Yes, I like the idea that a teenager can get hold of a second hand laptop, put GNU/Linux on it and have the same tools that people at Google and Facebook and al

Yes, I like the idea that a teenager can get hold of a second hand laptop, put GNU/Linux on it and have the same tools that people at Google and Facebook and all use every day. However, I suspect Canonical need to move the interface into a coherent, fairly tightly integrated stack appropriate to consumer devices so they can make some money and continue to provide a convenient base install and repository system (and pay wages).