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Ubuntu’s default desktop is about to look more like upstream GNOME than it has in years — but before you panic unduly, I should stress that it will still look (mostly) the same as it does now. The Yaru theme team — try saying that several times in a row — is undertaking a refactor of their GNOME Shell stylesheet (“theme”) ahead of the next long-term support release, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, which is due out in April and will include GNOME 50. Rather than continuing to maintain a customised stylesheet for GNOME Shell, it will instead use the default theme […]
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