<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Thomas Mashos <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thomas@mashos.com" target="_blank">thomas@mashos.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 7:30 AM, Joseph Fry <<a href="mailto:joe@thefrys.com">joe@thefrys.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > If you want to use your system as a desktop, but retain the XFCE<br>
>> > environment, just install the xubuntu-desktop package (and<br>
>> > dependencies). =C2=A0Or you can instaall the ubuntu-desktop package to<br>
>> > 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>
>> 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>
><br>
><br>
> I misspoke. The standard ubuntu desktop is Unity, not Gnome. So installing<br>
> the ubuntu-desktop package installs Unity.<br>
><br>
> From what I can tell on my mythbuntu system, systemd is already installed,<br>
> and I assume that it's being used.<br>
><br>
> There are guides for installing Gnome 3 if thats really what you want.<br>
><br>
> Joe<br></div></div><span class="">
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</span>I'd be careful what you mean by "systemd is already installed", since<br>
it's just a few packages.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Which is why I qualified it with "from what I can tell..." </div><div><br></div><div>The systemd-shim, systemd-services, and various libraries are installed. "dmesg|grep systemd" returns a few lines, most notably "system-udevd: starting version 204". However further reading suggests that systemd is not the default in ubuntu in 14.04 and I do still see upstart installed so I suppose that systemd is not being used?</div><div><br></div><div>Not sure exactly how to tell.</div></div></div></div>