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        "msgid": "canonical-announces-sudden-closure-of-ubuntu-pastebin-by-may-2026-1780328121",
        "date": "2026-05-25 08:11:00",
        "title": "Canonical announces sudden closure of Ubuntu Pastebin by May 2026",
        "author": "Reska K. Nistanto",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Technology",
        "summary": "Canonical has announced the closure of its Ubuntu Pastebin service by the end of May 2026, citing infrastructure modernisation. Users are urged to migrate existing links as content will become inaccessible once servers are shut down. The decision has sparked criticism from the Ubuntu community due to the short notice period of less than 10 days, with alternatives like dpaste and paste.debian.net being recommended.",
        "content": "<p>Canonical has announced it will shut down the \u2018Ubuntu Pastebin\u2019\ntext-sharing service by the end of May 2026.<\/p>\n<p>According to the explanation, the service, which has been used by\nusers to share system logs, configurations, and code snippets, is being\ndiscontinued as part of the company\u2019s infrastructure modernisation\nproject.<\/p>\n<p>The internal team is currently undertaking a comprehensive\ninfrastructure migration and modernisation project.<\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu Pastebin has long been a popular service among Ubuntu users\nfor quickly sharing terminal outputs, bug reports, and system\nconfigurations via special links.<\/p>\n<p>However, Canonical has not provided detailed technical reasons for\nthe service shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>The company also urged users to immediately move or update links\npointing to Ubuntu Pastebin, as all content will become inaccessible\nonce the servers are shut down at the end of this month.<\/p>\n<p>The decision has drawn reactions from the Ubuntu community, with\nseveral users on official forums expressing disappointment over\nCanonical providing less than 10 days\u2019 notice before the service is\nfully closed.<\/p>\n<p>As alternatives, community members are recommending services such as\ndpaste, paste.debian.net, and termbin.com for sharing logs and text via\nLinux terminals.<\/p>\n<p>The closure of Ubuntu Pastebin adds to a list of older Ubuntu\nservices discontinued by Canonical in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Canonical also shut down the Ubuntu One cloud storage\nservice in 2014 to focus investment on Ubuntu OS development.<\/p>",
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