The developers of the project ubuntu unity , developing the unofficial edition of Ubuntu Linux with the desktop Unity, intensified about the formation of a stable output of the user shell unity 7.6 . The Unity 7 shell is based on the GTK library and is optimized for an effective vertical space used on laptops with large -format screens. Code is distributed under the GPLV3 license. Ready -made packages formed for ubuntu 04.22.
The last significant release of Unity 7 was published in May 2016, after which only errors were added to the branch, and support was carried out group of enthusiasts . In Ubuntu 16.10 and 17.04, in addition to Unity 7, the Unity 8 shell was included in the QT5 library and the MIR server. Initially, Canonical planned to replace the Unity 7 shell using GTK and GNOME technologies with Unity 8, but the plans have changed in Ubuntu 17.10 a return to the standard GNOME with the Ubuntu Dock panel, and the development of Unity 8 was discontinued.
The development of Unity 8 picked up the Ubports project, which develops its Fork under the name Lomiri. The Unity 7 shell was in an abandoned form for some time, until in 2020 a new unofficial edition of Ubuntu – Ubuntu Unity was created on its basis. Distribution Ubuntu Unity develops rudra saraswat , Twelve-year-old teenage from India.
Among changes in Unity 7.6:
- Modeling of the application menu (DASH) and a pop-up fast search interface HUD (Heads-Up Display).
It was earlier:
- The transition to a flatter appearance is made, but with the preservation of blurred effects.
- redistributed design of the elements of the side panel menu and pop -up hints.
