ubuntu 12.04 LTS removing unity and installing GNOME

[Mika Suomalainen]

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On 02.06.2012 22:07, Rajeev Prasad wrote:
> 
> Q1. is it possible to remove unity and HUD and install GNOME? Q2.
> what apps/functionality will i loose?
> 
> ty. Rajeev
> 
> 

It is possible to remove Unity, but I don't recommend it. You can have
both Unity and GNOME at the same time.

> sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

If you mean "GNOME 2" instead of "GNOME 3" with "GNOME", you might
want to check [MATE].

[MATE]:http://mate-desktop.org/


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