how to find the current version of gnome

Question

I'm using ubuntu 12.04.

I tried

$ gnome-about –gnome-version
gnome-about: command not found

$ gnome-session --version
gnome-session 3.2.1

Why I need is because my desktop environment doesn't look like http://www.gnome.org/gnome-3/ though wikipedia states that the default gnome version on 12.04 is 3.4.1.

found out that gnome-about nor gnome-panel no longer works in Unity/GNOME3 — John Eipe, May 18 '12 at 13:44
do i need to add ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3 eventhough gnome-shell --version shows that i'm using 3.4.1? — John Eipe, May 18 '12 at 13:48

score 151 · Accepted Answer · answered May 18 '12 at 13:43

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gnome-shell --version

in a terminal

answered May 18 '12 at 13:43

jasmines

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but it doesn't look like in the gnome3 offical site – John Eipe May 18 '12 at 13:46
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It's normal: that screenshot shows one of the multiple customization for DE (themes, wallpapers, and so on). – jasmines May 18 '12 at 13:48
actually it looks awesome. i liked it. Anyway idea of which theme they are using? – John Eipe May 18 '12 at 13:49
Absolutely not... Each distribution using gnome3 (Fedora, Mint, Ubuntu, and so on) can count on different themes... – jasmines May 18 '12 at 13:50
what would happen if i add ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3 into sources? – John Eipe May 18 '12 at 13:56
I use that repo since 11.10 because it contains many useful addons and updates (themes, shell-extensions, and so on). I can suggest to add it and many other ones... – jasmines May 18 '12 at 13:57
Such as:
ppa:upubuntu.com/themes ppa:webupd8team/gnome3 ppa:jconti/gnome3 ppa:upubuntu.com/ext
– jasmines May 18 '12 at 14:01
let us continue this discussion in chat – jasmines May 18 '12 at 14:10
This answer is wrong, see https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/73212/how-to-get-the-gnome-version – Axel Bregnsbo Nov 26 '20 at 21:32
FYI to anyone wondering, a fresh Ubuntu 22.04 install has GNOME Shell 42.5. – Gabriel Staples Dec 20 '22 at 07:06

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 16 '12 at 20:10

Your gnome version is 3.4.1 and is alright.

But you have to make sure at the time of logging in--that is, at the beginning of the session--that you select the "gnome" desktop environment among many. The other options may include:

GNOME Classic [which provides a "GNOME Fallback" session]
GNOME Classic (no effects) [which may provide an even lighter weight GNOME Fallback]
Ubuntu [which provides Unity]
Ubuntu 2D [which provides Unity 2D]

When you log in (when the machine boots up, or even now by closing all applications you can log out and again log in), there is a small round symbol on the right hand side of your user name on your log in dialog box. By clicking over it you can find a drop down list of options. Select GNOME.

although *Fallback might be active, even if something else was chosen, as the name "Fallback" indicates. — PythoNic, Sep 01 '14 at 16:07

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