On 2018-10-15, ray carter  wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:53:22 +0000, RRansil wrote:
>
>> I'm currently using Raspbian Stretch with no problems, but recently
>> noticed there is a new version of Raspbian available. Every month I use
>> apt-get update/apt-get dist-upgrade, so I'm getting kernel changes to
>> the installed Raspbian that way. The Pi's only use at the moment is to
>> run a BOINC project headlessly. Are there any reasons why I should
>> routinely install the latest Raspbian operating systems as they are
>> released?
>
> 'Stretch' is the latest raspbian and debian release. The most recent
> changes to the raspian images that I recall simply added a new wizard to
> make initial setup easier, an 'app chooser' and, I think, some
> improvements to bluetooth support. It is possible to add those features
> to your existing copy if it's important to you.
>
> I do the 'sudo apt-get update' and 'sudo apt-get upgrade' cycle fairly
> often as that is how security updates, bug fixes etc. are promulgated. As
> I understand the next new version of debian (codename 'buster') will
> likely be released in 2019 - the corresponding raspbian version will come
> along after that.
>
> Short answer - 'no'.

Thank you for your reply. I was hoping that the update/upgrade cycle
would provide sufficient security without having to install the latest
iteration of the OS.

--
Ray

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