Comment by techntoke
7 years ago
This could be a more recent change, but while I was working there in 2015 it was part of the hiring process to use your own laptop with Ubuntu, and that is how they would test compatibility with multiple devices. Heck, if I could run Arch Linux, I'd consider going back.
This is all third hand information on my part, but I would guess that Canonical's shift towards server and away from desktop could be related.