Its odd that ubuntu-desktop isn't installed given that edubuntu-desktop depends on it.
$ apt-cache show edubuntu-desktop Package: edubuntu-desktop Priority: optional Section: universe/metapackages Installed-Size: 45 Maintainer: Edubuntu Developers <email address hidden> Architecture: amd64 Source: edubuntu-meta Version: 14.03.2 Depends: ubuntu-desktop, gnome-session-fallback ...
Its odd that ubuntu-desktop isn't installed given that edubuntu-desktop depends on it.
$ apt-cache show edubuntu-desktop metapackages fallback
Package: edubuntu-desktop
Priority: optional
Section: universe/
Installed-Size: 45
Maintainer: Edubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Architecture: amd64
Source: edubuntu-meta
Version: 14.03.2
Depends: ubuntu-desktop, gnome-session-
...