Unity (user interface)
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Development
Unity was originally unveiled on 10 May 2010 during Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth's keynote at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Brussels.cite-ref-51[51] It was announced as the new interface of both Ubuntu Netbook Edition and a then-planned OEM platform called Ubuntu Light.cite-ref-52[52] The new interface was also made available for download during the keynote and visitors of the summit could try it out on a Dell Mini 10v.cite-ref-pauljul10-53-0[53] Shuttleworth cited philosophical differences with the GNOME team over the user experience to explain why Ubuntu would use Unity as the default user interface instead of GNOME Shell, beginning April 2011, with Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal).cite-ref-canonicalsplits-54-0[54] Jono Bacon later explained that Ubuntu will continue to function with the GNOME interface with Unity as a variant of it.cite-ref-55[55]
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