Insight: Tutorial To Install Unity Desktop In Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver is out with plenty of new improvements and features. One of the changes that we can see in latest version of Ubuntu is desktop environment.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is using Gnome desktop environment ditching it’s own Unity desktop environment. So if you are a Unity lover and don’t want to get stuck with Gnome then this tutorial is for you as we will be showing the tutorial to install Unity in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. There are plenty of desktop environment available in the Internet. You can chose among them and install it in your Ubuntu too. Not only the desktop environment, plenty of beautiful themes are available to spice up your Ubuntu.
Tutorial To Install Unity Desktop In Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
In order to use Unity desktop you need to install the ubuntu-unity-desktop meta-package in your Ubuntu.
Open up your terminal and run the following command to install unity desktop in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
sudo apt install ubuntu-unity-desktop
After executing the above mentioned command, you will be greeted with a message where you have to choose between gdm3 and lightdm. You need to select lightdm.
Now, you need to restart the system and at the login screen you need to select the Unity default.
Meanwhile, if you want to customize the Unity desktop then install the tweak tool with the help of following command:
sudo apt install unity-tweak-tool
