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I have a recent install of Ubuntu 14.04. I just installed a few things as recommended to do on howtoubuntu here, and on unixmen here. As a consequence the appearance of my Ubuntu environment has changed, and when I start-up the desktop does not look the same, for example I cannot move around through workspaces and my background does not appear, both of these can be remedied by logging out and logging back in--but still general appearance has changed.

I thought the problem arose from sudo apt-get install gnome-shell ubuntu-gnome-desktop so I did sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell ubuntu-gnome-desktop but it is not back to the original fresh install Ubuntu desktop. I also installed Tweak among other things, as suggested in the above links, so it may not be GNOME related.

Noticeable problems are that when I reboot there is a footprint icon rather than the Ubuntu one. When I hit super the dash menu does not appear. The icons in the top right corner of my screen have changed too. As have the look of internet browsers and file windows, and files within windows and their ordering. Since removing GNOME, if I log out there is no drop down list to choose it but it still feels like GNOME is having influence. I attach a screenshot to give a feel for what my desktop now looks like. On the left-hand-side is a relevant section from my .bash_history.

screenshot of desktop

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  • Log off. Check for foot (gnome icon) or screw. Click it; if your option is Gnome rather than Ubuntu, choose Ubuntu. that's how we move between desktop environments. – julka Jan 11 '15 at 20:47
  • Thank you, I don't think I can do that though. "Since removing GNOME, if I log out there is no drop down list to choose it but it still feels like GNOME is having influence. " – Sav-econ Jan 11 '15 at 20:49
  • The icons in the right hand side are changed because you are not using the correct Unity icons and themes perhaps. Make sure that you have theme selected Ambiance and icons Ubuntu-mono-dark. – abhishek Jan 11 '15 at 20:49
  • That doesn't explain changed super key behaviour. Full install of Ubuntu suite is apt-get install ubuntu-desktop though I doubt that'll help. – julka Jan 11 '15 at 20:54
  • For the boot / logout screen maybe this helps: http://askubuntu.com/questions/157349/how-can-i-restore-my-boot-screen-in-ubuntu-12-04 – Rmano Jan 11 '15 at 20:56
  • In general, I found that Unity (the default ubuntu desktop) and gnome do not play well together. They have a lot of common things with different defaults (for example, all the dconf settings) that the tangle is difficult to solve. Try to reinstall ubuntu-desktop, but I am not sure it can help. – Rmano Jan 11 '15 at 20:58
  • thanks you for this advice. so sudo apt-get reinstall ubuntu-desktop would be the command? – Sav-econ Jan 11 '15 at 22:13

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