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I'm logging to Ubuntu server via RDP the default environment on that server is Xfce how can I switch this environment to gnome3 which is already installed?

Keep in mind I don't have access to the login screen.

Ahmed Kamal
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    Does this answer your question? [How to configure XRDP to start cinnamon as default desktop session](https://askubuntu.com/questions/135483/how-to-configure-xrdp-to-start-cinnamon-as-default-desktop-session) – guntbert Feb 10 '20 at 22:30
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    Please [edit] this question to change `witch` to `which` so that English translating software can work properly. – mickmackusa Nov 19 '21 at 01:19

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On MY Ubuntu 16.04.4, I would stop the xfce service and start gdm3. See man service, and use sudo service --status-all to make sure the xfce service is running, then: 

sudo service xfce stop
sudo service xfce status
sudo service gdm3 start
sudo service gdm3 status
waltinator
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