Ubuntu’s desktop is about to look more like upstream GNOME than it has in years — but before you panic unduly, it will still look like Ubuntu (mostly). The Yaru theme team — try saying that several times in a row — has embarked on a refactor of its GNOME Shell theme aimed at the next long-term support release, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Instead of maintaining a separate, customised stylesheet for GNOME Shell it will use the default GNOME Shell theme and apply changes on top. Thought they were already doing that? Not quite. Currently, Ubuntu’s ‘Shell’ theme is structurally custom, […]
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