How do you switch between gnome and unity?

[cforput]

I installed 11.04 and it started up in Unity. I'm old, set in my ways and had that "oh,this sucks" reaction and switched back to Gnome. I don't remember how I did that but I thought there was an option when logging in to choose my interface.

Well, the old dog wants to see if he can learn new tricks and I want to try Unity again. Is there an EASY way to switch between the 2? I don't really want to go through a lengthy uninstall / install process in case I can't get the hang of Unity.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

[Quackers]

There should be an option to choose on the login screen. IIRC Ubuntu is the choice for Unity.

[drofart]

On login screen after selecting ur user their ll be a panel at the bottom where u can choose ur current session if u want gnome then select ubuntu classic.

Hope it would help u.

If u r done ,plz mark it as sloved.

[Elfy]

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[cforput]

On login screen after selecting ur user their ll be a panel at the bottom where u can choose ur current session if u want gnome then select ubuntu classic.

Hope it would help u.

If u r done ,plz mark it as sloved.

That's the problem, the bottom panel doesn't have the option to switch.

[roadkillguy]

You have to select your name first before the option shows up. (It's wierd, I know.) I just did this too

If you go to System->Administration->Login Screen, you can change the default session to be "Ubuntu Classic" --which is gnome. That way, you don't have to select it every time you log in.

[viperdvman]

If you want to change Desktop Environments on login, it's best to change your login to where it requires you to put in a password, or set it for Automatic Login and also set it to wait X amount of seconds for others to log in. That'll give you time to change desktop environment if need be.

Oh, and if you'e doing the traditional type in username, then type in password... then you type in your name, then go to that bottom bar and select your desktop environment before putting in your password.

I change DE's according to my mood, though I run GNOME 2.x like 95% of the time on both computers. (I run Ubuntu 11.04, btw)