Google Plus

Ubuntu’s Unity is now available in Fedora

Written by Panos Georgiadis on . Posted in Fedora, News

I guess we all are some how familiar with “Unity” desktop and some of you may already be fond of it. Well, it’s true that even the sound of the word “Unity” is interwoven with Ubuntu, so Unity is some kind of Ubuntu’s property.

Don’t get me wrong here, may the source code and all the components be free and available for anyone who wants to fork and adapt this technology, yet Ι have to admit that it’s Ubuntu developers who have done all the dirty work up there. Ever since the project had started, many individual users, beta testers, bugsquad team, and MOTUs, are all of them working together to make Unity better and better everyday. In respect to these people, please allow me to say that Unity is Ubuntu’s gift to the open source community.

Hey, wait a moment sir… Did you say Open Source ?

That’s right. Recently, a team of passionate GNOME developers Ayatana, made Ubuntu’s Unity desktop available for Fedora. Their repository is currently available at OpenSUSE Build Service and it’s ready to be tested from developers. Take a look:

No mistake here, this is not stable at all, since a single update can cause problem into your system’s core packages. Moreover, there’s a problem using Dash lenses for video and the left bar’s autohide function is not working properly. Also, several icons are duplicated and some others haven’t even packaged yet.

In addition, if you want to install Unity in your Fedora 17 after reading this article, you should be very careful, since this Unity fork  messes up seriously with Fedora updates (downgrading and replacing Fedora packages and stuff like that). Just don’t scream at me later…you have been warned!

Personally, I recommend you to wait until Fedora says it’s safe to use it. Patience its a virtue after all. But even so, this is a lovely surprise for the Linux community.

Good news are not just for Fedorians, but Mandriva and OpenSUSE Factory (unstable branch) have already joined the project. So, if you are not using Ubuntu but you like its Unity desktop – now you can have it ;)

For questions please refer to our Q/A forum at : http://ask.unixmen.com

Panos Georgiadis

Panos is studying Control Systems Engineering. He has passion with both hardware and software and writes articles and reviews for many IT websites. In his free time, he plays guitar and drinks beer with friends. Contact: drpaneas (at) gmail (dot) com
  • epikvision

    But what about the Ubuntu icon? 

    • http://www.osarena.org/ Panos Georgiadis

      Great observation. I think it will remain the same but who knows ?

      • Suraey

         No it wont. Image can be changed by single setting…

    • http://www.osarena.org/ Panos Georgiadis

      Great observation. I think it will remain the same but who knows ?

    • Chrisjones

       Logos and images can always be changed.

  • Roger Parkinson

    I always turn off Unity and use Gnome. 

    • Halky

      Unity also uses Gnome. So in your post you probably mean Gnome Shell, is it?

  • Alec

    Indeed, please cease talking about stuff you don’ grasp.

  • epicguest

    How about adding Ubuntu software center to Fedora? Unity is the least important to me 

    • Suraey

      In Ubuntu 12.10 thas is going to be released in October there will be a new Ubuntu Software Center – Gnome Shell fork. So you probably already have some kind of Ubuntu Software Center ;)

  • Cpx

    Who needs that shit ?

  • Pan Łukasz

    I’m using Fedora and I want to tell you one thing. No Unity, no GNOME. Just KDE.

  • Pingback: Ubuntu Fedora Default Wallpapers Collection – Smashing Web

  • IP

    I am forever thankful to Unity for helping me get rid of Ubuntu and Canonical. I run Mint on one box and Debian on another, I am too lazy to put the same distribution on all my machines, and I don’t care because I don’t feel the difference anyway. Unity, I care. I will use any Linux that does not have Unity, and if one day they put it on all Linuxes, I will get a Mac and switch to MacOS. Thank you.

Like us on Facebook

This week Top Posts

Write for us

Recent Comments

Ladi Oyekanmi

|

Could you please assist in step by step on how to install nagios on solaris

Adhraa

|

Greate tutorial :)

pigmej

|

Just one thing:

What about pep8 in your python code ? How can you give ‘tutorials’ on quite popular website, of such a bad quality ?

Amit Rai

|

I just renamed shared.xml and it logged in and created a new shared.xml.

DB Griffin

|

Larry Page is not being completely honest! The manner in which the PRISM program/project works does not need access from company administrators or owners, so called “direct access”; the access to the information is already there. These tech company CEOs take for granted the actual intelligence of most end users of their products. All it takes is a little digging and reading to go from ignorant to informed on these things especially on exactly how the internet works/functions in the U.S.A. I find Larry Page’s remarks just as laughable as Al Gore’s claim to “inventing” the internet/world wide web!

If you, as an end user, are reading this post; I challenge you to research these matters yourself. It really is quite simple with all the “information sites” that exist on the web today ie Wikipedia, & other online encyclopedias that actually list source material, as well as highly respected tech sites and blogs that also list their source material. Be warned: this is only the tip of the iceberg and these tech CEOs know and understand this; they are scrambling in attempt to perform DAMAGE CONTROL to save the company and what little trust thay have left from their products end users/consumers.

Am I a skeptic? I believe someone has to be or needs to be at this point in time! If your not just a little skeptical of the government, tech companies, and the people that are in charge of these agencies and companies; you need to be, even if just a little skeptic. For your own personal protection and security! I know I was a part of this community for over 14 years!

 
IDG Tech Network
Copyright © 2008-2013 Unixmen.com .
Maintained by Anblik .