How do you make Gnome 3 the default desktop?

[Mazate]

An answer to this would be most appreciated.

[MG&TL]

As in, the defult login? I personally just used it once, and it kept my choice for next time.

[Frogs Hair]

As in, the defult login? I personally just used it once, and it kept my choice for next time.

+1 Ubuntu defaults to whatever I used last .

[Thorvaldsson]

Assuming you have Gnome installed, you should be able to select it at log in. After that, Ubuntu should remember your choice.

[Mazate]

Assuming you have Gnome installed, you should be able to select it at log in. After that, Ubuntu should remember your choice.


Well, I logged out of Unity, switched to Gnome 3 and then I was fine. I turned off my computer for the day and turned it back on the next day and it loaded Unity again.

[markbl]

Well, I logged out of Unity, switched to Gnome 3 and then I was fine. I turned off my computer for the day and turned it back on the next day and it loaded Unity again.
This is a bug on launchpad but I think it has been fixed in very recent updates. Either way, you can run the following to force the default:


sudo /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-set-defaults --session gnome-shell

[Azyx]

Is <Gnome3 the same as Gnome-shell? Aren't Gnome shell a variant of Gnome3

[MG&TL]

Gnome-shell is the default desktop for the gnome3 release. However, as demonstrated by Unity, it is perfectly possible to build different desktops out of gnome releases.