Ubuntu Unity is dead: Desktop will switch back to GNOME next year
<i>Canonical is also ending development of Ubuntu software for phones and tablets, spelling doom for the goal of creating a converged experience with phones acting as desktops when docked with the right equipment.</i><p>I'm surprised there isn't more discussion here about that part.  I'm really saddened to read that.  When the project was first unveiled, it looked like <i>exactly</i> the sort of experience I want out of a smartphone.