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My understanding (and I'm happy to be corrected) is that feature and security updates will continue to be provided for Ubuntu.
Ubuntu Pro's update badgering seems to allow for updates to be provided for packages that aren't part of the base distro makeup - like packages that are held in non-Canonical repos.
For home users, Ubuntu Pro is free... for now.
I don't think it's anything horrendously bad, but the way it's been rolled out is pretty fuckin' far from good too.
This is correct. There's no need for Ubuntu Pro to get the updates you used to get prior to Ubuntu Pro's introduction. Ubuntu Pro gives additional updates that were not available before and the community does not provide. It's free for up to 5 machines so you should register and enable it. There's no downside for now.
OK, but still annoying.
Are those updates available on Debian, Fedora, ...?
On Debian they're not. I've no idea how community support works on Fedora. I don't think there's corp support of any kind on Fedora.
Well, the list looked like those packages should most definitely in the core Canonical repos. Pretty standard libraries.