I'd like to use Xubuntu
in 11.10 instead of Unity, how do I install it and switch to it?
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If you want to also get rid of any "ubuntu gnomish" cruft, try psychocat's Pure XFCE– gregnotcraigOct 4, 2011 at 16:25
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Check On codetalk2.blogspot.in/2015/02/…– Rakesh KRFeb 8, 2015 at 19:07
3 Answers
Instructions for 11.10 and 12.04
Install the xubuntu-desktop
package - to do that, run the following:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
At some point during the install, you will be asked to choose between gdm
and lightdm
- I prefer lightdm
, so thats what the screenshot shows.
Logout, you will be confronted by the LightDM manager.
Then, click the little cog wheel, and select Xubuntu Session
.
Then, enter your password, hit Enter and you'll be logged into Xubuntu.
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2@Alvar
lightdm
is installed by default, and (in my opinion) is prettier thangdm
-lightdm
is also easier on ram, CPU etc thangdm
– jrgOct 17, 2011 at 10:14 -
1What's the difference between Xfce session and Xubuntu session? I thought Xubuntu was Ubuntu using Xfce!– user12753Oct 20, 2011 at 11:59
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2@Poldie XFCE is plain XFCE, Xubuntu is XFCE, but with some added tweaks to the config to make it "Xubuntu'ed".– jrgOct 20, 2011 at 12:00
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Ok I'll start using Xubuntu Session tonight - thanks!– user12753Oct 20, 2011 at 12:27
And to remove original gnome desktop (after jrg's how-to) remove the package ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop
You also sould do apt-get autoremove
after doing that:
sudo apt-get autoremove