Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10

From	Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10
Date	2021-03-10 15:10 +0100
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On Ma, 09 mar 21, 20:18:52, Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z wrote:
> > Sorry, I wasn't very clear there. You are correct that 9 is still
> > getting support, especially security updates. However, older versions
> > of Debian don't get newer versions of the software. Not all security
> > fixes can be backported. So there is a slow, imperceptible gap between
> > older versions and newer. You are almost certainly just fine on 9 now,
> > and will be until LTS support ends. But 10 will be more secure at some
> > point. Right now, it's a judgment call you'll have to make.
> 
> Well, I could try to wait a little with Debian 9 as I did with Windows 7.
> 
> That thing of no software updates is very weird.
> Windows 7 is many years old yet I can still use the latest version of
> Firefox.
> Isn't there a way to update user programs without updating
> the operating system itself.  I read there was something called backports,
> but the warning about instability just terrifies me;
> I know more or less how to fix Windows, but not Debian.

You should keep in mind that Debian is used in everything from a 
Raspberry Pi (equivalent) to super computers.

Packages from backports are generally good enough to run even on 
"important" systems. For systems that are "mission critical"[1] you 
should do your own testing.

Mind the instructions and only install selected packages from backports 
and you should be fine for a regular desktop.

In the specific case of Firefox it seems the stable release (currently 
Debian 10) gets updated to the latest ESR (so you don't even need 
backports), while oldstable (currently Debian 9) is stuck at the 
previous version.

[1] whatever that means for you

Kind regards,
Andrei
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http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser

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Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z <santiagopinth@gmail.com> - 2021-03-09 23:40 +0100
  Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-03-09 23:50 +0100
    Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z <santiagopinth@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 00:10 +0100
      Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-03-10 00:10 +0100
        Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z <santiagopinth@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 00:20 +0100
          Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-03-10 01:20 +0100
      Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2021-03-10 10:30 +0100
      Re: Plasma can be a lightweight (was: Hardware requirements between  Debian 9 and 10) Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2021-03-10 11:40 +0100
        Re: Plasma can be a lightweight Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2021-03-10 12:30 +0100
          Re: Plasma can be a lightweight Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2021-03-11 09:20 +0100
    Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-03-10 00:10 +0100
  Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 IL Ka <kazakevichilya@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 00:20 +0100
    Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z <santiagopinth@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 00:40 +0100
      Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 IL Ka <kazakevichilya@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 01:00 +0100
        Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z <santiagopinth@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 01:10 +0100
          Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-03-10 12:40 +0100
            Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z <santiagopinth@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 14:20 +0100
          Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 15:00 +0100
  Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-03-10 00:30 +0100
    Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z <santiagopinth@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 00:50 +0100
      Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-03-10 01:10 +0100
        Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z <santiagopinth@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 01:20 +0100
          Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 IL Ka <kazakevichilya@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 02:50 +0100
            Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z <santiagopinth@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 03:30 +0100
          Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 15:10 +0100
            Re: OT: Footnotes in email (Re: Hardware requirements between Debian  9 and 10) The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-03-10 17:10 +0100
              Re: OT: Footnotes in email (Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10) Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-03-10 17:40 +0100
                Re: OT: Footnotes in email (Re: Hardware requirements between Debian  9 and 10) Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 22:00 +0100
              Re: OT: Footnotes in email (Re: Hardware requirements between Debian  9 and 10) Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 22:00 +0100
            OT: Footnotes in email (Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2021-03-10 17:10 +0100
          Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 mmDebMail2020@marwedels.de - 2021-03-10 19:10 +0100
            Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z <santiagopinth@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 20:20 +0100
            Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-03-10 23:00 +0100
  Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Keith Bainbridge <keith.bainbridge.3216@gmx.com> - 2021-03-10 00:30 +0100
    Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z <santiagopinth@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 00:30 +0100
      Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2021-03-10 08:50 +0100
        Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 10:30 +0100
    Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 IL Ka <kazakevichilya@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 00:40 +0100
      Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 01:00 +0100
      Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z <santiagopinth@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 01:00 +0100
      Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z <santiagopinth@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 01:10 +0100
      Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-03-10 14:30 +0100
  Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-03-10 16:20 +0100
    Multipart HTML emails (was: Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2021-03-10 17:30 +0100
      Re: Multipart HTML emails (was: Re: Hardware requirements between  Debian 9 and 10) songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-03-10 18:50 +0100
    Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-03-10 17:50 +0100
    Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z <santiagopinth@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 20:10 +0100
      Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-03-10 22:20 +0100
        Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z <santiagopinth@gmail.com> - 2021-03-10 22:40 +0100
          Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2021-03-11 00:00 +0100
            Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z <santiagopinth@gmail.com> - 2021-03-11 01:00 +0100
              Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2021-03-11 01:40 +0100
                Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z <santiagopinth@gmail.com> - 2021-03-11 03:00 +0100
                Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2021-03-11 03:10 +0100
                Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z <santiagopinth@gmail.com> - 2021-03-11 03:50 +0100
                Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2021-03-11 04:00 +0100
                Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z <santiagopinth@gmail.com> - 2021-03-11 04:40 +0100
                Re: Hardware requirements between Debian 9 and 10 songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-03-11 14:10 +0100

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