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[–] Vittelius@feddit.org 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The reason is simple: we want to get you security updates faster, and give you more control over your own machine.

Security work has sped up across the entire Linux world; vulnerabilities are found faster than ever, in packages and in the kernel itself. A Fedora base lets patches reach you more quickly, and on your own terms.

[–] somegeek@programming.dev 8 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry if my question is dumb, but do security patches arrive in debian slower than fedora? Is there any stats on this?

[–] terabyterex@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

yes, fedora gets kernel updates very close to their release. debian waits a bit.

so arch is bleeding edge (rolling release) which is so new, it can cause instability.

fedora waits a minute to make sure the release doesnt blow anything up

debian waits fir it tk be out in the field before it updates.

fedora has always been my goldilocks os

[–] esc@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago

Often arch gets newer stuff at the same time or later than fedora.

[–] klankin@piefed.ca 6 points 7 hours ago

Not security patches no, debain is quite up to date on these. (would be a kinda awful choice to run the internet otherwise, unpatched security updates are essentially free login credentials to the whole WAN)

New features they tend to be behind on though, in case they introduce any new vulnerabilities.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 1 points 6 hours ago

I like the analogy of Arch is bleeding edge, fedora cutting edge. Did the Arch thing (and recommend it to learn, still use archwiki) now happy with ublue after a year or two of fedora. Guess I like stuff that just works.