3 Reasons Why Gnome Shell Is Better Than Ubuntu�s Unity

“This may come as a major surprise to many, but my first point
is all about speed. From personal experience, I’ve always found
Gnome Shell (especially when version 3.2.1 came out) to be faster
than Unity. The Activities screen in Gnome Shell loads as fast as
the Dash in Unity, but the dock launcher on the left side in Unity
is somewhat slow and sluggish. This is especially noticeable on my
netbook, whereas Gnome Shell runs smoothly.

It’s quite a surprise to myself, actually, because Compiz, the
window manager framework of which Unity is a plugin for, was touted
to be the better and faster alternative to Mutter, the window
manager framework on which Gnome Shell runs. Although I have to
admit that Gnome Shell at it’s first release was a little sluggish
too, it has improved quite a bit. Now that Unity is the default
desktop shell for the second straight release in Ubuntu, it has
only gotten slower.

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