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Is Debian with automatic updates a good idea?

So a while back I threw Ubuntu 22 LTS on an old Surface Pro 3 and gave it to my Dad.

He loves it, but he’s the type who’s been burnt by updating software in the past, so he basically refuses any whenever prompted.

Been thinking about throwing Debian with Gnome on it for a while, and wondering if it’s stable enough to just let updates happen automatically in the background?

I got no experience with Debian I basically jumped right on EndeavourOS as my main distro when I started using Linux full time.

kbal ,
@kbal@fedia.io avatar

Debian stable? It's probably about as safe as you can get for that. Problems are rare. Bookworm is supposed to get security updates until 2028. If they keep on being as stable as they have been in my experience the only one he's likely to notice is Firefox updating to a new major version once a year.

HouseWolf OP ,

I honestly forgot Debian had a none stable version.

He’s not too picky with web browsers as long as it…well browses the web.

I’ll give it a go and hopefully get 4 years away from being tech support. Thanks!

corvus ,
@corvus@lemmy.ml avatar

Debian is the first choice if you look for stability and the last choice if you are looking for the latest versions of the software.

HouseWolf OP ,

That’s what I’ve heard just wanted to see if anyone on here had experience just letting it update in the background.

anindefinitearticle ,

It’s a low-maintenance distro.

pmk ,

Debian + Flatpaks has been very reliable to me.

ramenu ,

Speaking of which, Debian users, how safe are distribution upgrades?

Goun ,

I haven’t had any issues ever on stable.

TheBigBrother ,

On desktop I usually do manual installation of updates(mostly cos I don’t want to get any important running program restarted), in servers I use automatic updates via cron job as part of the automation process, these two work for me.

sovietknuckles ,
@sovietknuckles@hexbear.net avatar

Automatic updates is what to choose if you want someone else to fix your problems. As long as you don’t run into problems introduced by automatic updates, automatic updates should be fine.

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