Specifically, a dedicated server running Debian 12.

After a monthly sudo apt upgrade? (Is a monthly upgrade even necessary?)

Never? (unless there is a security update?)

Edit: I may be missing kernel upgrades. Those are probably good... I can't remember if I installed a LTS kernel. I imagine it would be unsecure to post an exact kernel version, however.

  • PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them]
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    19 hours ago

    A lot of times I'll run apt-get update / apt-get upgrade on my server and there will be no updates to install. I only reboot if there is a new kernel or something. Otherwise, I can just restart whichever services are directly impacted by the updates.

    Debian Stable is a rock. Nothing ever changes. I do recommend subscribing to the debian-announce and debian-security-announce mailing lists though.