When Ubuntu debuted in October 2004 it was designed to be a variation of Debian Linux. It used the same method of installing software as Debian via apt-get and GUI tools such as Synaptic.

When it debuted, Ubuntu celebrated the core ubuntu philosophical belief of “humanity towards others” and rebelled against the corporate fascists at Microsoft and Apple.

The old Ubuntu of years ago was a great OS. It had a great community which treated others with respect. It had a great presence among consumers and producers of alternative media. In fact, back in 2009, I made the first version of Infowars OS based on Xubuntu 9.04.

So what happened to the Ubuntu of old?

Short answer is a timeless expression: Money talks, bullshit walks.

Canonical is so desperate to topple the duopoly of Microsoft and Apple that they have no problem selling out on their principles and become just another corporate sham.

Or was this the plan all along?

To understand the reasoning behind Canonical’s agenda to turn Ubuntu into proprietary garbage, you have to look at the company’s key leaders: current CEO Mark Shuttleworth and former CEO Jane Silber.

Let’s begin with Silber. One of Silber’s past employers was General Dynamics C4 Systems where she served as a vice president. C4 Systems is what you could call the IT department of General Dynamics, one of the most prolific war profiteers of the Military Industrial Complex.

In the mid 2000s, it was revealed that General Dynamics was involved in creating fake psyop websites in order to boost support for the Global War on Terror.

It was also revealed that General Dynamics spied on anti-war activists and reported their activities, names, and locations to the Department of Homeland Security as possible “domestic extremists.”

The moment I began to question the reputation of Ubuntu was when I discovered Silber’s past with General Dynamics. When I brought my concerns about her past to other Ubuntu users, I was viciously attacked as “Microsoft shill,” “anti-open source” (which is laughable because Ubuntu’s kernel contains some proprietary code), “conspiracy theorist” (the favorite insult of intellectually-inept cowards who try to shut down criticism of the rich and powerful), and even “misogynist.”

In fact, one week after I raised my concerns on the Ubuntu Forums, I was completely banned. My user name, email, and all IP addresses associated with my account were permanently banned.

So what was the last straw which resulted in my account getting banned?

When I revealed Mark Shuttleworth’s close ties to George Soros and the Open Society Institute. Both the Shuttleworth Foundation and Soros’ OSI have funded pet projects together.

What kind of pet projects? The kind which calls for ending national sovereignty in favor of a one-world government where unelected bureaucrats in league with groups such as Bilderberg, the WHO, the UN, the CFR, the Trilateral Commission, the Bohemian Club, the Club of Rome (which Shuttleworth and Soros are known members of), and the World Economic Forum. Yes. The same WEF which says you will eat bugs and GMO soy instead of meat and dairy now controls the open source software movement.

For many years, Ubuntu has become suspicious in nature. Shortly after Silber was appointed the new CEO, Canonical began putting geolocating spyware in Ubuntu.

For many years, Richard Stallman exposed Ubuntu for having spyware. How was he rewarded? He was rewarded by having a quote about pedophilia taken out of context and cancalled by the #MeToo cunts who forced him away from the Free Software Foundation.

Now that the Free Software Foundation has been essentially neutered, Canonical is going all-in on their agenda to turn their once-free software into overpriced proprietary shitware which they won’t hesitate to defend using the DMCA. (This is the main reason I switched InfowarsOS to Debian. I knew if I continued to base it on Ubuntu, Canonical would hit me hard with a DMCA takedown notice and hefty legal expenses which would bankrupt me.)

So how does Canonical plan to turn Ubuntu into a proprietary OS?

By changing the way you install Ubuntu a d the way you install software on Ubuntu.

The newest version of Ubuntu – 23.04 – is the first to ship with the new installer based on Flutter and installed as a snap package. This means if you remaster Ubuntu 23.04 in CUBIC and completely purge the Snap framework, you will wind up with a live disc image which will run fine live, however the installer will not work.

Snap is Ubuntu’s main way of installing software. It is now the standard app store on Ubuntu and Xubuntu. The Snap framework is full of proprietary code, meaning you cannot legally redistribute an Ubuntu remaster unless Snap has been removed. In fact, putting out a respin of Debian which includes the Snap framework is actually a DMCA violation.

Several weeks ago, Canonical announced that future editions of Ubuntu will have everything installed as snaps. Yes. The Linux kernel will be a snap package. GNOME will be distributed via Snap.

What is the purpose of Canonical having everything be installed as snaps? Not only would it make it illegal to modify an all-snap Ubuntu (as snap is proprietary and alterting proprietary software without permission is illegal), but it would also make it much more difficult to alter an Ubuntu ISO to include the software that you want.

Lastly, the OMG! Ubuntu website reported that soon, all versions of Ubuntu will prioritize snap packages over DEB files snd Flatpaks.

If Ubuntu keeps going down this path, it could force many Ubuntu derivatives such as Linux Mint or Zorin OS to switch their code base to Debian or shut down entirely. (Linux Mint has a version based on Debian in the event Canonical ends Ubuntu or bans altering Ubuntu.)