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Ars Technica brings us a rather lackluster review of Ubuntu 14.04. Ubuntu 14.04 review: Missing the boat on big changes
Canonical pushed out Ubuntu 14.04 last week. This release is the first Ubuntu Long Term Support release in two years and will be supported for the next five years.
It feels like, for Canonical at least, this Long Term Support release couldn't have come at a worse time. The company is caught in a transitional phase as it moves from a desktop operating system to a platform that spans devices.
The problem for Canonical is that it's only about 90 percent of the way to a platform-spanning OS, but it just so happens that the company's schedule calls for a Long Term Support release now.
Long Term Support releases are typically more conservative and focus on stability and long-term maintenance rather than experimental or flashy new features. Things that are 90 percent done don't make it into LTS releases. And, unfortunately for Canonical, most of its foundation-shaking changes to Ubuntu are currently only about 90 percent done and thus not part of this release.
It's an unfortunate time for a release in the cycle; Do you think they should have held off and waited for xMir? Or will they finally pry Microsoft Bob away from your cold dead hands?
(Score: 3, Informative) by Angry Jesus on Monday April 28 2014, @06:40PM
> ok, I'm really not up to speed on the interface drama; what is up with Mir?
Mir is a replacement for X, like Wayland. Wayland is already controversial enough on its own. Adding a 3rd, possibly redundant, display server to the mix seems like a recipe for needless waste to a lot of people.
(Score: 2) by Blackmoore on Monday April 28 2014, @06:43PM
ah. ok. i can see the sides of that.