Yes, you heard it right as Martin Wimpress, Ubuntu desktop lead is leaving Canonical. He joined Canonical in 2017 as a desktop lead in 2019, taking over the role from Will Cooke.
I’ll soon⏳be leaving Canonical. I’m very excited to be joining the fine people @SlimDevOps?Despite the change, I’ll continue to lead @ubuntu_mate; it’s my passion?project. Naturally, I’ll remain an enthusiastic #Ubuntu & Snapcraft community contributor?
— Martin ? Wimpress (@m_wimpress) February 2, 2021
Wimpress will be joining Slim.ai very soon.