Ubuntu Unity is an official flavor of Ubuntu, using the Unity desktop environment. Use this tag for questions specific to this flavor.
Ubuntu Unity has been an official flavor of Ubuntu since 2022, using a developed version of the Unity 7 desktop environment originally present in Ubuntu 17.04 and earlier.
Unity was originally written as a plugin for Compiz (a compositing window manager for X Window System), which utilizes GPU hardware acceleration for desktop and window effects.
The Unity desktop takes you back to the simple and elegant workflow before Gnome 3 was adopted, with features such as the heads-up display (HUD), the Global Menu, powerful search and a high level of customizability with the Unity Tweak Tool.
