Justas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.works to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoCanonical starts charging for Ubuntu LTS security updatesnoobient.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down142
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkCanonical starts charging for Ubuntu LTS security updatesnoobient.comJustas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.works to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareCosmicTurtle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·10 months agoI subscribed to pro with a throwaway email so I’m okay with it generally speaking. But 5 instances is not enough, not even for home personal use. If you’re running VMs for other tasks, you quickly hit this limit. Ubuntu desktop kubuntu VM for yarr xubuntu VM for testing questionable programs Ubuntu on raspberry pi Ubuntu in AWS I donate to Ubuntu annually but I’m at the point of foregoing that donation if I need to subscribe to their subscription model.
minus-squareebits21@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoThen update after 5 years 🤷🏻♂️
I subscribed to pro with a throwaway email so I’m okay with it generally speaking.
But 5 instances is not enough, not even for home personal use. If you’re running VMs for other tasks, you quickly hit this limit.
I donate to Ubuntu annually but I’m at the point of foregoing that donation if I need to subscribe to their subscription model.
Then update after 5 years 🤷🏻♂️