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Posted by Marius Nestor on Sep 01, 2022,
updated Sep 06, 2022
> Ubuntu Unity (formerly Ubuntu Unity Remix) saw the light of day a few years ago as part of the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) operating system series, but as an unofficial flavor because Canonical abandoned its beloved Unity7 desktop environment more than five years ago.
> It was hard to believe that Ubuntu Unity will be recognized one day as an official flavor considering Canonical’s past with the Unity7 desktop environment, but today, the miracle happened and Canonical will recognize it as an official Ubuntu flavor starting with the upcoming Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu) release in late October 2022.
UPDATE
Bobby Borisov this afternoon, late to the news.
> Ubuntu Unity, the unofficial fork with a dash of nostalgia from the Unity days, has applied to become the official Ubuntu flavor.
> Many Linux enthusiasts had used Ubuntu at some point in their careers and will recall the not-so-distant days when Canonical made a difference with their Unity desktop.
> We shall specify for novice Linux users that Unity is a graphical shell for the GNOME desktop environment designed and maintained by Canonical for Ubuntu. It was beautiful and innovative, but another controversial Canonical decision threw it out in 2017.
And also this one moments ago:
> Here’s the weekly roundup #22.03 for you across the GNU/Linux and tech world.
> Welcome to the DebugPoint Weekly roundup #22.03, where you can find all the happenings from this week, mainly from the Linux and open-source space. If you have missed some stories, no worries!
Late coverage yesterday as well.
> Canonical has announced Ubuntu Unity will once again be an official flavor of the venerable Linux distribution (distro).
> Ubuntu is the world’s most popular Linux distro and is widely credited with making Linux easy for the masses. While the Gnome desktop environment (DE) is Ubuntu’s current default, for a number of years, its own home-grown Unity DE held that honor. Ubuntu switched from Gnome to Unity in 2011, before abandoning it in favor of a return to Gnome in 2017. Thankfully, enterprising developer Rudra Saraswat kept the DE alive, releasing an unofficial spin called Ubuntu Unity Remix.
> Beginning with Ubuntu 22.10, scheduled for release next month, the Unity version of Ubuntu will be an official flavor, dropping the “Remix” from its name.
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