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Ubuntu comes in several different versions, the most popular as of this writing being 12.04, which can be found [http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop here].
 
Ubuntu comes in several different versions, the most popular as of this writing being 12.04, which can be found [http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop here].
  
== Removing Amazon Spyware ==
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== Removing Amazon Spyware from Unity==
  
 
<code> sudo apt-get remove unity-lens-shopping </code>
 
<code> sudo apt-get remove unity-lens-shopping </code>
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this does not work for newer versions.
  
 
== Replacing Unity ==
 
== Replacing Unity ==
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sudo apt-get update
 
sudo apt-get update
  
sudo apt-get install cinnamon </code
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sudo apt-get install cinnamon </code>

Revision as of 02:34, 28 January 2014

Ubuntu is the most widely used GNU/Linux operating system in the world, and is widely regarded as being the easiest to configure and use. Ubuntu is used by large organizations such as Google and IBM as a tool for programming across an array of different domains.

Getting Ubuntu

Ubuntu comes in several different versions, the most popular as of this writing being 12.04, which can be found here.

Removing Amazon Spyware from Unity

sudo apt-get remove unity-lens-shopping

this does not work for newer versions.

Replacing Unity

Purging Unity from 12.04.3 LTS


To install the Cinnamon Desktop Environment (A GNOME 3 Fork):


sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install cinnamon