Their reasoning is pretty solid. Ubuntu is a terrible upstream for a distribution; it relies on Snap, which is [partially] proprietary. So if a distro is a deri

Their reasoning is pretty solid. Ubuntu is a terrible upstream for a distribution; it relies on Snap, which is [partially] proprietary. So if a distro is a derivate of Ubuntu, it can't have its own Snap repository, so it either uses the upstream repositories with no changes, or has to de-snap. If they're going to de-snap Ubuntu, you might just use Debian as a base. I wonder if these guys are considering joining forces with the Mint guys, since many of their efforts seem to be in the same direction. I definitely hope this brings some extra hands into Debian, which seems to be much in need of it these recent times.