.
Jo-Erlend Schinstad over 12 years

No, he's asking about 11.04, not 11.10. Gnome Panel 2 was still available back then. :)
honestann almost 12 years

How do I perform step #3. I right-click on the bar, but no menu appears. And when I right-click the shown items, none of them contain an option to remove the "top panel" (or any panel). So how did you remove that top panel? Please elaborate!
Riplexus over 11 years

@MarcoCeppi, your comment just made your own answer useless :(