New to ubuntu - some problems/questions

[Daniel Dalton]

On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 09:02:34AM -0600, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
> To get a list of all of the applications installed on a system using
> Unity 2D on a Ubuntu 12.04 system, tap the Super key to bring up the
> dash. Now arrow down and over and press the enter key on the
> applications button. Now down arrow and press the enter key on the
> installed node in the tree and then arrow around to see the applications
> installed on your system.

Hmm didn't quite work for me - I'm running 12.10 though. 

I might try gnome-shell first anyway, otherwise I'l keep trying :)

Thanks for your help. 
Dan