The Ubuntu Desktop team has asked for help in creating a “Gnome Shell by default” version of the distribution.
It’s presently unclear how or where such an .iso would be distributed, or what branding would be used, but its creation would go part way to appeasing the minority of user who are unhappy with Ubuntu’s default Unity desktop shipping by default.
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