Here is what I do as soon as I install a new Ubuntu instance: I remove unity desktop and replace it with XFCE. And if you want to do the same it’s pretty straightforward. 😉
Perform all of these as root in a terminal window, or prepend with sudo. (Look elsewhere for GUI steps 🙂 )
- Update your repos:
apt-get update
- Uninstall Unity and ubuntu-desktop:
apt-get purge ubuntu-desktop unity-*
- Install XFCE Desktop environment:
apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
- Restart lightdm:
/etc/init.d/lightdm restart
Voilà! You’re using XFCE desktop! 😉