Good news: A free Ubuntu Pro program that everyone can get 10 years of security updates.
Canonical introduces a free pricing tier for Ubuntu Pro, which is for personal use and small-scale deployment.
Ubuntu Pro subscription (formerly known as “Ubuntu Advantage”) was originally provided for businesses to provide them with an additional 5 years of extended security maintenance updates for the Ubuntu LTS version.
This free pricing tier is available in the public beta.
For personal and data center Ubuntu Pro
is currently available as a beta version, and the free pricing tier of Ubuntu Pro is available for individual users or small data centers, and can accommodate up to five machines.
With this release, Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth said:
Since we first launched Ubuntu LTS and providing free five years of security for this major operating system, our enterprise customers require us to cover an increasingly wide range of open source under private business agreements. Today, we are excited to offer it to anyone in the world for free with our free personal Ubuntu Pro subscription!
The main advantage of Ubuntu Pro is the continuous provision of security patches compared to the standard distribution.
is incredible good news for users who want the system to be stable without losing secure updates.
security maintenance updates are launched regularly, especially when new CVE (common vulnerabilities and exposures) are discovered.
users can use Livepatch to apply security patches without shutting down their systems. This is included in the Ubuntu Pro subscription.
Small businesses and individuals can also use the various tools needed to manage in compliance with , support compliance standards such as PCI-DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, etc., and as part of Ubuntu Pro subscription.
So, more incentives for individuals and businesses to use Ubuntu?
💡 If you have up to five machines to use, the free personal layer of Ubuntu Pro should be a perfect choice, not another platform.
With the help of personal Ubuntu Pro program, small-scale users can now enjoy 10 years of security (5 LTS update + 5 years of extended security maintenance update ), which includes support for an additional 23,000 packages. The launch of this free Ubuntu Pro subscription layer can help Canonical attract more users to use Ubuntu, which is a good thing for computer users to use Linux.
You just need to register a personal Ubuntu Pro subscription on their official website.
For more details, please check the official announcement.
Registration Ubuntu Pro
💬 Would you consider choosing a free personal Ubuntu Pro subscription? Or, do you think you will upgrade to a new LTS version every 5 years?
via: https://news.itsfoss.com/ubuntu-pro-free/
Author: Sourav Rudra Topic Selection: lkxed Translator: KevinZonda Proofreader: wxy
This article was originally compiled by LCTT, and Linux China honor launched
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