Enabling Ubuntu Pro on Ubuntu is getting easier, with the latest update to the distro’s desktop Security Center app adding a dedicated panel.

Currently, you can enrol and manage Ubuntu Pro for long-term support (LTS) versions of Ubuntu via the Software & Updates tool or the command-line.

As Ubuntu 26.04 LTS will not include the Software & Updates utility by default (it’s still in the archives, for those who want it), a new graphical way to configure Ubuntu Pro enablement is needed.

And the desktop Security Center, introduced in Ubuntu 24.10, is the logical place to put it as Ubuntu Pro provides security updates for packages in the wider Ubuntu repos (if you get bored of seeing greyed out updates, and you don’t want to enable Ubuntu Pro1, you can disable them).

But although you will find the new panel in Security Center on all supported versions of Ubuntu (it’s a Snap app; snaps update automatically in the background), it’s not working properly yet.

I opened Security Center on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and went to the Ubuntu Pro tab, where it tells me that “Ubuntu Pro is not available for this Ubuntu version” because it “requires an LTS release”:

Ubuntu Pro in Security Center snap app.
The new panel in Ubuntu 26.04 development builds

Technically, that’s correct; Ubuntu 26.04 doesn’t become an LTS until it’s released (but we all describe it as an LTS anyway because it will become one, the same way we call it ‘Ubuntu 26.04’ even though it’s not technically ‘26.04’ until it’s released in April 2026, as it’s a date2).

I have installed the Security Center snap on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, but it says the same thing (despite it being a supported LTS). I enabled Ubuntu Pro from the command-line without issue (pictured below), but the updated Security Center still didn’t pick up on it.

Security Center app on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS shows Ubuntu Pro settings.
The new panel is in place, although not yet working

A temporary bug or known issue? I imagine so. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is not yet released, and Security Center wasn’t preinstalled on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (it has the Software & Updates tool for GUI enablement for those don’t wish to use a terminal to enrol).

The feature will likely be working in Ubuntu 26.04 by the time it’s released next month. That it’s on the way, along with GUI access to disk encryption settings/options (see Ubuntu 25.10’s expanded support), is positive.

  1. Not enabling it may sound odd as Ubuntu Pro is free to enable for personal use – on up-to 5 devices. If you have multiple devices that run an LTS, you may not use all of them actively enough to warrant taking up a slot, but equally get fed up of being told ‘updates are available’ that you can’t access without enabling Ubuntu Pro. ↩︎
  2. See: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS – it was meant to be Ubuntu 6.04 LTS, but got delayed by 2 months ↩︎