rob [ at ] echlin [ dot ] ca wrote on 2023-03-05 08:37:
Get more security updates through Ubuntu Pro with 'esm-apps' enabled:
imagemagick libopenexr25 libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra
libmagickwand-6.q16-6
imagemagick-6.q16 libeditorconfig0 libmagickcore-6.q16-6
imagemagick-6-common
Learn more about Ubuntu Pro at https://ubuntu.com/pro
<https://ubuntu.com/pro>
The offer is to get a membership in Ubuntu Pro, which allows updates to
5 computers for "free", but I give away more info about myself.
Looks like its Debian Time. (Any time is Debian Time.)
What are your takes on this?
The "universe" repo is entirely non-curated - they're basically a
collection of PPAs grouped together.
What Canonical is starting to do is to curate them somewhat, and push
patches upstream.
We can take advantage of this work for free (on 5 or fewer computers).
Also, for free, they give away a newer version of Ubuntu (you're on
which version?).
Also, one can grab the source code and compile the packages oneself.
Also, one can use a PPA directly from those projects (if they have taken
on the work of packaging their software that way).
To me, it's no big deal. Canonical has moved the Linux world forward in
major ways with a polished distro that's been available for free for ages.
If they want to either charge those running more than 5 instances of
ImageMagick (a server oriented software), I'm okay with it.
I'm in a conversation right now with someone who's still running 14.04
on extended maintenance - which he got for free. Good 'til next year.
Not bad!
rb
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