r/debian • u/AdPsychological4968 • 2h ago
Debian Stable vs. Testing Security
I've been really curious since I tried installing Debian Testing and saw the security warning they give. After some research I figured out that security updates actually lag behind stable because it's a priority. Security updates then trickle down to testing kinda just whenever they get there.
I'm curious to know to anyone more knowledgeable and/or uses Testing; is it a significant enough difference to worry about?
I've always been a little paranoid about things like that and I don't really like the idea of having a system with security that is out of date. But on the other hand, I'd still like to be able to use a version of Debian with newer packages when the situation calls for it.
I would also like to be transparent in saying, I did ask an LLM whether it was significant or not and it said that it was and not worth the risk. I'm curious to hear what you all have to say about that because I see a lot of people online using it.
Edit: Ig I should've specified but I daily drive stable and still plan to regardless of what I find from this post. I just want to know in case I wanted to try something on a system I wouldn't be daily driving.
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u/coolnomad 2h ago
It's significant for Servers,Not Much for Desktop users but if you are one of those who believes Using OS without Antivirus or Using Windows Without defender is risky then better stick with Stable...