Ubuntu 12.04 LTS removing unity and installing GNOME

[Colin Law]

On 7 June 2012 16:22, Albert Wagner <albertwagner at cox.net> wrote:
> 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).

Kubuntu uses KDE which is not based on Gnome

>
> 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)?

Who is that addressed to?  I never suggested anything of the sort.

Colin