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Why I do not have Gnome Shell with Gnome 3?

rated 0 times [ 2] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 1949 / 2 Years ago, thu, june 16, 2022, 5:22:14

I want a help to clear my concept about the difference between Gnome and Gnome Shell.

I found Gnome Shell is not installed on my Ubuntu 11.10. I upgraded from Ubuntu 11.04. Why it is that? Gnome Shell is not shipped with Gnome 3. And why I need Gnome Shell?

What extra capabilities I will get on desktop while installing Shell.

tahir@StoneCode:~$ gnome-shell --version

The program 'gnome-shell' is
currently not installed. You can install it by typing: sudo apt-get
install gnome-shell

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answered 2 Years ago impisaso · Accepted Answer

Gnome shell is an entirely different environment. Kind of like Gnome Classic vs Unity. If you install Gnome Shell you can select it as your desktop session at login by clicking the little gear beside your user name and selecting Gnome. (As opposed to Gnome Classic or Unity). It shouldn't affect anything else. If you don't like it you can just switch back to unity by clicking that same gear at login.