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I didn’t have a say in the matter of OS choice, it doesn’t matter how well-publicized Ubuntu’s stance is, it’s wrong. I don’t care if it’s not an LTS, keep the
by dgfitz 1y ago
I didn’t have a say in the matter of OS choice, it doesn’t matter how well-publicized Ubuntu’s stance is, it’s wrong. I don’t care if it’s not an LTS, keep the fucking repos open and advertise you’re using an insecure OS. Let me, the user, make that choice. Don’t pretend I’m stupid and need some kind of benevolent dictator to make choices for me, or handicap me because they’re smarter than me. They’re not.
- dismalaf 1y ago"Keeping the repos open" has a cost on their part. Servers aren't free. If you think you're smart then mirror your own repos.
- dgfitz 1y agoReally? How much more can it cost to host their LTS and non LTS repos open at the same time? C’mon, that’s such a weak argument I think you know it.
- dismalaf 1y agoIf there's no cost in time, effort or equipment then mirror it yourself. It's easy, right? Or just use an LTS distro like literally every single other organization that depends on Ubuntu for their business SMH. Like, it's absurd to even think about...
- dgfitz 1y agoYou ignored the premise. I can’t update. Shake you head, I didn’t make the call, canonical did.
- dismalaf 1y agoAnyhow someone else showed they do indeed host old repos, just in a different place. Also, why can't you update? Who the hell made that contract? And is it the client the said you can't update or Canonical? Because the latter seems sus...
- eddythompson80 1y agoThat’s exactly how it works. If you want to use an unsupported, insecure OS, you just have to opt into it. You opt into it by changing your repositories to the https://old-releases.ubuntu.com https://old-releases.ubuntu.com archive mirror. You can install and use Ubuntu 6.10 if you want.