Ubuntu – How to enable Google search for GNOME Shell

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It seems that everyone has Google search provider for GNOME Shell by default. But I don't! In /usr/share/gnome-shell/search-providers I only have 3 search providers: gnome-contacts, gnome-documents and nautilus search provider (which is not working, why?).

How can I add Google search? I also like to add Zeitgeist search. That's a thing I miss about Unity

(GNOME 3.6)

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Search buttons for Google and Wikipedia were present in the Activities Overview in earlier versions of GNOME Shell, but it wasn't an actual search provider and didn't integrate very well.

You can try a Wikipedia search provider from https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/512/wikipedia-search-provider/

I haven't seen a Google search provider yet.

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I see two and a half paths:

Install Ubuntu GNOME (images, wiki), then install the ubuntustudio-audio ubuntustudio-audio-plugins linux-lowlatency metapackages
Install UbuntuStudio (web), then install the gnome-shell gnome-session metapackages
Install Ubuntu, then install the ubuntustudio-audio ubuntustudio-audio-plugins and gnome-shell gnome-session metapackages

I suggest 1 (Ubuntu GNOME), here is why:

3 (Ubuntu) is the easiest to eliminate because it represents one more setup step for you, and one more set of cruft you'll want to avoid. You know you want audio stuff, and you know you want Shell. Options 1 and 2 are each only one step away, while option 3 is two steps away, let's forget about it and the cruft it brings.
Then deciding between 1 (Ubuntu GNOME) and 2 (UbuntuStudio) is also easy in your case, because you want Shell and audio stuff. Well,
- If you install UbuntuStudio, you will end up with XFCE, which you don't want
- Just adding the ubuntustudio-audio ubuntustudio-audio-plugins linux-lowlatency metapackages will setup your lowlatency environment the same way than through a Studio install, without the additional Studio cruft (XFCE, additional video/etc. packages)

Finally, regarding the login manager, with Ubuntu GNOME you'll end up with GDM, which (provided you like GNOME Shell) will be fine for you (simple, efficient) and is not better or worse than LightDM.

To wrap up:

Install Ubuntu GNOME (images, wiki)
If you want to get the latest-and-greatest GNOME 3.8 hotness, add the official GNOME3 team PPA : sudo apt-add-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3, and do a sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade.
Note: Do not add the staging PPA, it is for developers and will make your environment unstable.
Install the ubuntustudio-audio ubuntustudio-audio-plugins linux-lowlatency metapackages
Jam :)

Ubuntu – Ubuntu 16.04 does not start after Gnome shell installation

Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 when it hangs to start text-mode. Type in your username and password to login.

From there, you need to enable lightdm or gdm, depending on what gnome is configured to:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm

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