Just in case gnome does not open in the classic mode after selecting it as session from display manager, then edit /usr/share/applications/gnome-shell-classic.desktop and change the Exec line to read Exec=/usr/bin/gnome-shell --mode=classic You can also switch to classic mode from within the running gnome session by doing Alt+F2 > gnome-shell -r --mode=classic
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