Is Ubuntu Pro really needed?

[ricmarques]

Hi @lar3ry

You've asked:

@lar3ry

My question is: How can I do a software update when I can't seem to proceed without subscribing to ubuntu pro? I don't see any way of getting around this and proceeding with the updates.

I believe the following post written by @Muckel1 , on 4th February (2024), in the related discussion topic "How to turn off ESM nag in every update?", as a reply to the initial question in that topic, started by @JohnW on 1st February (2024), will solve your issue

How to turn off ESM nag in every update?

Hello John, do you have the file ubuntu-esm-apps.list in your root directory? Here is the full path: /var/lib/ubuntu-advantage/apt-esm/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-esm-apps.list If so, open the file with an editor of your choice and root rights. The lines with deb in front of them must be commented out using #. Then save, close the file, restart and reload the sources. This is what my ubuntu-esm-apps.list looks like now: [Bildschirmfoto zu 2024-02-04 08-38-24]