Ubuntu’s desktop is about to look more like upstream GNOME than it has in years — but lest you panic, we’re not talking majorly. The Yaru theme team — try saying that several times in a row — has embarked on a refactor of its GNOME Shell theme ahead of the next long-term support release, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Instead of maintaining a separate, customised stylesheet based on Adwaita, the idea is take a simpler approach: use Adwaita directly, but apply minimal., Ubuntu-specific tweaks on top. Thought they were already doing that? Not quite. Currently, Ubuntu’s ‘Shell’ theme is based on Adwaita (GNOME’s […]