Last week saw the release of Ubuntu 17.10, the first release of Ubuntu to ship without the Unity desktop since it was introduced back in 2011. … The tl;dr he ejected Unity as part of a cost-saving pivot designed to put Canonical on the path toward an initial public offering (known as an “IPO”).

Does Ubuntu 20.04 use Unity?

Unity is not available in the Ubuntu 20.04 standard package repository. Therefore, you will need to visit the Unity store webpage to download the Unity Hub for Ubuntu 20.04. The Unity Hub is a standalone application responsible for downloading and managing Unity installations and projects.

Does Ubuntu 20.04 use GNOME or Unity?

If your Ubuntu 20.04 system is upgraded from Ubuntu 19.10 or Ubuntu 18.04 and the login screen was replaced with the one from GNOME desktop, you can restore Unity login screen by running the following command. And here’s the good old Unity desktop.