As a long-time Linux user, I'm okay with this. I used to think Mint was an easier transition for Windows users, but Ubuntu is likely the 'sweet spot' for the general public.

Meanwhile, I've mostly moved to Debian.

> he credited Canonical's failed Unity desktop approach for helping the company become more profitable than ever, as the issue forced the business to focus on server, cloud, and IoT offerings.

This is quite a way to spin a negative into a positive.

Plan all they want, Snap is trash, gnome is painful and for someone who was sused to using one version of windows for a decade updating to a different animal version every year or so is a head fuck.

Isn't this guy one of the first to declare "the year of Linux on the desktop" back around 1998?