Unity (user interface)
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Availability
As Unity and the supporting Ayatana projectscite-ref-39[39] are developed primarily for Ubuntu and Ubuntu was the first to offer new versions.
Outside of Ubuntu, other Linux distributors have tried to pick up Ayatana, with varying success. The Ayatana components require modification of other applications, which increases the complexity for adoption by others.
• Arch Linux offers many Ayatana components, including Unity and Unity 2D, via an unofficial repository or through AUR.cite-ref-40[40]
• Fedora does not offer Unity in its default repositories because Unity requires unsupported patches to GTK.cite-ref-41[41] However Unity 6 has been ported to Fedora 17 and can be installed through a branch in the openSUSE repositories where the patches are applied.cite-ref-42[42] Newer Fedora and Unity versions are not supported.cite-ref-sdb-unity-43-0[43]
• Frugalware had adopted Ayatana, including Unity and Unity 2D, as part of the development branch for an upcoming Frugalware release but the project is no longer maintained.cite-ref-44[44]
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