GNOME desktop environment uses Unity as a graphical shell. However, Unity was initially developed by Canonical Ltd. for its Ubuntu operating system. The Ubuntu 10.10 notebook edition was the first ...

Instead, Natty will feature Unity, the multitouch and 3D-enabled interface that made its debut earlier this month in the distribution’s netbook edition of Maverick Meerkat, or Ubuntu 10.10.

This update is a free one for all Unity 4.x users, though it’s said that it’s the last major update before Unity ships version 5.0. For the curious, here’s a 30 minute demo of all the new UI ...