Updated Debian Linux 9.3 and 8.10 Released (debian.org)

An anonymous reader writes: The Debian project is pleased to announce the third update of its stable distribution Debian 9 (codename stretch). This point release mainly adds corrections for security issues, along with a few adjustments for serious problems. Security advisories have already been published separately and are referenced where available. The Debian project also announces the tenth update of its oldstable distribution Debian 8 (codename jessie).

Please note that the point release does not constitute a new version of Debian 9 or 8 but only updates some of the packages included. There is no need to throw away old jessie or stretch DVD/CD media. After installation, packages can be upgraded to the current versions using an up-to-date Debian mirror. This stable update adds a few important corrections to packages. New installation images will be available soon at the mirrors. Those who frequently install updates from security.debian.org won't have to update many packages, and most such updates are included in the point release. One can use the apt command or apt-get command to apply updates. A step-by-step update guide is posted here.

Comments

Re: systemd has made Debian unusable for me.

[Anonymous Coward]

I looked at Devuan. It's not an option. It's an amateurish side project, from what I could see. I can't trust it to be around next month, nevermind a few years from now. At least the FreeBSD project has a mature, helpful community with a long track record of doing great work. I can trust the FreeBSD project. I can't trust the Devuan project.

Devuan has existed for 3 years, since the Exodus Declaration in November 2014.
It is supported by the non-profit organization Dyne.org.
It will be here, tomorrow, next month, next year, next decade. Believe it.

You can find the Devuan community:
- On the Dev1 Galaxy forums.
- On the mailing lists at dyne.org
- On IRC, chat.freenode.net in the #devuan channel.

Devuan is small compared to Debian, but its users are happy and eagerly awaiting the release of Devuan 2.0 (Ascii).

Oh that's what it was.

[TheDarkener]

I was in the process of installing some Brother printer drivers by running a bash script (after looking it over a bit of course) provided by them. Afterwards I went to "apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade" and saw a new kernel and other core utils to be updated. I squinted at my screens, wondering for a minute whether I missed the part of the Brother install script that it quietly added some rogue apt repo to my sources.list[.d]. I went to my hosted server to do the same update and verified that it wasn't just my local machine. I sighed with relief =p

Thank you, Debian. I have been using you since Potato on my desktop and servers. You've never let me down. Well, maybe with systemd. But other than that, you've never let me down. ;} (please don't start any systemd rants, I was just kidding!)