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[–] 131 points 6 months ago (25 children)

Do y'all not reboot after kernel/firmware updates?

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I’ve been running the same AIX kernel since 1993, and my ftp server is still running fine. I don’t know what the rest of these assholes are complaining about.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    Prefect response.

    I can't guess exaclty which sarcastic high fantasy themed poster, mug or t-shirt warns others away from which exact kind of action that wastes your time, but I'm confident it is present near your primary work space. (Since tone is hard in text - this assumption is meant to convey a general revernce for you and the various roles you probably fill in your communities!)

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  • [–] 46 points 6 months ago (8 children)

    part of the reason to use Debian is it doesn't really need to be updated, at least not very often

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  • [–] 69 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    It needs to be updated at least several times a year...

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  • [–] 55 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    depends on your use case

    home automation server that doesn't connect to the internet? nah

    media server that only occasionally gets connected to the internet? maybe

    anything else that regularly connects to the internet, definitely

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago*

    home automation server that doesn’t connect to the internet?

    Well if uses wireless connectivity with either range broader than your place or is connected to a device that is itself online it can still be a risk. Sure it's very VERY specific but scanning techniques also improve.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    You should install updates regardless

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    if it's working and there's no security risk, why?

    (I mean, I actually agree with you, I update even normally airgapped machines because them not being updated feels wrong)

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    I don't follow CVEs: when was the last time a remotely exploitable kernel bug was a concern? Ignoring the fact that this is a home server and they likely care about uptime a lot more than exploitation on their LAN.

    Generally I expect kernel bugs to be LPEs so updating user space would probably be sufficient for most home servers

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  • [+] -17 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    Rolling distros don't need to

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  • [–] 46 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    You absolutely do need to reboot

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago

    Just because you updated packages , doesnt mean those new ones are in use. Not sure what apt has, but with zypper you do a zypper ps -s and it shows you what installed packages are waiting on a reboot or service restart before they are in play... Otherwise kernel is just accessing old package libraries.

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