Well, it was expected but it made me sad, anyway. Yesterday it became official
that there will be no more Ubuntu Touch mobile devices and the system itself
will be abandoned.
Yes, the Ubuntu Touch was actually an Android with top-level based on the Mir
server and the Unity 8. Thus it combined limitations of the Android (as you
well know, the Android is NOT the real Linux nor the UNIX) and the
experimental nature of the Mir and the Unity 8 (it's based on the Qt 5.x - the
normal, old Unity 7 uses Gtk+).
So I will continue to use my phone (bq Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Editon) and tmy M10
tablet as long as they will be usable and then probably I will have to switch
to ther normal Android. Or, it I will be able to find a working dumbe phone
with two SIM slots, I will return to use of that thing.
I also do have mixed feelings about the end of the traditional Unity on the
Ubuntu desktop and the proposed switch back to GNOME. When Ubuntu left the
GNOME it was time when GNOME 2.x was a current version - in that time it was
the best desktop not only in the Linux world: a bit conservative, stable, well
designed and just enough configurable (I still often use this version on our
Ultra 40 workstation at work so I should know). To be honest, it is only
complex deskkop environemnt that I like (but I still prefer just a simple but
powerull window manager - I use FVWM just now, for example).
The Unity was more cute but in the terms of usability it was a huge step back.
Unfortunately, the Unity is still far before the modern GNOME 3.x (both in the
usability and in resources usage). So I'm curious how the Ubuntu 18.04 desktop
will look.
