Canonical is giving Ubuntu Pro users early access to AI-generated patches for known security flaws, available through a new opt-in archive called Edge. To
Hold up, forget the ai factor for a second… They’re putting security fixes behind a paywall? The thing you get free with every other distro? That’s the big business plan?
You get 5 years of updates on the regular LTS releases and then 5 more years for free (up to 5 machines) with the ESM Ubuntu pro subscriptions before needing to pay for the legacy coverage that does cost money.
So I can see this being reasonable considering no other distro offers 15 years of support.
Hold up, forget the ai factor for a second… They’re putting security fixes behind a paywall? The thing you get free with every other distro? That’s the big business plan?
You get 5 years of updates on the regular LTS releases and then 5 more years for free (up to 5 machines) with the ESM Ubuntu pro subscriptions before needing to pay for the legacy coverage that does cost money.
So I can see this being reasonable considering no other distro offers 15 years of support.