How to run Unity at startup on Ubuntu 18.04

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When I start Ubuntu 18.04, it starts with Gnome and gives me whithin Gnome the option to choose to start with Unity, but I want it to run with Unity directly from the beginning. Is this possible?

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When I start Ubuntu 18.04, it starts with Gnome and gives me whithin Gnome the option to choose to start with Unity, but I want it to run with Unity directly from the beginning. Is this possible?

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When I start Ubuntu 18.04, it starts with Gnome and gives me whithin Gnome the option to choose to start with Unity, but I want it to run with Unity directly from the beginning. Is this possible?

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When I start Ubuntu 18.04, it starts with Gnome and gives me whithin Gnome the option to choose to start with Unity, but I want it to run with Unity directly from the beginning. Is this possible?

unity 18.04

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If you don't select an option by means of the gear icon, then Ubuntu will start with whatever desktop was used for the last startup. Thus, once you have selected unity explicitly by means of the gear icon, it will always start unity until it is explicitly changed to something else.

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  If you select Unity and then make a restart, then the screen where you type in your password is gnome anyway. It only changes to unity as soon as you press enter
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  I'm not really sure what desktop that login screen is but does it matter? There's not much you can do at that stage, other than select a user and the desktop for the time after you've logged on.
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If you don't select an option by means of the gear icon, then Ubuntu will start with whatever desktop was used for the last startup. Thus, once you have selected unity explicitly by means of the gear icon, it will always start unity until it is explicitly changed to something else.

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answered Aug 25 at 12:37

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  If you select Unity and then make a restart, then the screen where you type in your password is gnome anyway. It only changes to unity as soon as you press enter
  – saitam
  Aug 25 at 12:43
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I'm not really sure what desktop that login screen is but does it matter? There's not much you can do at that stage, other than select a user and the desktop for the time after you've logged on.
  – NickT
  Aug 25 at 13:54
  

  
  
  
  

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If you don't select an option by means of the gear icon, then Ubuntu will start with whatever desktop was used for the last startup. Thus, once you have selected unity explicitly by means of the gear icon, it will always start unity until it is explicitly changed to something else.

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answered Aug 25 at 12:37

NickT

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  If you select Unity and then make a restart, then the screen where you type in your password is gnome anyway. It only changes to unity as soon as you press enter
  – saitam
  Aug 25 at 12:43
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I'm not really sure what desktop that login screen is but does it matter? There's not much you can do at that stage, other than select a user and the desktop for the time after you've logged on.
  – NickT
  Aug 25 at 13:54
  

  
  
  
  

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If you don't select an option by means of the gear icon, then Ubuntu will start with whatever desktop was used for the last startup. Thus, once you have selected unity explicitly by means of the gear icon, it will always start unity until it is explicitly changed to something else.

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answered Aug 25 at 12:37

NickT

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If you don't select an option by means of the gear icon, then Ubuntu will start with whatever desktop was used for the last startup. Thus, once you have selected unity explicitly by means of the gear icon, it will always start unity until it is explicitly changed to something else.

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answered Aug 25 at 12:37

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answered Aug 25 at 12:37

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answered Aug 25 at 12:37

NickT

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answered Aug 25 at 12:37

NickT

1,64721623

1,64721623

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  If you select Unity and then make a restart, then the screen where you type in your password is gnome anyway. It only changes to unity as soon as you press enter
  – saitam
  Aug 25 at 12:43
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I'm not really sure what desktop that login screen is but does it matter? There's not much you can do at that stage, other than select a user and the desktop for the time after you've logged on.
  – NickT
  Aug 25 at 13:54
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  If you select Unity and then make a restart, then the screen where you type in your password is gnome anyway. It only changes to unity as soon as you press enter
  – saitam
  Aug 25 at 12:43
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I'm not really sure what desktop that login screen is but does it matter? There's not much you can do at that stage, other than select a user and the desktop for the time after you've logged on.
  – NickT
  Aug 25 at 13:54
  

  
  
  
  

If you select Unity and then make a restart, then the screen where you type in your password is gnome anyway. It only changes to unity as soon as you press enter
– saitam
Aug 25 at 12:43

If you select Unity and then make a restart, then the screen where you type in your password is gnome anyway. It only changes to unity as soon as you press enter
– saitam
Aug 25 at 12:43

I'm not really sure what desktop that login screen is but does it matter? There's not much you can do at that stage, other than select a user and the desktop for the time after you've logged on.
– NickT
Aug 25 at 13:54

I'm not really sure what desktop that login screen is but does it matter? There's not much you can do at that stage, other than select a user and the desktop for the time after you've logged on.
– NickT
Aug 25 at 13:54

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