So Ubuntu has this model where they pretty much freeze package versions for an Ubuntu release after release, and then they only backport security updates from upstream. There's nothing new here, most distros do it this way. The idea is that this way they can polish the gazillions of package versions
afaik. You still get free updates. But with pro you get 5 more years of updates on lts. making it a total of 10 years.
Which seems completely fair. This is a silly article and too many comments here aren’t understanding this.
If a business wants 10 years of support then yeah they should pay as it’s cheaper than upgrading.
For personal use just goddamn update after 5 years geeze lol.
Edit: this person’s blog post just misunderstands the situation. See here for actual release info and when ESM starts for each release. 5 years standard as of 24.04.
And you can get the extra 5 years for free anyway with a free subscription for up to 5 machines.
Did they misinterpret the VM limitation, or does the personal license not cover VMs?
I think that’s a misinterpretation, considering a VM is going to be the first place an org tests such a program