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1. Bø!rge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Thursday, 23-Feb-2023 02:58:46 JST Bø!rge

   #Canonical has been imperative to the growth and simplification of Linux "for human beings". There's no doubt the whole community has a lot to thank them for! The first time I tried Linux for real was with #Ubuntu 6.06. I've never learned to code or really use the terminal to any degree, but I've stayed on Linux ever since. And it's just gotten better, much thanks to Canonical.

   But something happened to them.

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   • Bø!rge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Thursday, 23-Feb-2023 02:58:27 JST Bø!rge

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     I'm not saying Canonical no longer cares about human beings. But I can't help but wonder where the Linux ecosystem would be if Canonical worked together with the rest, instead of sinking so many resources into their own things all the time.

     Competition is good. Trying out different things is good. But at some point you need to let the best win.

     And for packaging it seems clear to me that that point is now, and Canonical should join the rest of the community and support Flatpak.

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   • Bø!rge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Thursday, 23-Feb-2023 02:58:34 JST Bø!rge

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     They became more focused on the tech than the human beings that the tech is supposed to serve. The very thing they used to differentiate themselves got turned on the head, somehow.

     Specifically the tech "invented here" is now more important than what makes Linux better for regular people.

     Personally I was annoyed that they spent resources on Unity instead of making Gnome better, but ok. Many liked Unity. Then there was Mir instead of Wayland, Upstart instead of systemd, and now Snap.

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     Adrian Cochrane repeated this.