Fedora, openSUSE Give up on Unity | Linux Today

Fedora, openSUSE Give up on Unity

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 16, 2011

“Some bad news came across the wire today. In a bit of a
coincidence, the contributors from both openSUSE and Fedora who
were working on Unity announced on the same day they were giving it
up. So, those wishing to test this new interface will have to fire
up Ubuntu after all.

“Adam Williamson, who was porting Unity to Fedora, said in a
blog post today that he’s has a “hit and miss west coast work
ethic.” He explained that he has to work on extra things like this
in his spare time and lately he’s had “little time or inclination
for doing much with Unity / Poulsbo.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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