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If you want to get a head start on the future of Ubuntu, check out Ubuntu GNOME[1]. It's an official distribution of Ubuntu and where it's heading.

[1]: https://ubuntugnome.org/

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already using ubuntu gnome since 2013 because I did not like unity. I am so glad this is becoming the main flavour of ubuntu.

If I have well understood, any new installation of ubuntu should use ubuntu gnome in order to be future proof. Or am I missing something ?

or you could use almost any other flavor of ubuntu, since it is highly doubtful they will be going anywhere any time soon.

I personally prefer Lubuntu, or LXDE installed over Unity.

Are there any problems if you install LXDE/XFCE on a normal Ubuntu installation?

I cant speak for XFCE, but LDXE installed flawlessly on a normal Ubuntu installation.

Thank you. I tried it too, and it installed great, but in the process of tweaking one of the two, I changed some setting for appearance and now Unity has a weird theme.

I think I liked LXDE more than XFCE, though. I will play with them some more and see, thank you.

The majority should stick with what they have been running, even Unity which will be supported for many years as part of 16.04.

The 17.10, being the first version with Gnome Shell, will probably have rough edges for those that are used to Unity.

Isn't that old gnome 2?

No. Ubuntu GNOME 17.04 runs Gnome3.24. Ubuntu MATE uses Mate which forked from Gnome2 after the introduction of Gnome3.

youre thinking of Ubuntu MATE, which is supposed to be a continuation of old GNOME 2. Ubuntu GNOME is using GNOME 3.

Is this different from what you get by installing gnome-shell via apt?

In my experience, installing gnome-shell (or ubuntu-gnome-desktop) over a working Ubuntu installation can be dicey. For example, If you install both side-by-side the Unity theme can get a bit screwy, and the desktop-background just renders as a black rectangle.

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