switch Unity back to Gnome

[Ric Moore]

On 12/06/2012 09:34 AM, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
> Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
>
> I just did some googling and found, that you can switch Unity back to Gnome.
> For that purpose I went (following the instructions) to Ubuntu Software
> Center and installed
> * Gnome Shell
> * Gnome Shell Extensions Preferences
>
> After logging out / or restarting I was supposed to be able to choose
> either Unity or Gnome.
> Yet, my computer ALWAYS comes up with Unity and does not give me any choice.
>
> Could somebody possibly direct to the setting/operation I missed?
As a general rule, you want a package that claims to install the 
"desktop", which seems to be the magic word to pull in all the packages 
you need for a working desktop with the correct choice set during login. 
  :) Ric



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