I-Canonical izamile ukulinganisa i-GNOME ngokuthanda kunye noManyano, kodwa njengoko uyazi, ayisayi kuphinda iphunyezwe kwiinguqulelo ze-Ubuntu njengoko besesitshilo apha, ke ngoku siza kuba nendawo ecocekileyo ye-GNOME ngaphandle kweenguqulelo ezizayo ze incasa edumileyo yenkampani. Oku kunokucaphukisa abaninzi ababone ubumbano njengenye indlela I-GNOME ShellKodwa kubonakala ngathi ezo zithembiso zokudibana kunye noManyano 8 azizukufezekisa okwangoku.
Inyani yile yokuba kukho inkitha yeendawo ezizezinye ze-desktop ukuba awuyithandi i-GNOME kunye ne-GNOME Shell, ungenza nokuba usebenzise iipakethi ezingenakubalwa onokuzifaka ukulungisa ukubonakala kweShell ye-GNOME kwaye wongeze idokodo, njl. uyazi kakuhle. Ewe, yile nto eli nqaku lithetha ngayo, enye yezi zinto zinokukhethwa kwimenyu yesicelo okanye i-app launcher ene-GNOME Shell inayo. Enye indlela ibizwa ngokuba yiMenyu yeArc kwaye ijongeka ngathi iyimenyu yokuqala enokubonakala kuyo Windows 7.
Imenyu yeArc isinika Imenyu yendabuko kwaye iyafana ncam neWindows njengoko besitshilo, kodwa inokwenziwa ngemixholo, kunye nokuvumela ukufikelela ngokukhawuleza kulawulo lwasekhaya, useto lwenkqubo, kunye nokukhethwa kweseshoni yomsebenzisi. Ikwavumela ukuba ukhangele izicelo okanye uzikhathalele ngokwendidi. Yiprojekti esebenzayo nesebenzisekayo enokwenza ukuhlala kwakho neGNOME Shell kube mnandi ngakumbi ukuba awuphelanga ukuthanda imenyu emiselweyo kakhulu.
Ukongeza, i-LinxGem33, ngubani umphuhlisi weMenyu yeArc, uthembisile ukuba kuyakubakho uphuculo olutsha kwaye uyakongeza ukusebenza ngakumbi kwi ulwandiso lweGNOME esiyibeka kuwe namhlanje. Ukuba ufuna ukufaka ngokulula Imenyu yeArc ngonqakrazo olunye ukusuka kwiwebhusayithi yeGNOME apho kukho khona izandiso, ungayenza ngokunqakraza kule khonkco okanye kungenjalo ungaya kwindawo yeGitHub okanye eminye imithombo apho iprojekthi ikhoyo.