[$] Dividing the Linux desktop The Ubuntu desktop has been committed to the Unity shell for some time;
more recently, Canonical also
announcedthat Ubuntu will be moving over to
the new, in-house Mir display server. That decision raised a number of
eyebrows at the time, given that most of the desktop Linux community had
long since settled on Wayland as its way forward. As time passes, though,
the degree to which Canonical is breaking from the rest of the community is
becoming increasingly clear. The Linux desktop could never be described as
being "unified," but the split caused by projects like Mir and
SurfaceFlinger may prove to be more profound
than the desktop wars of the past.