How To Install GNOME Desktop Environment in Ubuntu 14.04

Introduction:

Desktop Environment is a Graphical User Interface (GUI). It  help us to easily access different application, edit files, display time, many other things we often use from desktop. 

After installing Ubuntu 14.04 or any other ubuntu version the default desktop environment would be unity. It looks nice but it is bit slow for less hardware. There is many other desktop environment available like XFCE, GNOME, LXDE, etc., available and it is very easy to install. This article gives you how to install GNOME desktop in UBUNTU.

Open the Terminal using Ctrl + Alt + T or any other way you like

Step 1: Update the System

        sudo apt-get update                                   

Step 2: Install gnome shell

        sudo apt-get install gnome-shell                      

Step 3: Install gnome desktop environment

        sudo apt-get install ubuntu-gnome-desktop             

Step 4: Logout from current session.

Step 5: Select the desktop type from login screen. Desktop Selection button  available just above the password box in login screen. Below images shows how to select desktop

(i) Click on the icon (Ubuntu symbol) right near to the user name

(ii) Select GNOME(Desktop) from list and then login 

Step 6: If it not worked properly then try it after restarting the Computer.

Enjoy !!!