Canonical Prepares a GNOME Flavor of Ubuntu | Linux Today

Canonical Prepares a GNOME Flavor of Ubuntu

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Marius Nestor
May 12, 2012

Yes, that means Ubuntu without Unity. However, if an Ubuntu GNOME Remix distribution will be developed, it will probably have the GNOME Shell interface by default, and not the good ol??? GNOME Classic one that everyone wants. This GNOME flavor of Ubuntu would contain apps like Abiword and Gnumeric instead of LibreOffice, GNOME Boxes, the Adwaita theme, and probably support for the GNOME Classic interface.

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Marius Nestor

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