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Had new installation of Ubuntu-Gnome then add Unity via:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

Now I have all this shells at log-in screen

  • System Default
  • Gnome
  • Gnome Classic
  • Ubuntu

I am trying to tune this OS while keeping one Unity and one Gnome:

$ uname -a
3.16.0-31-generic #41~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Feb 11 19:30:13 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ gnome-shell --version
GNOME Shell 3.10.4

What is the best way to do that? i.e purge the two extra shells.

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System Default is just an alias for the system default (i.e., if you didn't change your configuration, GNOME Classic), and I believe it cannot be removed from the list. To remove GNOME Classic:

sudo apt-get purge gnome-session-fallback

And to remove its entry from the sessions entries:

sudo rm /usr/share/xsessions/gnome-classic.desktop
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  • Used the one-liner provided at (askubuntu.com/questions/65200/…) It did not delete Gnome Classic, although, it changed it a little "like top-middle search disappeared " Then running your command yield ( Package 'gnome-session-fallback' is not installed, so not removed )
    – user176105
    Mar 10, 2015 at 23:40
  • @user176105 Do you mean this command? sudo apt-get purge alacarte cups-pk-helper gir1.2-gconf-2.0 gir1.2-panelapplet-4.0 gnome-applets gnome-applets-data gnome-panel gnome-panel-data gnome-session-fallback indicator-applet-complete libpanel-applet-4-0 python-gmenu, if yes than gnome-session-fallback has been removed already, that's why it won't remove it again. To remove the entry from the sessions entries look at the updated answer
    – kos
    Mar 11, 2015 at 6:06
  • Yes this is the command I used ( sudo apt-get purge alacarte cups-pk-helper gir1.2-gconf-2.0 gir1.2-panelapplet-4.0 gnome-applets gnome-applets-data gnome-panel gnome-panel-data gnome-session-fallback indicator-applet-complete libpanel-applet-4-0 python-gmenu ) It does not look like an entry-- it would give me no data source upon login as with other Ubuntu releases.
    – user176105
    Mar 11, 2015 at 14:56
  • @user176105 Sorry but i can't understand what you're describing, can you post a screenshot? Or rephrase it differently?
    – kos
    Mar 11, 2015 at 15:33
  • Currently: $ cd /usr/share/xsessions:/usr/share/xsessions $ ls gnome-classic.desktop gnome.desktop ubuntu.desktop
    – user176105
    Mar 11, 2015 at 15:36

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