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Initial release 18 October 2012; 4 years ago (2012-10-18) Latest release Ubuntu GNOME 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) / October 13, 2016 (2016-10-13) Latest preview 17.04 Daily Builds (released daily) | ||
Ubuntu GNOME (formerly Ubuntu GNOME Remix) is a Linux distribution, distributed as free and open-source software. From version 13.04 onwards, it is an official "flavour" of the Ubuntu operating system which uses a pure GNOME desktop environment with GNOME Shell, rather than the Unity graphical shell.
History
The project began as an unofficial "remix" because some users preferred the GNOME 3 desktop over Unity. Ubuntu GNOME 12.10 Quantal Quetzal was the first stable version released on 18 October 2012.
Writing in October 2013, Jim Lynch stated:
Jim Lynch reviewed Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 LTS again in April 2014 and concluded,
References
Ubuntu GNOME Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA