<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 6:48 PM, Charlie Kravetz <<a href="mailto:cjk@teamcharliesangels.com">cjk@teamcharliesangels.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 <div class="im"> On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:36:07 -0600 Chuck Bearden <<a href="mailto:cfbearden@gmail.com">cfbearden@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > This article > > <<a href="http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/71717.html" target="_blank">http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/71717.html</a>> > > suggests that as of Ubuntu 11.04, desktop environments other than > Unity won't be an option, though it's hard to be sure exactly what is > being claimed. > > Does anyone here know if xfce will be part of the Ubuntu distribution > after 11.04? Will I have the option of running an xfce4-based desktop? > > Thanks, > Chuck > </div>Unity is a shell used with Gnome. It is not planned at this time for compatibility with Xfce, which is the Xubuntu desktop environment. Since the Unity developers are not planning to completely replace Gnome at this time there are no plans to take Xubuntu away from Ubuntu. </blockquote><div> Furthermore, the article has several inaccuracies and isn't good reporting IMO. For example, the first screenshot is not the Unity shell but an old version of the netbook remix that has been phased out. Unity also isn't "the only shell option", as there will still be the option to run GNOME's regular shell (not sure whether that'll be GNOME 3's gnome-shell, or the panel setup of GNOME 2). I could point out a few more inaccuracies, point is that I would take it with quite a few grains of salt. Anyway, Unity is not a desktop environment (like Xfce is) - it just replaces a part of GNOME. Xubuntu, on the other hand, also includes a few parts of the GNOME desktop environment that e.g. aren't provided by Xfce or fit the Xubuntu mission better. Xfce is and will be part of Xubuntu, and will be able to be installed in plain Ubuntu too. Best, Vincent </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> - -- Charlie Kravetz Xubuntu Interim Project Lead Linux Registered User Number 425914 [<a href="http://counter.li.org/" target="_blank">http://counter.li.org/</a>] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [<a href="http://keepingdreams.com" target="_blank">http://keepingdreams.com</a>] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) </blockquote></div> -- Vincent