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Old 03-02-2013, 09:53 AM   #1
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I noticed in one of my Ubuntu laptops that in the System Monitor page it still says that it is using Gnome 3.6.0. However, I know that Ubuntu doesn't use Gnome anymore. Why does it still show Gnome?

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Ubuntu does use Gnome, it just uses Unity on top of it, instead of the Gnome Shell.
 
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Unity is a shell interface for the GNOME desktop environment developed by Canonical Ltd for its Ubuntu operating system.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_%28user_interface%29
 
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