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How to remove Xubuntu notification thingy?

I downloaded Xubuntu to try it on Ubuntu. After uninstalling it using sudo apt-get purge xubuntu-desktop, I found out that even after that when there were pop-up notifications, it would appear in the ...
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1answer
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no window borders, can't see Unity, uninstall Mint skin

I have no windows borders. It is probably a compiz fusion issue. But I don't know how to uninstall that. I can't see Unity, it worked in 12.04 but not on 12.10 or 13.04. And I want to uninstall the ...
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1answer
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I've installed GNOME to try it out - Didn't like it. How do I get rid of it? [closed]

I'm running the 13.04 beta and have never tried GNOME3. I've installed it in the following manner: sudo apt-get install ubuntu-gnome-desktop ubuntu-gnome-default-settings sudo apt-get install ...
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2answers
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Why removing Amazon also remove other packages?

If I want to uninstall the Amazon WebApp that comes by default in the newest versions of Ubuntu, it ask me to remove other software as well. As you can see in the next picture, it is forcing me to ...
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How to thoroughly remove KDE settings? [duplicate]

So I installed KDE to give it a nice go, and while I enjoyed it for those few days, many parts of it annoyed me, therefore I went back to Unity. I proceeded to remove KDE and all of its apps (at which ...
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How easy is it to uninstall the windows installation if you dont want it any more [closed]

I really would like to try running Ubuntu alongside windows again but back in the days of XP I found it really difficult to simply uninstall ubuntu and revert to my standard windows set up - I could ...
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2answers
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Ubuntu is kde styled after install AND removal

I installed kubuntu-desktop and every thing was fine. Then later when I actually logged in to Kde, I decided that I still like Unity better so I ran sudo apt-get purge kubuntu-desktop && ...
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2answers
626 views

Installed KDE on 12.04, how do I remove Gnome? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to remove GNOME completely? After following this guide to install KDE and trying it out for a while, I want to remove Gnome (Unity, not 3--I'm not sure if the ...
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1answer
711 views

How do I uninstall or disable the entire dash in Unity?

I love using Unity except for the dash. Is it possible to uninstall or disable the dash?
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2answers
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How can I uninstall a nvidia driver completely ?

As expected, Nvidia drivers have reduced my customizations. I can't login to Unity 3D session. I can't find any content to help me to uninstall the driver and I don't know what to do as I have never ...
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4answers
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How to remove Microsoft Office icons?

I know that there are countless questions about how to install office and what not. But the issue I have is now that I have installed it onto my system (and it never worked, just fyi) I am now stuck ...
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Remove Unity Icon when 'Unlock from Launcher' does not appear

I recently installed the LibreOffice 3.5.4.2 meta package via the Ubuntu Software Center. This does not contain LibreOffice Base, so I installed it separately via the Ubuntu Software Center as well. ...
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How to remove unity and the default desktop environment of Ubuntu [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can you remove Unity? How to completely remove desktop? I have installed LXDE from Ubuntu software center,(didn't install the addons i.e. chromium, GUI login ...
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0answers
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How can I “toggle” the unity launcher?

I don't want to hide it, like put my mouse of the top-left/left side of the screen, I want to have like a ccsm plugin that can say to turn it on/off. How can I do this but also have the possibility to ...
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1answer
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Replace Unity with Gnome / Cinnamon [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I install the Cinnamon Desktop? I have already installed Ubuntu 12.04 and now cannot reinstall Kubuntu Xubuntu etc. I don't want Unity and its associated stuff ...
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1answer
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How can I remove and re-install Unity?

Unity is misbehaving after installing GLX Dock - HUD does not open with GLX Dock turned off and there are ugly shadows in the panel, three control buttons (close, minimise, maximise) and "Ubuntu ...
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1answer
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how to put dash button on dockbarx

Im new in Ubuntu so I need help from pros I like the dash feature but i don't like the unity launcher how can i make a dash button on "DOCKBARX" ADDITION: how to remove the unity launcher
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1answer
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Uninstall Unity without ubuntu-desktop and use Gnome Shell instead [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can you remove Unity? When I try to remove unity in Synaptic or Ubuntu Software Center it says that it want to remove ubuntu-desktop too which depends on all desktop ...
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1answer
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Remove app shortcuts from Unity? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I remove un-installed Wine programs from the Unity dash menu? Sorry if this has already been asked. I installed a couple of apps with Wine, which I un- and then ...
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2answers
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Completely remove Unity and use gnome-shell instead [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can you remove Unity? I really want to use Gnome-shell instead of Unity. But when i installed gnome-shell if found some interference from Unity in Gnome-shell ...
2
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1answer
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Why am I unable to remove the Ubuntu One icon?

I have removed the Ubuntu One icon from the Unity launcher and it keeps returning. I right click the icon and uncheck the 'Keep in Launcher' option. I do not use this service and I want to remove it ...
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0answers
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how to uninstall unity in ubuntu 11.04, not disable it [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can you remove Unity? How can i uninstall or purge the unity desktop completely from Ubuntu11.04, not disable it, exactly remove it?
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1answer
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How can I remove the default application indicators, like the power or the volume indicator, in Unity?

After installing a bunch of new application indicators, I realized that I was using a lot of the top-bar space, and wanted to get rid of some default indicators to have more space. Is this somehow ...
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2answers
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How do I remove icons from the Unity launcher using a script?

After a fresh install of 11.04 I have a script that does a few useful things. Is there a way to remove the LibreOffice, Ubuntu One etc icons from the Unity launcher using command line so I can put it ...
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1answer
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Uninstalled aplications still show launcher icons under installed aplications?

The question is in the title, I always remove applications that I do not use after installing or upgrading, this includes games etc (wish it was possible to install Ubuntu with no applications then ...
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1answer
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How do you uninstall Unity? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can you remove Unity? I've been trying to find out how to uninstall Unity for a couple days now and I really wish there was just an uninstall option somewhere... ...
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0answers
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Is there an application to remove Unity UI? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can you remove Unity? After trying two versions of Ubuntu Desktop on CD and one on USB and then must go back to Windows, finally I decided to install Ubuntu Netbook. ...
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7answers
69k views

How can you remove Unity?

In previous versions of Netbook Remix I was able to disable the netbook-launcher and just have a blank desktop. I liked the speed of the Netbook version but not the interface, this worked well for ...