Unity (user interface)

Unity (user interface)

Unity is a graphical shell for the GNOME desktop environment originally developed by Canonical Ltd. for its Ubuntu operating system. It debuted in 2010 in the netbook edition of Ubuntu 10.10. Since 2017, its development was taken over by the Unity7 Maintainers (Unity7) and UBports (Lomiri, formerly known as Unity8). Unity7 is the default desktop environment in Ubuntu Unity, an official flavor of Ubuntu since 2022. Ubuntu Unity and Unity7 Maintainers have started working on the successor of Unity7, UnityX.

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Canonical Ltd.
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enUnity 7.4, with the launcher displayed, running on Ubuntu 16.04
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enUnity is a graphical shell for the GNOME desktop environment originally developed by Canonical Ltd. for its Ubuntu operating system. It debuted in 2010 in the netbook edition of Ubuntu 10.10. Since 2017, its development was taken over by the Unity7 Maintainers (Unity7) and UBports (Lomiri, formerly known as Unity8). Unity7 is the default desktop environment in Ubuntu Unity, an official flavor of Ubuntu since 2022. Ubuntu Unity and Unity7 Maintainers have started working on the successor of Unity7, UnityX.
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App Lens on Ubuntu 16.04LTS.png
Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop.png
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Ubuntu Unity Keyboard shortcuts - En.png
Unity 2D with KDE.png
Unity logo.svg
Developer
enLomiri : UBports
enUnity7, UnityX: Unity7 Maintainers
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Unity (game engine)
Unity Operating System
Discontinued
enNo
Genre
Shell (computing)
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enUnity is a graphical shell for the GNOME desktop environment originally developed by Canonical Ltd. for its Ubuntu operating system. It debuted in 2010 in the netbook edition of Ubuntu 10.10. Since 2017, its development was taken over by the Unity7 Maintainers (Unity7) and UBports (Lomiri, formerly known as Unity8). Unity7 is the default desktop environment in Ubuntu Unity, an official flavor of Ubuntu since 2022. Ubuntu Unity and Unity7 Maintainers have started working on the successor of Unity7, UnityX. It was part of the Ayatana project, an initiative with the stated intention of improving the user experience within Ubuntu. It was initially designed to make more efficient use of space given the limited screen size of netbooks, including, for example, a vertical application switcher called the launcher, and a space-saving horizontal multipurpose top menu bar. Unlike GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce, or LXDE, Unity is not a collection of applications. It is designed to use existing programs.
Homepage
wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity
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Shell
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Unity (user interface)
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enUnity (user interface)
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GNU General Public License
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wiki.ubuntu.com/DemystifyingUnityGraphicsHardwareRequirements
web.archive.org/web/20170622144855/https:/yunit.io/
www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/privacypolicy/thirdparties
bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity
code.launchpad.net/unity
wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity
github.com/ubports/unity8
gitlab.com/ubuntu-unity/unity-x
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enUnity logo.svg
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enUnity
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Ubuntu
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enUnity 2D: C++, JavaScript, QML
enUnityX: Fish
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Released
9 June 2010
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enUbuntu 16.04 Desktop.png
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Category:Discontinued software
Category:Graphical user interfaces
Category:Software that uses GTK
Category:Software that uses QML
Category:Touch user interfaces
Category:Ubuntu
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Unity logo.svg?width=300
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enUnity
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