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I need to "Safely" remove Unity 12.04 and replace it with something Different. I have looked and I have tried a couple of things (one which caused a complete re-install of Ubuntu). So maybe someone else can help.

I am a Tinkerer! I Love Customization! I get bored and have to constantly change things, and Unity just won't give me that FREEDOM!! Don't get me wrong, I love Unity for something else, and there are a lot of great things about it. But it is just NOT for me...

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...

What I am looking for:

  1. "SAFE REMOVAL", of Unity, and install of "Something New"...

  2. As much customization as possible...

  3. Bells and Whistles!

Please Help!...

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  1. Find and install an alternate desktop environment (DE) of your choice from here: What kinds of desktop environments and shells are available?

    A few are (from the above link):

    • GNOME 3
    • KDE
    • Cinnamon

  2. If you really need to (low on disk space, etc.) , remove Unity with this command. You don't have to, using a different DE with Unity installed shouldn't hurt you.

    sudo apt-get autoremove --purge unity unity-common unity-services unity-lens-* unity-scope-* unity-webapps-* gnome-control-center-unity hud libunity-core-6* libunity-misc4 libunity-webapps* appmenu-gtk appmenu-gtk3 appmenu-qt* overlay-scrollbar* activity-log-manager-control-center firefox-globalmenu thunderbird-globalmenu libufe-xidgetter0 xul-ext-unity xul-ext-webaccounts webaccounts-extension-common xul-ext-websites-integration
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