I prefer Gnome Desktop Environment.


I have downloaded "Ubuntu Trusty Gnome edition"(14.04.1), installed on a Samsung RV-509 Laptop. It is buggy and has random freeze issues as I observe. Compared to the Gnome experience in Fedora, Ubuntu-Gnome edition is very disappointing.



My question: is it a good idea, if I install normal Ubuntu with unity and uninstall unity and related dependencies, add Ubuntu Gnome PPA and install Gnome. How is this idea? I consider this, because default version of Ubuntu(with unity) is what Ubuntu Developers and community cares and I hope is more tuned for end user satisfaction. If I install Gnome3 later(unlike "Ubuntu Gnome edition"), I hope Ubuntu *will* be more stable.



anyone using Trusty with Gnome?

If your thesis is correct that the "default version of Ubuntu(with unity) is what Ubuntu Developers and community cares and I hope is more tuned for end user satisfaction," then by removing it, you won't be receiving that benefit.

PPA's are unofficial software sources and receive no official support from Canonical developers. I would think that if stability and reliability are your end goals, you would want to avoid PPAs generally speaking....

The obvious question is: Why not use Fedora?

It's not like everything they(Cannonical) offers fits personal preferences. my problem is I am not comfortable with unity, but likes Gnome shell. However, the rough edges are much pronounced in case of Ubuntu's Gnome edition. in that case, I believe unofficial/semi-official PPA's like Gnome3 will fit better. The problem however is, what I understand is Unity is integrated much into the default release. I likes to try with a bare basic cd like Debian netinstall through which we can install basic system that suits advanced users(nitpicking applications, that we need). I knew about "Ubuntu-core" but wonder whether it supports networking to download and configure a Desktop system.
Yes, I am using Fedora 17 on a failing hdd currently. it is OK. but, I am more into Debian system(package management included). the problem is Debian has it's rough edges, it needs tweaking like for e.g. font anti-aliasing or some other packages which are missing but finds in Ubuntu or RedHat. I hope it is clear now.

Here is an excellent tutorial (I have personally used it) to build a minimal Ubuntu:

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/minimal

The example uses the 'icewm' interface, but you could easily substitute a different desktop environment (such as Gnome, from either the Ubuntu repos or the PPA) as you wish.

This is the smart way to do what you want to do.

The site given above is very good by the way. I took a look at the tute and you aren't likely to go wrong using it. She does a very good job.

You would prefer to download Ubuntu, uninstall Unity, download and install Gnome, then tweak Gnome to get it to suit your preferences than download and install Debian and do some tweaking of Debian to get it to suit your preferences.

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Here is what I did. I download the LUbuntu live cd with LXDE and installed the xfce desktop. Then I add Ubuntu software center and keep Lubuntu software center. Each has a little different software. In my case I have two desktops LXDE and Xfce. I use xfce mostly. Instead of xfce you could install Gnome using the apt-get



Side comment, I know LUbuntu is based on the xfce deskstop. I actually like the Xfce desktop with the rat/mouse (if that what it is).