• u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org
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    7 months ago

    Mostly a joke about him calling it “ancient”, but there may be some unpatched vulnerabilities in older software. Though there could also be some new ones in newest versions.
    Still, unless it’s Alpha/Beta/RC, it’s probably better to keep it up-to-date.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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      7 months ago

      Debian responds to security issues in stable within a fairly short window. They have a dedicated security team.