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A comment on Ubuntu 18.04: Unity is gone, Gnome is back, and Ubuntu has never been better. Parent comment

Re:Ubuntu 18.04: Unity is gone, Gnome is back, and Ubuntu ha... by criddell on Thursday May 10, 2018 @12:43PM (#17040521)
Was Microsoft ahead of its time with Active Desktop?
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Re:Ubuntu 18.04: Unity is gone, Gnome is back, and Ubuntu ha... by tomc1985 on Thursday May 10, 2018 @01:50PM (#17041269)
Yes...
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Re:Ubuntu 18.04: Unity is gone, Gnome is back, and Ubuntu ha... by nasredin on Thursday May 10, 2018 @02:54PM (#17041892)
And ActiveX was basically Electron!
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Re:Ubuntu 18.04: Unity is gone, Gnome is back, and Ubuntu ha... by tomc1985 on Thursday May 10, 2018 @05:44PM (#17043239)
In reverse! Oh, you want your desktop app on a website eh?

Note that Active Desktop and ActiveX were not really related beyond being MS-powered internet technologies.

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