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I would start looking at what's supported to begin with.
FYI, it isn't as helpful as you would hope and hasn't been updated in quite a while. Don't be too much bothered with the result. But thanks for sharing some tidbits from the quiz as it helps the community to better help you!
Are you sure you want this?
Does this refer to unchanging (for long periods of time except for security updates)? Or, instead, for being less inclined to break after an update?
I don't recommend going for (Debian's/Devuan's) testing (branch) as it targets a peculiar niche that I fail to understand; e.g. it doesn't receive the security backports like Stable does nor does it receive them as soon as Unstable/Sid does. Unstable/Sid could work, but I would definitely setup (GRUB-)Btrfs + Timeshift/Snapper to retain my sanity.
Depends on how reliable you want them to be. OOTB, their reliability definitely ain't great, though.
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Overall, it's pretty good; epecially so on the supported distros.
Btw, you strike me as a (relatively) new user that doesn't seem to have a good understanding on Linux yet. Is this correct?
From https://backports.debian.org/ :
So by definition, security backports in stable are present in Testing in the form of regular packages, right?
Found on the same page you cited from (even same paragraph):
"Backports are packages taken from the next Debian release (called "testing"), adjusted and recompiled for usage on Debian stable. Because the package is also present in the next Debian release, you can easily upgrade your stable+backports system once the next Debian release comes out. (In a few cases, usually for security updates, backports are also created from the Debian unstable distribution.)"
Sure, but even in those "few cases" Testing will get them soon.
I did read at some point that Testing may receive security updates later than stable, might be in those cases in which backports come straight from unstable.
Didn't I allude to that with:
"it doesn’t receive the security backports like Stable does nor does it receive them as soon as Unstable/Sid does.
Though I do notice that the above sentence contains an error that is perhaps misleading. By definition, Unstable/Sid doesn't receive security backports. Instead, the updates related to security are (usually) first received in Unstable/Sid. So, the above sentence tried to portray the following picture related to security:
Unstable/Sid ~ Stable >> Testing
That's basically the point I've been making 😉.
I think the only remaining point of contention is the degree by which Stable does receive security backports right after Unstable/Sid does while Testing only receives it later.
Honestly, I don't know the specifics. But Debian Testing's wiki entry notes security concerns multiple times. And it's all related to the fact that they don't receive the security backports as soon as Stable receives them. The explanation related to security updates concerning the three distinct branches is covered in even more detail over here.
Basically, after I've read all of that, it's clear as day that security is not a priority on Testing. And while band-aid solutions do exist, it's simply not designed to be secure.
Ok, I understand what you meant, thanks.
Yeah, I wouldn't run it in a production environment.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity for a refresh 😛. And thank you for the very civilized conversation. I wish you a great day!