Canonical Plans to Fork GNOME

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At the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Florida this week, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth announced that Ubuntu's default user interface will be Unity shell rather than GNOME.

Unity shell is a fork of GNOME that Canonical is customizing for Ubuntu.

"The move reflects Ubuntu's growing divergence from the standard upstream GNOME configuration and effort to differentiate itself with a distinctive user experience," reported Ars Technica's Ryan Paul.

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