It has been a while since I last made a post questioning things, life has been really busy. But I currently got a little bit of downtime so why not make a new thread again :)
So the question is how often do you do updates? Every day? Once a week? Once a month? When XY thing happens? Never? Or is it just completely random?
Once a week with Arch, except when I hear about a security issue, I immediately update.
Phone and MacBook I think update them self or at least I annoy me to press update on next restart/ some time. For my work laptop I try to only update while being in the office in case something goes wrong so I don’t have to leave home office involuntary. Other stuff I mostly update if I want to install something and that’s pretty often. Only problem my old PC that I sometimes use for gaming. It’s running arch and I haven’t updated it in a while so I have like 1k packages to update and if I try to update all certificates are out of date but I didn’t bother to fix because I only use it to play some games. On this server unattended upgrades is used for obvious security reasons.
I shall start.
On Linux I update everything whenever one of these 2 are true:
a) Discord stopped working because its “out of date” and wont automatically update itself anymore
b) I am installing a new package
So maybe twice a month?
Windows: lol never. My Windows 7 install is stuck in 2015, my Windows 10 install in 2019 on purpose. The only thing ever running on them is Steam and they only get booted once every so many month so I really don’t care.
Android: Uhhhhhhhhh I use Android 10 still even tho supposedly there is an update to 11 on my phone. I updated it a couple of times and every time I got more bloatware from Samsung so I am just ignoring them now. I do keep most of the apps (there is some huge exceptions) up to date for the most part (do them once a month maybe).
Basically I am terrible with updates and they are a mess all over. I really hope I am not the only one.
Linux once or twice a week.
My iPhone, with exception to iPhone software update, it updates itself.
You should update your systems at least once a month. There are some serious security patches that are implemented. I know you can’t update your windows 7 install as it is no longer a supported OS, and it is currently rife with exploits.
Based on your update pattern, you are a prime target for being hacked and potentially having info stolen that may be very personal or financially disruptive.
I assume you just read my comment quickly and missed this very important part:
The only thing ever running on them is Steam and they only get booted once every so many month so I really don’t care.
There is literally nothing else on those systems. If you manage to actually somehow get to them then congrats, you deserve it and Valve needs to check better what they let people upload/download.
I am lazy, but I am not stupid.
I was meaning your systems that you use daily like your phone and daily driven computer
Arch: everytime I log in. Work laptop (Ubuntu): whenever prompted, which means once a weak. Android: whenever prompted which means never (I guess my phone is old).
Windows and Android, immediately when prompted.
My Linux machines are whenever I feel like it. Probably every other week. Unless I hear about a relevant security issue.
On that note, what’s a good security mailing list now that RHEL is shutting theirs down?