SpiderApr 5, 2017

2 years ago I made a study on Linux distributions and default security wrt. automatic updates.

I should redo that and follow up.

I know for a fact that:
Debian will fail, cause they still haven't had an release.
CentOS will fail, same reason.
OpenSuSE will fail
Fedora Desktop gets a maybe
Fedora Server: Unknown
Fedora Cloud: Unknown
Ubuntu might succeed

Maybe I shouldn't bother.

Show threadAndoApr 5, 2017
@Spider i use debian stretch ; don't fix your eyes on official release ;)
Show threadSpider

@ando There is no such thing as debian stretch.
Can't be installed == Doesn't exist.

https://mastodon.social/media/CpmdnuxeQLcqD6viH0U

Apr 5, 2017 at 12:29pmWeb
Show threadSpiderApr 5, 2017
@ando Since there's no official install media, by the time you've got Stretch on a machine, it's no longer a default installation of anything.
Show threadAndoApr 6, 2017
@Spider U rigtht it's no longer a default install. Truly official package or not, on a distro u have to follow specifics paquets u need. So I stopped auto-update, backing up automatically my configs, use the latest version of what I need by following the packet from its source. Of course u may need to debug sometimes but be sure ssh is totally ok.
Show threadAndoAug 25, 2020
@Spider Hey from the Madagascar rural place :) Am on Buster now. Am testing also a tiny cloud for a rural platform project. I'll inform Mastodon once it's online October.