PlanterTreeOct 29

How often do you update software on your servers?

https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/47841853

How often do you update software on your servers? - tchncs

Or asked the other way around: How long do you keep your servers running without installing any software updates? update means something like sudo dnf update or something … apt-get upgrade apt-get update

Show threadSneezycat

Well, one of the reasons I’m using debian on my server is so I can kinda forget about it…

I’ll update maybe once a month, or every couple months. I don’t always restart though, so my kernel is probably a bit behind :'D

Oct 29 at 11:12amWeb
Show threadPlanterTreeOct 29

lol. Same issue for me. I run it for months, and surprisingly (for me) nothing breaks at all.

But fucking ssh shows warnings regarding some “post quantum crypto” stuff, that was not there before lol.

Show threadatzanteolOct 29
That’s… Not how it works… Debian is “stable” not “secure”. You use Debian so that is easier to run updates frequently since they’ll be unlikely to break things.
Show threadSneezycatOct 29

If I wanted to run updates frequently I would run arch lmao. Even if I did apt update every day, debian stable doesn’t get that many updates.

I could just run auto-update but meh.

Show threadlastweaknessOct 29
Are you talking about desktop use?
Show threadSneezycatOct 29
No, my home server. My desktop and laptop both have arch, because I do interact with them more often.
Show threadatzanteolOct 29

If I wanted to run updates frequently I would run arch lmao. Even if I did apt update every day, debian stable doesn’t get that many updates.

You’re not updating for features you’re updating for bug and security fixes. That’s why Debian stable doesn’t have many updates. But the ones they do are typically important.

Show threadSneezycatOct 29
Yeah, I know. Until I get ransomware’d and my nudes leaked, I won’t care 💅🏻✨
Show threadatzanteolOct 29
Clearly you don’t know.
Show threadSneezycatOct 29
I guess people smoke because they don’t know smoking causes cancer ;3
Show threadeksbOct 29
I use Debian stable and subscribe to the debian-security-announce mailing list, so I update each time I get an email from it.
Debian Mailing Lists -- Index for debian-security-announce

Show threadAmju WolfOct 29
This is the way. (At least for a server)