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Re: [trinity-users] LTS has less security

From: Kate Draven <borglabs4@...>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 17:14:18 -0400
On Wednesday 20 June 2018, Mike Bird wrote:
> On Wed June 20 2018 13:13:16 Kate Draven wrote:
> > LTS has less security support in what way. In general because there are
> > less improvements compared to the none lts?
>
> Hi Kate,
>
> A few packages lose all support with LTS.  The majority in my experience
> tend to get somewhat less security support than Stable and OldStable.
>
> OTOH I've seen several cases where a DLA arrived before the equivalent
> DSA.
>
> --Mike
>
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So what would your recommendation be. I tend to avoid LTS kernels because I'd 
rather chance it with newer STS kernels.

Thanks for letting me pick your brainZZZZ!

Zombie Kate