To me, Ubuntu's glory days were with 10.04. It seemed much more polished than the alternatives at that time. IIRC Shuttleworth took a more governance and less

To me, Ubuntu's glory days were with 10.04. It seemed much more polished than the alternatives at that time. IIRC Shuttleworth took a more governance and less hands-on role after that, and Ubuntu started to focus on server and enterprise support.