I have not one clue what Lunduke Show, Linux Gamer, PlanetKDE or PlanetGnome were until you listed them out.

Not saying I'm the majority (I'm not) but it's pretty safe to say that the problem then resides in the targeted groups - they're not putting their money into this whereas you'd think they would.

Marketing has become a necessary evil, unfortunately.

Regardless, it would be nice to see this not fail. Better yet, I'd like to see Ubuntu's Shuttleworth cover the rest because of the failure that was Ubuntu Touch (not mentioning the Ubuntu Edge).