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Curiously worded ad(?) for Ubuntu Pro in the "apt upgrade" output: "Get more security updates through Ubuntu Pro" I assume this doesn't mean they're withholding security updates for non-paying users. But... what do they mean? 🤔

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Fabian Dellwing

@dellwingf

Feb 20

All of these are EOL? So if you need them and want them without security issues you need to pay. A lot of software vendors do that I think? On Linux you can at least always self compile.

Thomas

@_twvd

Feb 20

Or use another distro that doesn't feed you this nonsense..

namazso

@namazso

Feb 21

I don't see how no security updates are better than paid security updates

Thomas

@_twvd

Feb 21

Then you need to pick a different distro that does give you security updates..

namazso

@namazso

Not really an argument. If we follow down this line we end up with RHEL 6 which has paid extended lifecycle support right now, but no free rebuilds that provide the same. Now what?

12:45 PM · Feb 21, 2023

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Thomas

@_twvd

Feb 21

RHEL has it's use cases, but I doubt

@awesomekling

's desktop is one of them.

namazso

@namazso

Feb 21

So it's a usecase for Ubuntu Pro's service that starts extended backports at 5 years, but not for RHEL which starts those at 10 years (compared to free rebuilds). At how many years do you draw the line then? Seems pretty arbitrary

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