How to install the full Gnome 3 desktop in ubuntu

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Published on 2012-04-06T01:32:43Z Indexed on 2012/04/06 5:41 UTC
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Just like the title says. I don't want just Gnome Shell I want to know how to install the whole entire desktop, with the latest GDM(not the 3.0.4 currently in the repos), all the default apps, all of it. I want to have a gnome desktop as pure as the latest Fedora, but of course I don't actually want to use fedora I been a Ubuntu user for years.

Any ideas? or am I crazy? I cant find anyone else doing this, though I have found a few other people who want to do it.

I currently have Gnome Shell 3.4, but I cant figure out how to install the new login screen, and I don't know what apps install by default other than epiphany and empathy, I also don't know if there is still more missing than just those things listed.

I would really enjoy the full Gnome 3 experience.

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