• Alavi@programming.dev
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    3 hours ago

    Sorry if my question is dumb, but do security patches arrive in debian slower than fedora? Is there any stats on this?

    • terabyterex@lemmy.world
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      1 hour ago

      yes, fedora gets kernel updates very close to their release. debian waits a bit.

      so arch is bleeding edge (rolling release) which is so new, it can cause instability.

      fedora waits a minute to make sure the release doesnt blow anything up

      debian waits fir it tk be out in the field before it updates.

      fedora has always been my goldilocks os

      • klankin@piefed.ca
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        17 minutes ago

        Not security patches no, debain is quite up to date on these. (would be a kinda awful choice to run the internet otherwise, unpatched security updates are essentially free login credentials to the whole WAN)

        New features they tend to be behind on though, in case they introduce any new vulnerabilities.