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Asked: 2016-11-16 02:12:49 +0800 CST

How to change from the Unity DE to Xfce? (Ubuntu 16.04.1)

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I've been trying to install the Xfce Desktop Environment more than once, with no success.

I typed: 

sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

and:

sudo apt-get install xfce4

(separately)

and then logged out and in again... but nothing changed, as I had no option to choose between two Desktop Environments.

What should I do?

unity

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You should see a small ubuntu logo next to your username on the log-in screen. When clicking it, a drop down menu should present you with the selection of all installed DEs. make your choice and enter your username/password after that.

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  2. Ubuntu 17.10

    This is how it looks like on Ubuntu 17.10:

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    I had to reboot after installing XFCE, a simple logout was not enough.

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