Ubuntu is ditching Unity and going back to GNOME

Canonical’s Mark Shuttleworth has announced that Ubuntu for tablets and phones is dead, and that the Ubuntu desktop OS will be reverting back to GNOME instead of using Unity. It’s a major change, one that Shuttleworth describes as ‘a very difficult decision.’ This spells the end to Canonical’s visions of ‘the convergence future’ — instead, the company will be focusing …