Debian stable, testing or unstable for servers
How Debian's suites feed each other, what the security team promises for each, why testing is the weak spot for a server, and how to pin one package.
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How Debian's suites feed each other, what the security team promises for each, why testing is the weak spot for a server, and how to pin one package.
Live kernel patching swaps patched functions into the running kernel. What it covers on an unmanaged VPS, and why the reboot is only postponed.
Configure dnf-automatic on Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux: security-only mode, the systemd timer, email alerts, and a reboot policy that avoids surprises.