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<li><a href="#install-kde">Install KDE</a></li>
<li><a href="#install-gnome-3">Install GNOME 3</a></li>
<li><a href="#install-xfce-4">Install XFCE 4</a></li>
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<h1 id="introduction">Introduction</h1>
<p>If you want to change the default desktop environment (Unity) and install anything else in
Ubuntu, then this article is for you.
Just copy-paste the commands into your terminal, press enter ... wait a little bit for the packages to download and you are ready.
Logout, pick your favourite Desktop Environment and log back in.</p>
<p>It's insanely simple:</p>
<h3 id="install-kde">Install KDE</h3>
<div class="highlight"><pre>sudo apt-get install kde-standard
sudo apt-get install kde-full
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<h3 id="install-gnome-3">Install GNOME 3</h3>
<div class="highlight"><pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell
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<h3 id="install-xfce-4">Install XFCE 4</h3>
<div class="highlight"><pre>sudo apt-get install xfce4
sudo apt-get install xfce4-goodies
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<h3 id="install-cinammon">Install Cinammon</h3>
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<div class="highlight"><pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cinnamon
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<h3 id="install-fluxbox">Install FluxBOX</h3>
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<div class="highlight"><pre>sudo apt-get install fluxbox
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<h3 id="install-e17">Install E17</h3>
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<div class="highlight"><pre>sudo apt-add-repository ppa:hannes-janetzek/enlightenment-svn
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install e17
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<h1 id="full-desktop-installation">Full Desktop Installation</h1>
<p>If you don't want to download and install the whole package, but just
the desktop related features of Ubuntu alternatives, add the following
parameter:</p>
<p><code>--no-install-recommends</code></p>
<h3 id="migrate-to-kubuntu">Migrate to Kubuntu</h3>
<div class="highlight"><pre>sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends kubuntu-desktop
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<h3 id="migrate-to-xubuntu">Migrate to Xubuntu</h3>
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<h3 id="migrate-to-lubuntu">Migrate to Lubuntu</h3>
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<h1 id="results-and-discussion">Results and discussion</h1>
<p>You should consider testing first the above commands in a lab environment (Ubuntu in a VM) so to be safe and have a look ate the results before using them in your actual machine.</p>
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