The Evolution of Linux Desktop Environments: Ubuntu's Shift to Unity
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Summary
The article discusses the fragmentation of the Ubuntu/GNOME communities and the shift of Ubuntu to its own desktop environment, Unity, causing a schism in the Linux desktop ecosystem.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledAfter contributing to the launch of Ubuntu as the 'perfect Linux desktop', Ploum realises that Ubuntu is drifting away from both Debian and GNOME.
The fragmentation of the Ubuntu/GNOME communities became all too apparent when, in 2010, Mark Shuttleworth announced during the Ubuntu-summit that Ubuntu would drop GNOME in favour of its own in-house and secretly developed desktop: Unity.
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