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The natural home of containers, AI and modern development: with Pro, over 10 years of patches even on universe.

FOCUS · THE DEVELOPERS' LINUXPredictable LTS and Pro for the compliance: the corporate Ubuntu, not just the devs' favorite
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01 · What it is

Ubuntu LTS & Pro, made clear.

Ubuntu is where the modern world develops: the containers start from Ubuntu images, the AI tutorials take it for granted, the developers ask for it. The LTS every two years give predictability; Ubuntu Pro adds what the company needs: 10+ years of patches (even on the 23,000 universe packages), kernel livepatch and hardening profiles.

LTS
a stable release every 2 years, supported for 5: the predictable rhythm
Pro
10+ years of security on universe too: the whole blanket
Livepatch
the kernel patches without a reboot: the windows saved
Ubuntu LTS & Pro
OFFICIAL LINUX BRANDING · UBUNTU
CONSOLE REALE · LANDSCAPE · FONTE: UBUNTU
REAL CONSOLE · LANDSCAPE · SOURCE: UBUNTU
02 · How to use it well

The things that make the difference.

The positioning

Containers, AI, developmentwhere Ubuntu is at home
LTS · the base
Pro · the compliance
Landscape · the estate
stable · covered · governed
Hardening (CIS/FIPS)serious production
x86, ARM, cloudeverywhere, truly
From the dev's laptop to production

Pro where needed

The production machines with the right subscription: the unpatched universe is the typical hole.

Build standards

Cloud-init and golden images: the corporate Ubuntu identical wherever it's born.

Landscape for the fleet

Patches, inventory and the estate's compliance: Ubuntu too gets governed, not left to grow wild.

The boundary with RHEL/SLES

Where which one pays: the OS map by workloads — without fandoms, with criteria.

03 · In depth

LTS, Pro and ESM: the Ubuntu lifecycle

Ubuntu LTS comes out every two years with 5 years of standard support: Ubuntu Pro extends it to 10 (12 with the Legacy add-on) covering the universe too (the 23,000 packages the normal support doesn't touch), the Livepatch applies the critical kernel patches without a reboot, the ESM keeps alive the systems that can't migrate, the CIS/DISA and FIPS profiles cover the regulated; Landscape manages the fleets: repos, patches and compliance from one panel.

  • LTS + Pro — 10-12 years on the same release: the migration gets planned, not suffered
  • Universe coperto — 23k packages with CVE fixes: the standard support's hole closed
  • Livepatch — the kernel patched hot: the reboot planned, not urgent
  • CIS/FIPS — the hardening profiles ready: the regulated covered
  • Landscape — the Ubuntu fleet managed: patches and compliance on a panel
  • ESM — the legacy that breathes: the 18.04 still patched
04 · Numbers and lifecycle

The numbers that matter.

10-12
years of coverage with Pro
23k
the universe packages included in Pro
0
reboots for the kernel patches with Livepatch
2
years between the LTS: the predictable rhythm
Ubuntu in the company wants governance: Pro, Landscape and hardening baselines — the patched fleet we hold.
05 · Use cases

Where it really pays off.

Container platforms

The OS under the K8s nodes, light and updated.

AI workloads

The home of CUDA and the frameworks, without friction.

Development & CI

The environments the developers expect.

Ubuntu in the company works with the right rules: Pro, baselines and patching — we put them in.