Ubuntu Personal is going to be great, with its snappy packaging, transactional updates, application confinement, and Unity 8 running on Mir.

But wait -- I have to use a specialized DEB-packaged application that uses X11 to get work done in my office/lab/classroom... do I need to switch away Ubuntu?

They evolved. They rebelled. There are many copies. And they have a plan. It's called "Libertine." Let's discuss that plan.