Monday, May 02, 2011

Removing the Ubuntu Natty launcher bar

In Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal):

  • Click the far top-left button to bring up the search dialog.
  • Type "login" without the quotes and click on "Login Screen".
  • Change "Select Ubuntu as default session" to "Select Ubuntu Classic as default session".
  • Log out and back in.

Congratulation, you have removed the abomination. Prepare for 11.10 where they will no doubt remove Ubuntu Classic as an option.

3 comments:

  1. Thanks! I'm not a fan of 11.04 so far.. I've had to reinstall my graphics driver and adjust a bunch of settings in Compiz just to make videos play smoothly again

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  2. Agreed on not being a fan. They have made major changes to the bundled software, and I'm not sure they actually sought any user feedback while doing so. Particularly with the new bar, a quick Google search brings up a whole variety of articles on why it's a bad thing (dating from Natty's early betas right up to the release).

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  3. Yuck! I don't want my desktop to look like a phone! So far can't even figure out how to get a console window. Yuck!

    thanks for the tip.

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