gnome3 looks promising and want to try it out. can't find a deb or binary for ubuntu. 

how to install gnome3 on ubuntu 11.04 natty narwhal?

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1 year 6 days ago



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gnome3 for ubuntu is not officially released but the good news is there is a PPA provided by ubuntu gnome3 team

in a terminal run the following commands and restart the system. while booting please select gnome3-desktop in the list

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

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answer by Visitor
1 year 2 days ago
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don't install this ppa, it messes up the system and makes it unusable

gnome3 for natty is not ready in my opinion

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1 year 2 days ago
  • i agree. i did it and had to reinstall 11.04.

    - Visitor 50 weeks 10 hours ago
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