As it seems the problem won’t be solved in the near term. I’m thinking about pragmatically giving into a free personal Ubuntu pro subscription to make the messages go away, but then I read the following:
As I stated above, I’m running:
So now all of a sudden an important legal issue lurks beneath:
What qualifies as a “non-desktop” use case?
I’m running an old 32 bit headless Raspberry Pi 2 with Ubuntu Server (a minimal installation) for personal use.
Is that a “non-desktop” use case? (Running a full fledged desktop on an RPi 2 is very heavy, it swamps the little computer making it useless.)
How can I find out if my setup is a “non-desktop” use case?
I tried commands: lsb_release -a, uname -a and pro status (see outputs below), but none give me any helpful information about determining if this is a non-desktop use case.
lsb_release -a
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy
uname -a
$ uname -a
Linux bug 5.15.0-1026-raspi #28-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT Fri Mar 10 14:33:39 UTC 2023 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux
pro status
$ pro status
SERVICE AVAILABLE DESCRIPTION
esm-apps yes Expanded Security Maintenance for Applications
esm-infra yes Expanded Security Maintenance for Infrastructure
livepatch yes Canonical Livepatch service
realtime-kernel yes Ubuntu kernel with PREEMPT_RT patches integrated
This machine is not attached to an Ubuntu Pro subscription.
See https://ubuntu.com/pro
What commands do I have to enter in order to find out?
What if I might decide to install a little web server later on, will I suddenly be in breach of contract and liable for whatever?
Will Canonical be surveilling my system remotely?