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After I upgraded from Ubuntu 18.10 to 19.04, several desktop managers started to appear in my login screen:

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Which one should I use normally?

My questions:

  • Which of these are going to be deprecated?
  • How do I eliminate the unneeded ones safely?
FedKad
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    Why not try them, to see which one you like? There's even many more to try, such as KDE and xfce. – vidarlo Apr 22 '19 at 16:19
  • My question was a theoretical one. I know that each one has its pros and cons and these are subjective things. However, I wanted to learn which one is pushed by Canonical and which ones are going to be killed by Canonical in the future. – FedKad Apr 22 '19 at 17:17
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    I'd focus on using the one you like, and not worry about them getting killed off. – vidarlo Apr 22 '19 at 17:20

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As of April 2019, there is no plan to deprecate any of them.

The most likely to survive over the long term is GNOME (plain GNOME).

  • GNOME Classic is merely a the Gnome desktop without the Ubuntu modifications. Some folks prefer this experience.
  • GNOME on XORG is merely a fallback option for folks who don't have complete Wayland compatibility yet.
  • Ubuntu is the popular, community-maintained Unity desktop built on top of Gnome. Some folks prefer this experience.
  • Ubuntu on Wayland is for folks who have complete Wayland compatibility.
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  • OK. I will try to stick to the first option (**plain GNOME**). Is there any reason to keep or not to keep the others? And, how do I remove them? – FedKad Apr 23 '19 at 09:27
  • The first option (**plain GNOME**) removes the window title from some applications (namely Firefox and Thunderbird) which makes impossible to move these applications to other workspaces (by right clicking on the title bar and selecting **Move to Workspace ...**) – FedKad Apr 23 '19 at 16:08
  • The **GNOME** session has also the drag-and-drop problem described in: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1136203/drag-and-drop-functionality-no-longer-working-after-upgrade-to-19-04 – FedKad May 26 '19 at 10:26
  • After upgrading to 19.10, now I have only three options: **GNOME on Xorg**, **GNOME Classic**, and **Ubuntu**. **GNOME on Xorg** works just OK, and does _not_ have any of the problems mentioned in this post. – FedKad Oct 25 '19 at 14:19