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Ubuntu's trust problem in 4 concrete issues - verified facts, no FUD (media.piefed.social)
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[–] 13 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

The updates available through Ubuntu Pro wouldn’t have normally been available prior to Pro. It’s an added service, not something that was previously available that is now locked behind a paywall. There are plenty of reasons to not like Canonical but this isn’t one.

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  • [–] -2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    It’s an added service, not something that was previously available that is now locked behind a paywall.

    I didn't say anything about it having changed, so your "now" is disingenuous. Fact is, update support by Canonical for Universe is locked behind Ubuntu Pro. Non-Ubuntu distributions such as CachyOS/Fedora/Bazzite/openSUSE/Debian/... don't have this hostile behaviour.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    They also don’t provide those updates. I am a Fedora guy by the way. I’m not defending Canonical, just pointing out that this is a silly reason to dislike them.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    They also don’t provide those updates.

    Fedora allows all updates that do not break compatibility. To update packages in Universe means adhering to overly zealous version number freeze policy, whereas leaf packages in Fedora can be updates without much fuss. I contributed a small number (only two or three) of updates to Fedora packages years ago. Nothing was a core package, only tiny stand-alone utilities, so the stuff that would be in Universe under Ubuntu, but they had new version numbers. Updates were accepted by the maintainers without much trouble.

    I am a Fedora guy by the way.

    So you should know that I'm right.

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