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So if I'm reading sources.list correctly, universe repositories don't receive security updates from the Ubuntu team. Is it now the case that they do, as long as
by michrassena 4y ago
So if I'm reading sources.list correctly, universe repositories don't receive security updates from the Ubuntu team. Is it now the case that they do, as long as you've enrolled in Ubuntu Pro?
That makes it sound as if Canonical has taken some kind of responsibility for making these packages secure at a cost for more than five devices.
- josephcsible 4y agoSecurity patches for universe used to be "best-effort". Now they're intentionally withholding all of them from everyone who's not subscribed to Pro.
- michrassena 4y agoThanks, that explains things a bit better. It sounds like it's better to not use the universe repository at all in that case. I don't suppose I can just switch over to Debian for those packages, can I?
- Dylan16807 4y agoWould this patch have existed without the Pro program?
- josephcsible 4y agoI think so. So far, haven't they only cherry-picked existing patches into their packages? Have they written any new patches yet?
- michrassena 4y agoSo is this in fact a good thing reframed as something negative because Canonical is asking for money?
- leidenfrost 4y agoFOSS advocates: "It's free not as in Free Beer but as in freedom!" FOSS users: "I'm gonna take it for granted and if someone ever wants to charge me money for anything open source I'm gonna be very angry".
- orionblastar 4y agoCanonical wants to be another Apple. Ubuntu is like Darwin but Ubuntu Pro is like macOS.