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ESM is short for "Expanded Security Maintenance". This tag should only be used for questions about how to activate and configure an Ubuntu Pro subscription to allow for ESM updates. Please note that questions about Ubuntu releases past the 5-year LTS period (but in the 10-year ESM period) are OFF-TOPIC for this site.

ESM (Expanded Security Maintenance) is the terminology used by Canonical for the commercial subscription that offers 10 years of security patches for applications in the main and universe repositories, instead of the usual 5 years granted by LTS releases.

ESM is a part of the subscription, and Canonical refers to applications covered by this subscription as "ESM Apps".

Canonical information about ESM.

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Is ESM available for free for personal use?

I'm unclear whether ESM (Extended Security Maintenance) for Ubuntu is actually free for personal use, or is it always a paid solution?
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Where to find changelog for ESM kernel and packages

The last kernel for 14.04 LTS is 3.13.0-170, and the latest kernel for 14.04 ESM is 3.13.0-184. Where can I find the changelog for ESM kernels and packages to understand what has been fixed in these newer releases?
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Ubuntu 16.04 - Apply ESM security patches only using unattended-upgrade

We have purchased ESM for a number Ubuntu 16.04 servers, installed Ubuntu Advantage Tools and enabled UA. How can I install only security patches including ESM using unattended-upgrade command? We don't want to run 'apt-get upgrade'
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What does ESM actually cover?

The ESM webpage (https://ubuntu.com/security/esm) is inconsistent. These statements are all on that page: ESM enables continuous vulnerability management for critical, high and medium CVEs. (COVERAGE FOR CRITICAL, HIGH AND SELECTED MEDIUM…
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ESM apps are disabled, even though they are enabled

The image explains it all, I've activated esm-apps, although it doesn't seem like they're activated. On pro status it says they're on, but when I'm logging to my PC it clearly says they're disabled.
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How do I proxy esm packages?

When ESM is installed, it updates the source list for apt, such as: $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-esm-apps.list deb https://esm.ubuntu.com/apps/ubuntu bionic-apps-security main # deb-src https://esm.ubuntu.com/apps/ubuntu bionic-apps-security…
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