Great news! Yes, it’s a longer install process, but generally worth it due to the convenience of having all or most of the requirements installed and ready-to-go after that first boot.
Kudos on adding Pro (ESM). Now you have support for another 8 years! That’s very hard to beat. I’m also using Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on my desktop.
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