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Ubuntu Pro subscription - should you pay to use Linux? (optimizedbyotto.com)

submitted 8 months ago by cm0002@no.lastname.nz to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] mech@feddit.org 7 points 8 months ago (4 children)

TIL as a normal Ubuntu user, you don't get quick and high-quality security updates.

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[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 14 points 8 months ago (3 children)

You do, but not when your distro is EoL and not with livepatching to avoid reboots.

https://ubuntu.com/security/esm

https://ubuntu.com/pro

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[–] lemmyng@piefed.ca 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Not true. 22.04 is not EoL and it doesn't get all CVE patches backported unless you're on Pro.

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[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child)

Huh, that was hidden deeper than I like. https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1452497/what-are-esm-apps-and-how-do-they-relate-to-ubuntu-pro

edit: adding some relevant links

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[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago

From the link:

Here, the Ubuntu developers roll out in-house universe security patches (additional backports of new patches against historical versions of the packages), which was previously not available

I'm not sure every package should be considered supported in LTS, so this not being available by default looks ok for me

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