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  • frongt@lemmy.ziptoLinux@lemmy.mlLinux security
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    Security updates are provided by each package maintainer and released on their own schedule. Microsoft releases updates monthly on Patch Tuesday, unless there’s a severe vulnerability that can’t wait. But since Linux is a bunch of different packages rolled into a distro, there’s no one authority managing updates.

    So, this means you might get them faster, or if a maintainer is not engaged, slower. Or, if a package is abandoned, not at all. Distros generally make sure their provided packages are maintained, but updates to third-party packages are not guaranteed.