<div dir="ltr">On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Joseph Fry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joe@thefrys.com" target="_blank">joe@thefrys.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span>> If you want to use your system as a desktop, but retain the XFCE<br>
> environment, just install the xubuntu-desktop package (and<br>
</span>> dependencies). =C2=A0Or you can instaall the ubuntu-desktop package to<br>
<span>> convert your system to a standard gnome desktop.<br>
<br>
> You will probably have to change which window manager your user<br>
> will use (gnome or xfce) at the logon screen.<br>
<br>
</span>Does mythbuntu use systemd or the old (and in my opinion nicer)<br>
open-rc. Because if the later, you cannot easily step over to Gnome3.<br>
Gnome3 demands systemd. An alternative is Mate, which in essence is<br>
the old Gnome2.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I misspoke. The standard ubuntu desktop is Unity, not Gnome. So installing the ubuntu-desktop package installs Unity.</div><div><br></div><div>From what I can tell on my mythbuntu system, systemd is already installed, and I assume that it's being used. </div><div><br></div><div>There are guides for installing Gnome 3 if thats really what you want.</div><div><br></div><div>Joe</div></div></div></div><br></blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I think Ubuntu still uses upstart although they are migrating to systemd.<br></div></div>