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https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-47176, archive

As of 10/1/24 3:52 UTC time, Trixie/Debian testing does not have a fix for the severe cupsd security vulnerability that was recently announced, despite Debian Stable and Unstable having a fix.

Debian Testing is intended for testing, and not really for production usage.

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/cups-filters, archive

So the way Debian Unstable/Testing works is that packages go into unstable/ for a bit, and then are migrated into testing/trixie.

Issues preventing migration: โˆ™ โˆ™ Too young, only 3 of 5 days old

Basically, security vulnerabilities are not really a priority in testing, and everything waits for a bit before it updates.

I recently saw some people recommending Trixie for a "debian but not as unstable as sid and newer packages than stable", which is a pretty bad idea. Trixie/testing is not really intended for production use.

If you want newer, but still stable packages from the same repositories, then I recommend (not an exhaustive list, of course).:

  • Opensuse Leap (Tumbleweed works too but secure boot was borked when I used it)
  • Fedora

If you are willing to mix and match sources for packages:

  • Flatpaks
  • distrobox โ€” run other distros in docker/podman containers and use apps through those
  • Nix

Can get you newer packages on a more stable distros safely.

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[-] moonpiedumplings@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Linux mint debian edition is not based on testijg, but rather on stable*.

This misconception may be caused by the fact that the latest debian stable, has newer packages than many of the older-but-not-ancient ubuntu releases, which were originally based off of debian sid.

*I cannot find a first party source for this, only third party

Linux Mint Debian Edition 6 hits beta with reassuringly little drama. Think Debian 12 plus Mint's polish and a friendlier UX for non-techies

https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/13/linux_mint_debian_edition_hands_on/

[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I fixed it, based on info that you and @cqst@lemmy.blahaj.zone provided. Thanks you both for pointing this out!

(The misconception is actually outdated info. LMDE 1 lasted a really long time, and it was Testing-based.)

I cannot find a first party source for this, only third party

I found info in the Linux Mint forums about this. Not quite first party source as it's just user discussion, but still closer.

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