They’re giving you 10 years of updates on those packages for free? I know Alma is from Tux Care but that extended support comes at a price as well. Leap is two years. LMDE support ends soon after the newest version. Fedora gets 13 months after the newest version I believe. Maybe I’m wrong on some of those but none of those come close to the free support canonical provides on LTS or Pro.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Leap is two years. LMDE support ends soon after the newest version. Fedora gets 13 months after the newest version I believe.

And they do that without requiring anybody to sign up for a Pro plan. Ubuntu ships unmaintained software to people who don't sign up for Pro. That's a fact.

[–] mrnngglry@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wrong. They merely stop supporting it when a new version is released, just like everyone else. You can skip Pro and get the same experience you get with any other distro.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Wrong.

I'm 100% right.

You can skip Pro and get the same experience you get with any other distro.

And that's where you are wrong. Fedora etc. ship package updates for the entire support cycle. Ubuntu only for Main. Universe is left without formal support. Fedora etc. have no problems shipping updates. I already explained it to you. You just don't understand.

[–] mrnngglry@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago

That is a fundamental difference, the Universe repository is community maintained outside of the Pro service. It always was before Pro too. I don't think Fedora has a separate repo for community-maintained packages. I still don't see the issue with offering something above and beyond what you traditionally have and charging a fee for it. They could just have easily never provided official support for Universe.