I've always wondered what is going on with Ubuntu. Right now, after the ICC rug pull, Europe is interested in an OS not controlled by the USA. Canonical should go all-in on an opportunity like this.

But even basic company tooling like Landscape is not doing great (Oh, look, all your machines are not fully patched 5 minutes after we released a patch. Sound the alarms)

Meanwhile, they spend a lot of effort on things that ultimately not gain traction. Upstart or snap might be technically OK, but socially they are dead ends. Half baked Rust coreutils in an LTS? Who asked for that?

I've seen multiple major CVEs and showstopper bugs just sit there, while Debian and Red Hat move weeks faster than them, and other individuals and big companies providing ppas with workarounds.

I like the company, but some major bigwigs over there need to wake up.