[Cialug] Ubuntu kills Unity, Mir, phone, and tablets

[David Champion]

That's why there are so many derivatives... xubuntu, kubuntu, and a bunch
of spin-off distros.

While other distros just let you switch window manager / desktop
environments at will. Have never understood Ubuntu's philosophy on trying
to lock everyone into one desktop.

-dc

On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 4:36 PM, Sean Flattery <sean.r.flattery at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Shuttleworth announced version 18.04 LTS will move back to gnome as they're
> ending development for Unity.  They'll also start using Weyland instead of
> Mir, and phones and tablets will end too.  Here's an article for more info:
> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/
> 04/ubuntu-unity-is-dead-desktop-will-switch-back-to-gnome-next-year/
>
> Time to celebrate or mourn, depending on your point of view.  Unity caused
> a lot of people to leave Ubuntu, maybe using gnome will bring them back?
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