one down, one to go..
Unlike some other comments to the contrary, I DID leave Ubuntu exactly because of the Unity crap (along with phone home AppStore). But I'm not ready quite yet to feel the love again for Ubuntu, First there is one more item that has to go: that Pottering Piece of stinking Excrement called systemd. Only when that has been accomplished, will I start using and/or recommending any Ubuntu variant again.