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I am a Ubuntu newbie. I followed this tutorial to install Gnome 3 on my Ubuntu Precise Pangolin.

I was expecting a desktop like this:
http://www.gnome.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/window-selection-3.12.png
and I ended up with a desktop like this:
http://imgur.com/dWIIkeI Please tell me what I can do to get the desired desktop.

NB: I have dual-booted using Wubi.

muru
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That looks like GNOME Classic. You should choose GNOME when selecting the session at login: (screenshot from the tutorial)
enter image description here

If you still get GNOME Classic, you can force GNOME Shell by running these commands in a terminal:

gnome-shell --replace &
disown

This will replace the current WM, send GNOME Shell to the background and detach it from the terminal so that you can close it without killing gnome-shell.

muru
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Maybe the GNOME Shell you installed isn't compatible with your current Ubuntu version, so it fallbacks to the classic mode. GNOME Shell 3.4 is officially supported by Ubuntu Precise. Although it's a bit old, it's guaranteed to be stable and usable.

First of all, remove the PPA from Software Sources.

Then, sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

That should give you GNOME Shell 3.4. If you need 3.10 or above I think you should update your Ubuntu to 14.04.

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I think the first screenshot is what you get if you press the Super key, not the desktop. But it's been a while since I used Ubuntu Gnome.

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