Ubuntu 12.04 LTS removing unity and installing GNOME

[Albert Wagner]

On 06/07/2012 02:03 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 7 June 2012 00:12, Albert Wagner<albertwagner at cox.net>  wrote:
>> On 06/06/2012 09:42 AM, Ryan Gauger wrote:
>>> On 06/06/2012 09:39 AM, Albert Wagner wrote:
>>>> On 06/06/2012 08:28 AM, Ryan Gauger wrote:
>>>>> Is Unity also a shell for GNOME? It's a bit confusing... :)
>>>>>
>>>> That is because so many here erroneously use the phrase "Gnome 3" to
>>>> refer to the "Gnome 3 Shell".  Unity, Gnome 3 Shell, Kubuntu, and Xubuntu
>>>> all sit on top of Gnome 3.  Several other distros dirivative of Ubuntu also,
>>>> obviously, use Gnome 3 (not the Shell).  Also, Mint has two Debian based
>>>> distros that use Gnome 3, but use XFCE or Cinnamon for the desktop.  SolusOS
>>>>   currently ships Gnome 2 and has begun development on a Gnome2  exact
>>>> lookalike, but sitting on top of Gnome 3.
>>>>
>>> KDE isn't built off GNOME 3. GNOME 3 has nothing to do with KDE, XFCE, or
>>> LXDE.
>>>
>> Really?  One of us is definitely confused :)
> I think for once Ryan is right, unless I am also confused.  I thought
> that GNOME (on which Unity runs), KDE, XFCE and LXDE are alternative,
> independent, desktop environments.  Can you provide a reference
> showing how KDE "sits on top of" Gnome, as you stated above?
>
I was thinking of Kubuntu (which is now being cast off by Ubuntu).

It is true that everyone previously dependent on Gnome2 is now in hybrid mode, frantically working to insure that Gnome3(NOT THE SHELL) eventually replaces all of gnome2 in their own distribution; Ubuntu no more, no less than anyone else.  What gives you the idea that Unity has some peculiar magic that allows it and no one else to utilize Gnome3(NOT THE SHELL)?