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Can I upgrade to another desktop environment?

I'm currently running a Vanilla Ubuntu 12.04 LTS that had Unity replaced with with gnome-shell. What I'd like to do is to do a do-release-upgrade that will install a specific flavor of Ubuntu (GNOME ...
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Do I need to reinstall to upgrade regular Ubuntu 12.10 to Ubuntu Gnome 13.04?

My home server runs 12.10 with Gnome Shell (I'm not a fan of Unity). I can't find any information to tell me if the regular upgrade process will let me choose the Ubuntu 13.04 remix, or whether I need ...
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Upgrade 12.10(gnome installer) to 13.04(gnome)

I have installed clean Ubuntu with gnome desktop environment (This was installer only with gnome so no unity and not upgraded from unity to gnome). And I'm very happy with it, but there is a system ...
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Window theme won't change (gnome 3.8)

I've just upgraded from 12.04, to 12.10, to 13.04 using the software updater, and I've upgraded Gnome from 3.4 to 3.8. The problem is, when I try to change my theme using the Tweak Tool, I am only ...
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Getting errors with Ubuntu Gnome 13.04 after upgrading to Gnome 3.8 [closed]

I've installed today the final version of Ubuntu Gnome 13.04 (fresh install, no upgrades), and right after I added the Gnome PPA and updated it to Gnome 3.8, I'm getting errors. Software Center gives ...
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How can I upgrade from Gnome-Shell 3.4.2 to 3.8? [duplicate]

I have Ubuntu 12.04 and I installed gnome-shell that's version is 3.4.2. Now the gnome 3.8 has been released and I would like to upgrade my gnome-shell to 3.8.
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Missing options from settings panel in ubuntu after upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10

After upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10 I am missing multiple options in the settings panel. Most seem to be display related like sticky edges in the display panel the behavior tab in the appearance ...
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Can not login after removing broken packages

I just updated my ubuntu to the latest version. After updating, everytime I try to remove or add anything, I get this error: errors were encountered while processing: E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg ...
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Signature couldn't be verified problem with updating

I wanted to install LAMP, but didn't install it properly somehow. So trying to remove previous package, I used purge. A large number of package got uninstalled like software centre etc. When I ...
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how to upgrade ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10 and gnome 3.4 to 3.6 without breaking existing personalisation

I have been using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS for about 5-6 months, and have everything configured as per my liking. I use GNOME classic as the DE instead of Unity, and am comfortable with it. There are couple ...
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How do I change the clock position on panel in gnome 3.6?

After the upgrade to 12.10 the clock on the gnome panel is now on the far right instead of the middle of the panel: How do I fix it?
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Firefox 16 won't start from the gnome shell in 12.10

I've just upgraded to 12.10 and firefox doesn't work properly. When I start it from the gnome shell nothing happens, however system monitor shows me two processes called 'firefox', the last one of ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 Unity Missing Can Only Use GNOME Just A Plain Background With A Mouse

I've got a recent problem with Ubuntu 12.10. I just upgraded from 12.04 and it keeps complaining about lightdm not being installed properly. I'm pretty new to Linux. I have no clue what to do here.
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How to downgrade or upgrade gnome shell 3.5.4 to stable version?

I have the exact same problem as: Why all gnome extensions showing outdated? I have gnome shell 3.5.4, and I want to either downgrade or upgrade to a stable version so I have access to the gnome ...
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Cant login to Gnome-shell after upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10 [closed]

After upgrading to Ubuntu 12.10 i cant login to the gnome desktop - only to unity of gnome without the graphical enhancement. I can see the Gnome in the login screen option but when i press it ...
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Authenticating upgrade from 10.10 to 11.04 failed [closed]

When I click the Upgrade button in Update Manager, a box appears saying: Authenticating the upgrade failed. There may be a problem with the server or with the network. Please help me out to ...
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Ubuntu freezes after grub [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What should I do when Ubuntu freezes? I have a dual boot system with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04. After cloning my 320 GB HDD to a 500 GB HDD, my system freezes ...
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Gnome Shell got removed after updating Ubuntu 12.04

