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I've just upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to Ubuntu 17.10. I was a fan of Unity desktop environment but after upgrading, I saw that GNOME is also a nice one ('cause it is also very similar to Unity). But there is one thing that makes me uneasy is that Application Launcher is in the bottom. Can't I move it to top-left corner (as it was in Unity)?

pomsky
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Open Terminal and run 

gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock show-apps-at-top true

To move it back to the bottom run 

gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock show-apps-at-top false
pomsky
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It may be a difficult task to move the application launcher to top. Instead, you can install Unity to your system. Here is how:

  1. Install Unity by executing this in terminal:

    sudo apt install unity

  2. Reboot your system.

  3. Select "Unity" as desktop environment (by clicking the little cog-wheel beside the sign-in button).
  4. Log in by typing in your password.

Done. You can now see that Unity is installed and you also got the application launcher in the top-left of the screen.

v_ag
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    I asked about moving the application launcher to the top. Anyways, let me try that out, seems that it'll work. –  Jan 27 '18 at 07:18
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    @Geeks'Hangar, It'll surely work, try that out. Let me know if you encounter any errors. – v_ag Jan 27 '18 at 07:20
  • It worked. Thanks. But it'd be better if I was able to move that application launcher to the top. –  Jan 27 '18 at 07:33