The past few Ubuntu release announcements have made it seem like the developers are not enthusiastic about their distributions and are in a holding pattern. The community spins in particular mostly read like "We had to put up an announcement, the kernel has been updated." There doesn't seem to be much innovation happening.
(The exception seems to be Ubuntu Studio. They still convey excitement and a sense of adding something new to the ecosystem.)
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