https://omid.dev/tags/gdm/Recent content in Gdm on Omid Farhanghttps://omid.dev/images/bio-photo-150x150.jpghttps://omid.dev/images/bio-photo-150x150.jpgHugo -- 0.161.1en-US2026 Omid Farhang | All rights reserved.Thu, 09 Feb 2017 02:42:21 +0000https://omid.dev/2017/02/09/test-gnome-ubuntu-and-back-alive-lightdm-gdm/Thu, 09 Feb 2017 02:42:21 +0000https://omid.dev/2017/02/09/test-gnome-ubuntu-and-back-alive-lightdm-gdm/<h2 id="how-it-started">How it started</h2> <p>A few days ago I just decided to give my Ubuntu a new look and experience.</p> <p>I thought KDE is not in a good situation and maybe Gnome 3 is a better option than Unity.</p> <p>The easiest option to try Gnome on Ubuntu (Without a clean install of OS) is to install it as a package:</p> <div class="highlight"><div class="chroma"> <table class="lntable"><tr><td class="lntd"> <pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code><span class="lnt">1 </span></code></pre></td> <td class="lntd"> <pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span class="line"><span class="cl">sudo apt-get install ubuntu-gnome-desktop </span></span></code></pre></td></tr></table> </div> </div><p>During the install process it asks for Display Manager, you have options to choose, gdm and lightdm, since I want to try Gnome, I select gdm:</p>