Many of us have dreamed of running Linux on all the things, including our TVs. A decade ago, Ubuntu TV promised to make this a reality. What happened, and are would-be Linux TV viewers out of luck? When Ubuntu expanded beyond computers 2012 was an ambitious year for Canonical. Ubuntu was the most popular version of desktop Linux in the world, and Canonical was the company that made that happen. Now it wanted to expand Ubuntu beyond desktops, laptops, and servers.