

Every dependency you don’t update is a zero day waiting to happen. All software carries risk.
In the same breath you’re advocating updating without checking, and saying why that’s an issue. You … realize that, right?
You’re so close to realising the reason enterprise distros do backports.




If I had this in my college years - impossible since we had no Internet available yet at all - I’d’ve been laughing. Stay home, stay online, and hack all the waking day? BSc in no time.
A dear friend lived near the uni in her home town, and so lived with her mom, rent-free, and just went all-out on coursework. In 3 years she got and paid to receive a BA. She earned enough for a BSc too, but didn’t pay the fee for convocation and so doesn’t have it.
Three years. Wow, would that have been awesome.