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minus-squarejulianwgs@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·1 month agoThis is all fine as long as you are not on a throttled connection. I read an blog post a couple of years ago in which the author switched from Arch to Debian for a longer offgrid vacation for this exact reason.
minus-squarejulianwgs@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 month agoUpdating your software is the most important action one can take for cyber security, so no. That is not an option. Also the update can fail if you wait too long (mostly GPG keys, which can be fixed)
minus-squareEvotech@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month agoI mean you’ll be fine off grid for a couple months
minus-squarebruhduh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoNot with the arch, i broke several arch installations by being off grid for 2-3 months
minus-square0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoCalm down. All updates are not security updates. People can read change logs before deciding to update.
minus-squaredefinitemaybe@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoDoes anybody read all the changelogs? There are hundreds of updates every time I run things.
This is all fine as long as you are not on a throttled connection. I read an blog post a couple of years ago in which the author switched from Arch to Debian for a longer offgrid vacation for this exact reason.
Just don’t update
Updating your software is the most important action one can take for cyber security, so no. That is not an option.
Also the update can fail if you wait too long (mostly GPG keys, which can be fixed)
I mean you’ll be fine off grid for a couple months
Not with the arch, i broke several arch installations by being off grid for 2-3 months
Calm down. All updates are not security updates. People can read change logs before deciding to update.
Does anybody read all the changelogs? There are hundreds of updates every time I run things.