LinuxEnglish · 7 months ago

If all kernel bugs are security bugs, how do you keep your Linux safe?

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If all kernel bugs are security bugs, how do you keep your Linux safe?

LinuxEnglish · 7 months ago

Since February, there've been 800 newly assigned CVEs. Your job? Update your main Linux distro more often.

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Don’t use cron for that. Use the package managers auto update utility. Plus if you use the proper tools you can set it to security updates only

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