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I am currently using ubuntu 16.04 lts version. i wish to know which one is better choice installing gnome3 as a seperate DE alongside unity or installing ubuntu gnome fresh? is there any difference among them performance-wise or, version-wise or, stability-wise?

i did once use gnome 3.18 , but there were glitches like unresponsive applications menu!do such problems occur often in gnome 3?

if install gnome 3 in standard ubuntu release, will it be a official gnome package?

lastly, since ubuntu will switch over to gnome from 2018, will the release be as stable as unity 7 ?

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  • I've been using Ubuntu-Gnome since 14.04, and have not experienced stability issues. In the earlier releases, I did use the updated gnome packages from the gnome3-team but I have not found those necessary with Zesty.
    – Charles Green
    Jul 4, 2017 at 16:45
  • What criteria should be considered to judge 'better'?
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    Jul 4, 2017 at 19:21
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You ask about two choices:

  1. install ubuntu-gnome-desktop on top of an existing Unity installation
  2. install Ubuntu GNOME fresh

If you're thinking about option #1, which is what I opted to do, you should read my question and answer at Unity problems after installing GNOME desktop (ubuntu-gnome-desktop) as it'll save you a lot of time.

Once I installed GNOME (and used lighdm as my display manager) on my system, I remained primarily in Unity, and used GNOME as a learning environment. I've more recently switched full time to GNOME, and have changed my display manager from lightdm to gdm3, and undone some of the things answered in my earlier question.

Option #2 will probably be the most reliable, long term, if you have backups for your data.

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