Ubuntu 12.04 LTS removing unity and installing GNOME

[Ryan Gauger]

On 06/06/2012 08:24 AM, Christian Dysthe wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 07:30:55 -0500, Ryan Gauger <rtgkid at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ooops, sorry I forgot  . Kubuntu is being cut adrift from Ubuntu......)
>>  BC
>>  KDE and XFCE do not come into it. Unity is a shell for GNOME.
>
> Unity is a UI interface built as a plug-in for the Open GL compositing 
> manager Compiz. The one that creates the wobbly windows and other eye 
> candy. The rest of the Unity environment (file manager and such) is 
> gtk3 based just like the current Gnome 3 dekstop where the UI is 
> called Gnome Shell.
>
Is Unity also a shell for GNOME? It's a bit confusing... :)