The linux community isn't a big fan of Canonical. Everyone starts with Ubuntu, distro hops, installs Debian or Arch configured according to them and tries to bring Ubuntu back from the dark side.
Canonical used to be The Chosen One, the prophesied savior that would decend from the heavens and bring us a reasonable chance at actually having a Year of the Linux Desktop. Then something happened, and they turned to the darkside, started adopting the worst behaviors of Microsoft, and here we are. Sadly they are still promoted as the recommended "generic" distro for the masses.