Ubuntu – How to login into Unity 2d

unity-2d

I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my laptop. It loads Unity 3D. But, I want to login into Unity-2d. How do I do that?

11.10

Just log-off and then choose, in your login, screen Ubuntu 2D.

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The following terminal commands will set the launcher to always show:

First install the dconf-tools:

sudo apt-get install dconf-tools

Then input these lines to configure the launcher:

dconf write /com/canonical/unity-2d/launcher/hide-mode 0
dconf write /com/canonical/unity-2d/launcher/use-strut true