Now when i try to install it...it shows the following error sudo apt-get install gnome-shell Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some ...
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Updates listed but not installed

After upgrading to 12.04 Gnome Classic amd64, several updates are listed in update manager, but do not install. In my x86 upgrade this is not happening. The amd64 upgrade is a disaster with many ...
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When starting or log off/on, add'l panels show and some panel applets are duplicated

After upgrading to 12.04 Gnome Classic amd64,every time I log on a new additional blank panel appears on the top and bottom panels - which I delete every time. In addition, the default panel applets ...
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no background in second screen (separate X screen) [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: When starting or log off/on, add'l panels show and some panel applets are duplicated After upgrading to 12.04 Gnome Classic amd64, the second screen is pure white. ...
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Upgraded from 10.10 to 12.04. How can I remove any remnants of settings of Gnome?

I formatted / but I used my old home folder. I am seeing some strange behaviours in Unity that I am guessing that may be because of configuration files from Gnome 2 (that I was using in 10.10). Could ...
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1answer
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What happens to gnome shell when I upgrade to 12.04?

What happens to my gnome shell session if I upgrade to ubuntu 12.04, I removed unity. and gnome has many extensions and modifications via ppa etc. So, what happens if I choose to upgrade? I supose ...
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defragmentation of ext2

Is it worth it? there is e2defrag. How long will it takes for 120GB? 8h will be enough? I would like to improve read/write on the hard disc. hard disc seems to be new(9 months old). its in my work ...
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Will my customized version of 11.10 be broken when I update to 12.04?

I installed Ubuntu 11.10 for my mother on her computer. I did some little tweaks to make it easier for her: installed gnome shell installed some gnome extensions (but no shell frippery things...) ...
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How do I revert old theme customizations after they re-appeared in Ubuntu 11.10?

The first thing I noticed after upgrading from 11.04 to 11.10 is that my wallpaper changed to the one I used to have ages ago - probably before I upgraded from 10.10 to 11.04. Which is not a big deal, ...
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How would I go about installing Gnome 2.x? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to revert to GNOME Classic? I am trying to weigh out the pros and cons of upgrading to Ubuntu 11.10 from 11.04. I am currently using Gnome for my desktop ...
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Gnome Shell and Gnome Fallback Session not working after upgrade to 11.10 [closed]

I upgraded from Natty to Oneiric Ocelot through Update Manager: the Xfce and Unity sessions have been perfectly preserved and work just like they should, but I'm having trouble with the GNOME and ...
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1answer
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How safe is update to Gnome3? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Gnome 3 ppa was unstable until April 28th, so is it ok now? How safe is update Natty with Gnome3 provided by this PPA? Are there any known issues which can cause serious ...
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Why does my system get stuck at the splash screen after updating to Gnome 3? [closed]

Im a newbie to Linux and today I installed gnome-shell and I had previously installed nvidea current drivers provided by Ubuntu. After reboot it shows ubuntu splash screen and then stays there and ...
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Update messed up my computer (again) [closed]

I just ran updates as usual, trusting Ubuntu repositories are fine. But as I started up my computer again it was completely messed up. The log-in screen is blue, the interface is all squarish, ...
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what does this means 'error in Version string 'svn3799ppa1~maverick1' version number does not start with digit'?

'error in Version string 'svn3799ppa1~maverick1' version number does not start with digit' this message is shown each time during the package installation in gnome3 upgrade. Why this message is coming ...
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dist-upgrade to natty set gnome theme to old gtk look [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Desktop forgets theme? On dist-upgrade to natty there was some message about gtk and the gnome look was set to the old gtk style. How to check the cause of that? I am ...
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How do I fix Gnome after update?

I upgraded my Ubuntu 10.10 to 11.04 using the little pop-up "DO YOU WANT TO UPGRADE?" box, but now when I log into my Gnome desktop, the desktop files load (drives/random picture/etc) but the actual ...
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Is it possible to use empathy 2.32 on gnome 2.30?

I'm running Ubuntu Lucid which contains the Gnome 2.30. The thing is that, I'm really interested on using empathy 2.32, since it fixes a lot of bugs. However I don't want to upgrade the entire system ...