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10 questions linked to/from How to reinstall unity desktop on Ubuntu 14.04
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Remove Gnome Shell completely after installing it?
I wanted to try gnome-shell in 11.10 (also 12.04 now)
I removed it, however, classic Gnome is still there and the battery icon is changed (too big and can't use a icon pack on it like faenza)
Also, ...
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Unity will not load and cannot open terminal [duplicate]
I'm lost as to how I can support a seemingly legacy bug with Ubuntu. I'll admit that I'm still rather new to Ubuntu but I'm running 14.04 and after logging into my username I'm presented with a blank ...
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Switching window manager/desktop environments?
In general what is the approach to switch the desktop environment or window manager on Ubuntu? The main difference between stock Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Lubuntu is supposedly the use of Unity vs. KDE vs. ...
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How to get gnome shell 3.12 on ubuntu 14.04
I know there is a distro for ubuntu dedicated to gnome and I know ubuntu 14.04 comes with gnome 3.10. But I am wondering what the steps are to:
Install the ppas for gnome 3.12
install gnome 3.12
only ...
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How to revert unity and remove gnome desktop?
I just installed gnome in Ubuntu 13.10 following this article at www.omgubuntu.co.uk
After reboot , weird things started happening :
Gnome desktop always crashes (hang and unusable)
no mouse cursor ...
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Reinstall Unity on 13.04 from Cinnamon
I am trying out Cinnamon 1.8 as my only desktop environment instead of unity. I am liking so far with customizing my desktop and adding extras. How do you get unity back with the terminal? I used this ...
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How can I change ubuntu GUI?
I am using currently above gui, default setting of my VPS service.
But I want to use this GUI instead of above, how can I do it without reinstall whole things.
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Black spaces around windows and control panels - Ubuntu 14.04 - Unity/Compiz/Metacity
I have an issue with my Ubuntu 14.04. I installed Gnome 3 Compiz and Metacity some weeks ago in order to find out if I could live without Unity. Over the past weeks I was every now and again switching ...
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How to restart UI in 12.04 desktop
Happy user of 12.04 desktop since its released, but recently - past couple of months my UI randomly freezes.
Mouse pointer moves, but can not click
Keyboard is completely gone
Screen painting looks ...
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Help, I broke my desktop. How do I reset it?
My desktop appears to be broken. I can no longer see any shortcuts I placed on my desktop. When holding down the mouse and then moving the mouse I also no longer see any selection area. The desktop ...