I have serious doubts about that due to the role of early Ubuntu in popularizing desktop Linux. For many including me, Ubuntu was the first taste of GNU/Linux and it was a breath of fresh air compared to the contemporary clumsy and cumbersome distros like Fedora. Only Ubuntu from those days has any resemblance to the experience we expect from desktop Linux today.
The problems at Canonical seems like a systemic institutional issue, probably related to egotistic management with temper issues. That of course means that Shuttleworth is the source of those personality disorders. But stillâŠ
It is a good idea. Imagine you are completely new to Ubuntu and want to install chromium. Youâre gonna search on Google how to do that and you will probably find an old article telling you to use APT. If âsudo apt install chromiumâ did not work it would be very frustrating.
