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I have installed Crouton on my chromebook, with the standard unity desktop(Ubuntu 12.02).



However, I wish to use the Gnome 3 desktop environment. I cannot however install gnome-shell, since it requires me to change the DE from the login screen. Since I log in from the shell of chrome os, this isn't possible.



If I have gnome-shell installed, how can I change the desktop environment from inside Ubuntu, with Unity DE?










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    I have installed Crouton on my chromebook, with the standard unity desktop(Ubuntu 12.02).



    However, I wish to use the Gnome 3 desktop environment. I cannot however install gnome-shell, since it requires me to change the DE from the login screen. Since I log in from the shell of chrome os, this isn't possible.



    If I have gnome-shell installed, how can I change the desktop environment from inside Ubuntu, with Unity DE?










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      I have installed Crouton on my chromebook, with the standard unity desktop(Ubuntu 12.02).



      However, I wish to use the Gnome 3 desktop environment. I cannot however install gnome-shell, since it requires me to change the DE from the login screen. Since I log in from the shell of chrome os, this isn't possible.



      If I have gnome-shell installed, how can I change the desktop environment from inside Ubuntu, with Unity DE?










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      I have installed Crouton on my chromebook, with the standard unity desktop(Ubuntu 12.02).



      However, I wish to use the Gnome 3 desktop environment. I cannot however install gnome-shell, since it requires me to change the DE from the login screen. Since I log in from the shell of chrome os, this isn't possible.



      If I have gnome-shell installed, how can I change the desktop environment from inside Ubuntu, with Unity DE?







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          Install GNOME Shell normally as you would (ignore the change DE at login screen bit).
          I assume so far you logged on using the startx command. So once you installed GNOME 3, try logging on using gnome-shell (or try gnome-session if that doesn't work).



          PS: You might also want to look at this question, maybe it will be helpful to you.






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            Install GNOME Shell normally as you would (ignore the change DE at login screen bit).
            I assume so far you logged on using the startx command. So once you installed GNOME 3, try logging on using gnome-shell (or try gnome-session if that doesn't work).



            PS: You might also want to look at this question, maybe it will be helpful to you.






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              Install GNOME Shell normally as you would (ignore the change DE at login screen bit).
              I assume so far you logged on using the startx command. So once you installed GNOME 3, try logging on using gnome-shell (or try gnome-session if that doesn't work).



              PS: You might also want to look at this question, maybe it will be helpful to you.






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                Install GNOME Shell normally as you would (ignore the change DE at login screen bit).
                I assume so far you logged on using the startx command. So once you installed GNOME 3, try logging on using gnome-shell (or try gnome-session if that doesn't work).



                PS: You might also want to look at this question, maybe it will be helpful to you.






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                Install GNOME Shell normally as you would (ignore the change DE at login screen bit).
                I assume so far you logged on using the startx command. So once you installed GNOME 3, try logging on using gnome-shell (or try gnome-session if that doesn't work).



                PS: You might also want to look at this question, maybe it will be helpful to you.







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