[ubuntu-uk] Unity and Gnome 3

[Simon Greenwood]

On 9 May 2011 09:52, Avi Greenbury <lists at avi.co> wrote:

> Simon Greenwood wrote:
>
>> On 6 May 2011 09:42, Tony Arnold<tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk>  wrote:
>>
>>  I'm wondering why Ubuntu decided to side-line Gnome 3 in favour of
>>> Unity? And does this mean Ubuntu may never support Gnome 3?
>>>
>>> How are such decisions made and is it documented anywhere?
>>>
>>> Personally I'd like to make my own choice about the user interface I use.
>>>
>>>
>>>   From that point of view, then Ubuntu isn't for you,
>>
>
> Really? On what grounds?
>
> The decisions are documented, there is choice of user interface, and there
> is Gnome3 for Ubuntu. I can't find much in his email to suggest that Ubuntu
> isn't for him.
>
>
I meant default Ubuntu. The design decision is to go forward with Unity, and
the OP's question was what would happen with Gnome 3 and specifically Gnome
Shell. If they aren't going to be developed in the context of mainstream
Ubuntu, then it is likely that someone will provide that choice of desktop
environment in the same way as there is Kubuntu and Xubuntu.

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