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A few weeks ago the systems operator for my division at the Laboratory upgraded my workstation from 12.04 to 14.04. (I was unable to do so myself, since the upgrade manager wanted only to upgrade to 12.04, which was evidently no longer available.) Fine -- the displays looked pretty different, but I was able to get used to it and proceed with my laboratory work.

This weekend, having received a 14.04 distribution CD-ROM, I upgraded my home computer from 12.04 to 14.04. Also OK, but things look very different. For example, at the lab, I do not get the icons on my desktop, but at home I do. Also, at the lab I have an Activities button which, when pressed, displays the left-hand applications panel, but at home I have the panel on display all the time.

I am puzzled as to why there should be such differences. Thanks in advance for any enlightenment.

RRS

Answer to query: yes I did go through all upgrades, about 330 MB of downloads.

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It sounds like that 'at the lab' you are running Ubuntu Gnome, and at home you are running Ubuntu Unity. You can find information on the two at Difference between Unity and GNOME

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