Canonical to shut Ubuntu Pastebin after 18 years of service
Canonical has announced the shutdown of Ubuntu Pastebin, a text-hosting service, effective May 31. This decision is part of a larger infrastructure modernization project. Users are advised to back up their data before the service is discontinued, as links to pastes will soon break.
- ▪Ubuntu Pastebin has been in service for 18 years, originally launched to assist users in IRC support channels.
- ▪The service will be decommissioned on May 31 as part of Canonical's modernization efforts.
- ▪Users are encouraged to back up their data before the service shuts down, as links will no longer work.
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Your old text snippet links are about to break Canonical to shut Ubuntu Pastebin after 18 years of service by Joey Sneddon · Updated 36 minutes ago · Comment Canonical will decommission its long-running text-hosting service Ubuntu Pastebin on May 31. The company is pulling the plug as part of a broader “infrastructure modernization and migration project”, according to Canonical Community Engineer Aaron Prisk. Ubuntu Pastebin works similarly to GitHub’s Gist, albeit without the revision history. It’s been available as a tool the community can use since late 20071. The service was partly launched to help the distro’s official IRC support channels. They were often flooded with reams of terminal output from users requesting help.
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