like not doing anything, just a spare laptop in case i ever need one, what if i use it years after i installed debian on it?? i would have to update like 300 packages and would take a lot??
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You are not forced to update it.
8 points
even if you did, stable shouldn’t break itself regardless of how far out-of-date it is, nor will it upgrade to the next release without a little bit of hoop jumping first.
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it is absolutely recommended to keep any system that has access to the internet up to date. i don’t know why people keep saying it isn’t
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