I've long since given up on Ubuntu and Gnome.

I do still choose Ubuntu repo-based distributions. I tried Debian repo-based but found inexcusable arbitrary differences in packages so don't trust them as much. I hope that the Ubuntu repository doesn't get so tainted that we need a third. Flatpack is starting to look like a worthwhile default for a lot of cases.

Isn't Ubuntu that distribution where someone took Debian and made it all corporate? Then you're surprised it feels like using Windows?

Seems reasonable to me that they’re now giving 5 machines of extended package support and patching to everyone and to mention it to their users.

I've always seen Ubuntu as extremely non-utilitarian, given that the desktop is slow and buggy as hell for example, and now even the terminal itself will show ads instead of doing work. I'll stick with Gentoo.