On 2018-10-15, Alister  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?
>
> there are 2 schools of though on this one
>
> 1st - if it aint broke dont fix it, afterall if the project is working
> perfectly why risk something breaking
>
> 2nd upgrading the operating system keeps you up to date with security
> fixes reducing the chances of something(or someone) untoward happening.
>
>
> I tend to option 1 unless the item his accessible via external
> connections (such as but not limited to the internet). even being behind
> a firewall is no guarantee, what happens if someone on the inside of the
> network becomes infected?

Option 1 is my preference too, but the Pi has internet connections, so
I'll be doing the OS upgrade. Thanks for your reply.
>
>


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Ray

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