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Ubuntu 12.04 – How to Install the GNOME Session Fallback
These instructions are for installing the GNOME Session Fallback in Ubuntu 12.04 running the Unity Desktop. Installation instructions may be the same or similar for other versions of Ubuntu or for other Linux distros, but no guarantee is made. GNOME Session Fallback is the absolute minimum GNOME desktop you can install. A slightly larger alternative (which includes the GNOME 3 desktop) is GNOME Shell. Installation instructions can be found here. The largest GNOME installation is the GNOME Desktop Environment. In addition to installing a desktop it also install numerous applications. Installation instructions can be found here. An article listing alternative desktops for Ubuntu 12.04 can be found here. If you are changing desktops because you are totally lost / confused by Unity, I suggest reading this tutorial and giving Unity a chance. Of course, if you really … Read entire article »
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Ubuntu 12.04 – How to Install the GNOME Desktop
These instructions are for installing the GNOME Desktop in Ubuntu 12.04 running the Unity Desktop. Installation instructions may be the same or similar for other versions of Ubuntu or for other Linux distros, but no guarantee is made. GNOME Desktop includes the desktop environment as well as many applications. Some of these applications perform the same or similar functions as applications already installed with Ubuntu 12.04. A smaller alternative is the GNOME Shell. This installs the GNOME Shell and fewer applications than GNOME Desktop. Some of the applications perform the same or similar functions as applications already installed with Ubuntu 12.04. Installation instructions can be found here. The lightest weight alternative is GNOME Session Fallback. It only installs the GNOME Classic desktops. Installation instructions can be found here. An article listing alternative desktops for Ubuntu … Read entire article »
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Ubuntu 12.04 – How to Install the Lubuntu Desktop
These instructions are for installing the Lubuntu Desktop in Ubuntu 12.04 running the Unity Desktop. Installation instructions may be the same or similar for other versions of Ubuntu or for other Linux distros, but no guarantee is made. Installing Lubuntu Desktop is like having installed Lubuntu originally. It will install the desktop and all the applications that make up Lubuntu. It does not remove any applications that are part of Ubuntu. This means you will have new applications that perform the same or similar functions as applications already installed with Ubuntu 12.04. (For example, the word processor AbiWord). This can lead to bloat on your system. If you wish to change the desktop without installing additional applications, I recommend installing the Lubuntu Core Desktop. The Lubuntu Desktop is a custom configured version of the LXDE Desktop. To … Read entire article »
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Ubuntu 12.04 – How to Install the Xubuntu Desktop
These instructions are for installing the Xubuntu Desktop in Ubuntu 12.04 running the Unity Desktop. Installation instructions may be the same or similar for other versions of Ubuntu or for other Linux distros, but no guarantee is made. Installing Xubuntu Desktop is like having installed Xubuntu originally. It will install the desktop and all the applications that make up Xubuntu. It does not remove any applications that are part of Ubuntu. This means you will have new applications that perform the same or similar functions as applications already installed with Ubuntu 12.04. (For example, the word processor AbiWord). This can lead to bloat on your system. The Xubuntu Desktop is a custom configured version of the Xfce Desktop. Xfce is much smaller than Xubuntu Desktop. It also installs fewer applications. Some of these applications duplicate the … Read entire article »
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Ubuntu 12.04 – How to Install the GNOME Shell
These instructions are for installing the GNOME Shell in Ubuntu 12.04 running the Unity Desktop. Installation instructions may be the same or similar for other versions of Ubuntu or for other Linux distros, but no guarantee is made. GNOME Shell includes the desktop environment as well as a number of applications. Some of these applications perform the same or similar functions as applications already installed with Ubuntu 12.04. A lighter weight alternative to GNOME Shell is GNOME Session Fallback. It includes only the GNOME Classic interfaces. Installation instructions can be found here. There is also a GNOME Desktop Environment. This includes the GNOME Shell and many more applications. Some of the applications perform the same or similar functions as applications already installed with Ubuntu 12.04. Installation instructions can be found here. An article listing alternative … Read entire article »
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Ubuntu 12.04 – Replacing the Unity Interface
Starting with Ubuntu 11.10, Canonical has made the Unity interface / Desktop the default one. Canonical has done a poor job explaining the Unity interface (I think they should have some sort of script that walks you through the interface on a new install) and this leaves many people bewildered by the new interface. Unity in Ubuntu 12.04 is more feature rich than the version shipped with Ubuntu 11.10 (it includes the HUD interface) and is much more usable. I like Unity and now find the standard desktop rather annoying. I found Unity easy to learn (once I got over being totally bewildered by it) and I would advise you to give it a chance before changing your desktop. You can find a basic Unity tutorial here This article lists a number of alternatives for replacing … Read entire article »
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Ubuntu 11.10 – Replacing the Unity Interface
This article was updated for Ubuntu 12.04. It can be found here. A basic Unity tutorial can be found here. NOTE: Unity in Ubuntu 12.04 is more complete and useful than Unity in Ubuntu 11.10 – the main advantage being the HUD interface. This tutorial shows how to install an alternative desktop environment in place of Unity. It is aimed at the typical non-geek user. For those comfortable with messing around with Linux, it may seem like too much work when a simple sudo apt-get install <package-name> would do. Ubuntu 11.10 comes with the Unity interface. Either the full blown Unity or Unity 2D for systems that don’t support 3D acceleration. If the install / upgrade went well, this is the only interface available to you. Unfortunately, many people hate the interface. The interface … Read entire article »
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