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We are a small shop, with no real sysadmin. So developers (Java EE) also try to maintain Ubuntu server 12.04.



When I login a terminal and I see messages like:



6 packages can be updated.
6 updates are security updates.


Should all security updates always be installed? Can some be ignored?
Should these be acted upon immediately? Or one could wait for 2:00 a.m. on the coming Sunday? Is there a way to know a "critical" update?



Is there a good sysadmin for dummies resource I should be reading?


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Generally security updates are about fixing serious BUGS in the current Ubuntu OS regarding Network, Security and all. If you are maintaining a web server or any web related things, then you must have them to be safe.



For example see here some issues: Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu


[#35316] Tuesday, June 21, 2022, 2 Years  [reply] [flag answer]
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