Debian 12.2 Released With Various Security Fixes, AMD Inception Microcode

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Debian 12.2 Released With Various Security Fixes, AMD Inception Microcode

Following the release of Debian 12.1 in July, Debian 12.2 was released this weekend to incorporate all of the latest security fixes and other stable back-ports for Debian 12 Bookworm...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-12.2-Released

[Danny3]

It would be nice if they would allow desktop environment maintainers to also update desktop environments to their latest dot releases.
There were a lot of bugfixes and security fixes since they were released too.
Yeah, you can update the system after it's installed, but it would be just very nice to have a well working system after installation!
There are also so many things to do after installing a Linux OS and if something can be made to shorten that list, it should be done.

[user1]

It would be nice if they would allow desktop environment maintainers to also update desktop environments to their latest dot releases.

I know that Debian 12.0 was released with Gnome 43.4, but 12.1 has updated Gnome to 43.6. So they do update DE's to a newer point release in some cases, but idk what are their criterias to do so.

[pWe00Iri3e7Z9lHOX2Qx]

Most notable with this new Debian 12 stable point release is picking up a new version of the Linux 6.2 LTS kernel as well as the latest linux-firmware/microcode support.

Shouldn't that be 6.1 LTS?

[lucrus]

It would be nice if they would allow desktop environment maintainers to also update desktop environments to their latest dot releases.
There were a lot of bugfixes and security fixes since they were released too.
Yeah, you can update the system after it's installed, but it would be just very nice to have a well working system after installation!
There are also so many things to do after installing a Linux OS and if something can be made to shorten that list, it should be done.

Just try out Debian testing (currently codenamed trixie) for any desktop use case: it is way more up to date with upstream than Debian stable, which is not intended for desktop use by the way, and maintainers can update their packages there with much more ease. I've been using a mix of Debian testing and unstable for some 20 years now and I never regretted it.

[waxhead]

It would be nice if they would allow desktop environment maintainers to also update desktop environments to their latest dot releases.
There were a lot of bugfixes and security fixes since they were released too.
Yeah, you can update the system after it's installed, but it would be just very nice to have a well working system after installation!
There are also so many things to do after installing a Linux OS and if something can be made to shorten that list, it should be done.

As user1 said desktop environments are updated.

If you don't have a well working system after installation file a bug.

If you are (re-)installing often then you don't know how to use Debian. If you are installing onto lots of computers there are other ways than manually installing everything each time.

[stormcrow]

Annoyingly, this update will overwrite your custom grub settings. This isn't supposed to happen without requesting permission.

[archkde]

… Debian stable, which is not intended for desktop use by the way …

Incorrect. Debian describes itself as "The Universal Operating System". Desktop use cases are definitely included in that.

[skeevy420]

Incorrect. Debian describes itself as "The Universal Operating System". Desktop use cases are definitely included in that.

This is in Debian's FAQ:

• If you are a new user installing to a desktop machine, start with stable. Some of the software is quite old, but it's the least buggy environment to work in. You can easily switch to the more modern unstable (or testing) once you are a little more confident.
• If you are a desktop user with a lot of experience in the operating system and do not mind facing the odd bug now and then, or even full system breakage, use unstable. It has all the latest and greatest software, and bugs are usually fixed swiftly.

It just depends on your comfort level. I'd go with Stable. If that's not good enough, LMDE or Ubuntu. Been there, done that with Testing and Sid and wouldn't recommend it unless you're a true nerd who likes playing sys admin just as much as they like using their PC.

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For an LOL, if you go read their FAQ it says that bookworm, not trixie, is the current testing version.

sed -i 's/bookworm/trixie/g'

[sebastianlacuesta]

Debian testing user here. You can configure apt with testing, unstable and experimental all together and set priorities. It's called apt pinning and what you get it's a debian that's more or less rolling release (except when they are at freeze). https://wiki.debian.org/AptConfiguration
Add deb-multimedia repos to the mix and see what you get.