Talk:Ubuntu version history/Archive 2

GNOME version for 17.10
I am missing the GNOME version for 17.10 (the version of Ubuntu that marked the switch back to GNOME).

The GNOME version appears to be 3.26 - Ubuntu Linux will never be the same after version 17.10 (ZDNet).

--Mortense (talk) 09:21, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

“Gnome shell” conflict
Under version 11.04, it states Ubuntu switched to Unity from the Gnome Shell

Under version 17.10, it states Ubuntu abandoned Unity and used Gnome Shell for the first time.

Version 11.04 was released in 2010, and Gnome Shell was released in 2011.

I believe, as I understand it, that Gnome 1 and 2 used “Gnome Panel”, and Gnome shell was in fact a change in 2011. So version 11.04’s section should say and link to gnome panel. Unless I’m wrong, in which case version 17.10’s section should say it’s switching back to Gnome Shell.

For clarity, I’d go further and state more clearly that Ubuntu used Gnome desktop, with the gnome panel interface, switched to unity, gave up on unity, switched back to gnome desktop, but used gnome shell interface for the first time. But I’m not familiar enough with Ubuntu and Gnome to make this change unilaterally. Abomb7682 (talk) 08:35, 10 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks for bringing this up. The Gnome Shell mention under Ubuntu 11.04 was an error. I have linked it to GNOME 2 instead. The rest seems to be correct. - Ahunt (talk) 14:00, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Screenshots are a bit of a mess
The screenshots of the releases in this article have different resolutions, languages, and whether the file manager, menu, or browser is present.

The first few screenshots are taken by the same person resulting in a lot of consistency. However, the rest are taken by a myriad of people over time as the releases appeared resulting in the problem I've described above.

AlfosXD (talk) 18:49, 7 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Yes, quite true, but we are limited by what is available for old Ubuntu screenshots on Commons. It is really just the nature of a crowdsourced encyclopedia. I don;t really see a fix unless you have every old ISO and the old hardware to boot it on to make new uniform screenshots. - Ahunt (talk) 19:34, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Ubuntu version history
Ubuntu version history has sections: for example:
 * Warty Warthog REDIRECTs to Ubuntu version history
 * Ubuntu 4.10 REDIRECTs to Ubuntu version history
 * Ubuntu Warty needs a REDIRECT to Ubuntu version history
 * Ubuntu warty needs a REDIRECT to Ubuntu version history
 * Ubuntu warthog needs a REDIRECT to Ubuntu version history
 * Ubuntu Warthog needs a REDIRECT to Ubuntu version history
 * et cetera, ...
 * 's user script redirectcreator might help. .... 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 19:27, 24 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Why would this be needed? - Ahunt (talk) 20:00, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Official variants version history
Considering the unnecessary length of version history of, for example, Kubuntu, and the fact that Ubuntu variants will share a lot of common history, should we consider adding notes about them here and simplify version history of official variants to look more like the one from Ubuntu?

I would broaden the scope of this page a little bit, but I thinks variants are not worth their own version history pages. – K4rolB (talk) 11:42, 29 April 2022 (UTC)


 * I don't think that would work - look at Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu Unity for instance. They all have their own distinct version histories, changes and reviews, separate from Ubuntu. - Ahunt (talk) 12:06, 29 April 2022 (UTC)