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I have Ubuntu 14.04 with Unity as DE installed on my PC. But I recently found out that Gnome DE is installed, too. I don't need Gnome, never use it, so I wannt to remove it. Can I do this without causing damage to Unity? Are there any packages that belong to Gnome but are used by Unity as well?

Simon I
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Just do:

sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-gnome-desktop gnome-shell gdm

and gnome shell shall be removed(I had to say it like that). Don't worry, unity will work fine.

In case you want to uninstall all the unneeded software gnome-ubnutu installs check out: Remove ubuntu-gnome-desktop?

Edit1: to remove gnome flashback, do:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-session-flashback

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mmm3743
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Unity is based off of gnome 3, so you can't safely remove it. Unity is basically like a skin on top of gnome, but integrated VERY tightly. Don't remove it unless you switch to another non-gnome based or gnome 2 based DE that has it integrated.

sbergeron
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