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Revert from Gnome 3 to Unity

rated 0 times [ 19] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 43605 / 2 Years ago, sat, june 11, 2022, 7:27:50

Ok, so Ubuntu 14.04 came with Gnome 3 in it's repo and I tried to give it a go, and I didn't like it at all.
So I wanted to continue to use Unity desktop, but it kept freezing and I couldn't change background. Right click also isn't working on desktop.

Is there a way to delete all of Gnome 3 and reinstall Unity like it would be after fresh install?

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answered 2 Years ago ditery · Accepted Answer

Open Terminal or CTRL+ALT+T

To install Unity
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop unity

To Remove Gnome
sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell ubuntu-gnome-desktop

and reboot the system sudo reboot

If followed above 3 commands, you should be greeted with Unity session after reboot. In case it still doesn't comes up, open terminal and execute unity --replace

PS: by chance anything from gnome is left, follow https://askubuntu.com/a/244658/86467