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why does ubuntu use a different version of gnome?? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by 01adrianrdgz@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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ok first of all, happy holidays or christmas to everyone!! happy debian day! but anyway i just wanted to ask something, why does ubuntu use its own version of gnome?? (taskbar in desktop, material colors, etc) i know that even distros like pop os! or fedora use vanilla gnome so why would canonical change the settings of gnome?? i think ubuntus gnome is cute but vanilla is amazing and well at least they give you the freedom of changing desktop environment but still, i dont know why canonical would do that!!

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[–] boblin@infosec.pub 32 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Consistency with their previous default desktop environment, Unity.

[–] 01adrianrdgz@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

is unity still maintained?? can i still use it?? when i was tinkering with ubuntu gnome tweaks there were "humanity" icons and they were the ones from unity

[–] cetvrti_magi@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

There is a Unity edition of Ubuntu.

[–] ardorhb@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 10 months ago

Not by Cannonical but there are volunteers that still work on Unity.

[–] Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi 4 points 10 months ago

There's two projects aimed at carrying on Unity in the modern era.

Unity7/Unityd essentially continues support for Unity as it was shipped in Ubuntu and focuses more on that desktop experience, and Lomiri continues what would've been Unity 8 and focuses more on a consistent UX across mobile and desktop.

[–] knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Unity is the reason I moved to mint.

[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 1 points 10 months ago

Ditto

[–] stargazingpenguin@lemmy.zip 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Pop doesn't use stock Gnome, there's a lot of modifications to it. They're also working on their own DE for future releases, called Cosmic.

Linux is designed to give you freedom to change things to your liking, and Canonical and many other distro teams obviously feel they can improve Gnome.

[–] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I spent a year using Ubuntu, but it’s only when I moved to Fedora that I discovered that switching workspaces and using touchpad gestures was important in the experience.