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    23 hours ago

    depends on your use case

    home automation server that doesn’t connect to the internet? nah

    media server that only occasionally gets connected to the internet? maybe

    anything else that regularly connects to the internet, definitely

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        8 hours ago

        if it’s working and there’s no security risk, why?

        (I mean, I actually agree with you, I update even normally airgapped machines because them not being updated feels wrong)

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          7 hours ago

          Software these days will always need security patches

          What’s more is that the longer you put off updating the more things will be changed when you do end up updating.

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          Even if there are no security risks to mitigate, updates can bring bug fixes and, god forbid, new features once in a while.