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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

Feb 21

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?

Thomas

@_twvd

Feb 21

RHEL has it's use cases, but I doubt

@awesomekling

's desktop is one of them.

namazso

@namazso

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

2:15 PM · Feb 21, 2023

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Fabian Dellwing

@dellwingf

Feb 21

And is only relevant if you absolutely need to stay on an old Ubuntu or app version. Just staying on top of LTS is enough for most users to never have to think about that.