On 6/04/2017 9:08 AM, "Peter Reutemann" <fracpete@waikato.ac.nz> wrote:
>
> 'Today, the company admits that it is throwing in the towel on Unity,
> as well as its vision for convergence with devices like phones and
> tablets. Starting with Ubuntu 18.04, the wonderful GNOME will once
> again become the default desktop environment! "We are wrapping up an
> excellent quarter and an excellent year for the company, with
> performance in many teams and products that we can be proud of. As we
> head into the new fiscal year, it's appropriate to reassess each of
> our initiatives. I'm writing to let you know that we will end our
> investment in Unity8, the phone and convergence shell. We will shift
> our default Ubuntu desktop back to GNOME for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS," says
> Mark Shuttleworth, Founder of Ubuntu and Canonical.'
>
> -- source: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/17/04/05/1812232
>
> <rant>
> Well, looks like some consolidation is happening, not that I consider
> Gnome3 "superior". IMHO MATE is still far better (and making me more
> efficient) than Gnome3. Introducing dynamic workspaces was the worst
> decision ever...

Its great news they are stopping unity.
Gnome is the default for debian so I can understand ubuntu going with gnome.
Why not kde? Its certainly the most bleeding edge enviorment.