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My GNOME 3 looks different?

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I am a Ubuntu newbie. I followed this tutorial to install Gnome 3 on my Ubuntu Precise Pangolin.

I was expecting a desktop like this:

and I ended up with a desktop like this:

Please tell me what I can do to get the desired desktop.

NB: I have dual-booted using Wubi.

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answered 1 Year ago allowiel · Accepted Answer

That looks like GNOME Classic. You should choose GNOME when selecting the session at login: (screenshot from the tutorial)

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If you still get GNOME Classic, you can force GNOME Shell by running these commands in a terminal:

gnome-shell --replace &

disown

This will replace the current WM, send GNOME Shell to the background and detach it from the terminal so that you can close it without killing gnome-shell.