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People are reporting Ubuntu infrastructure/service reliability problems and compatibility concerns around newer Ubuntu releases, especially involving storage/ZFS and related ecosystem components. There’s also discussion of Canonical deprecating services/links (Ubuntu Pastebin, old Linux support) and community plans for Ubuntu on servers/VMs and IoT-focused Ubuntu Core updates.

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Key Takeaway Ubuntu users should watch for current downtime and upcoming/supportability changes, especially around infrastructure availability and Ubuntu 26.04 storage/ZFS compatibility.
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infrastructure downtime ZFS compatibility deprecations & support server/VM setups
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Ubuntu users should watch for current downtime and upcoming/supportability changes, especially around infrastructure availability and Ubuntu 26.04 storage/ZFS compatibility.

People are reporting Ubuntu infrastructure/service reliability problems and compatibility concerns around newer Ubuntu releases, especially involving storage/ZFS and related ecosystem components. There’s also discussion of Canonical deprecating services/links (Ubuntu Pastebin, old Linux support) and community plans for Ubuntu on servers/VMs and IoT-focused Ubuntu Core updates.

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downtime duration Ubuntu infrastructure down for more than a day
Ubuntu version Ubuntu 26.04 ships with an unsupported ZFS version
service change Canonical is shutting down Ubuntu Pastebin
platform Ubuntu Core 26 targets IoT and embedded systems
security maintenance Up to 15 years of security maintenance (Ubuntu Core 26)

What to Watch

  • Check status/uptime for Canonical’s Ubuntu infrastructure until outages stop (noting it’s already been over a day). Ars Technica
  • Validate ZFS compatibility before adopting Ubuntu 26.04 in storage environments, given the “unsupported ZFS version” warning. r/zfs
  • Expect links/services to break after Canonical shuts down Ubuntu Pastebin and old Linux support links may die. XDA Developers

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