> Sorry, I wasn't very clear there. You are correct that 9 is still > getting support, especially security updates. However, older versions > of Debian don't get newer versions of the software. Not all security > fixes can be backported. So there is a slow, imperceptible gap between > older versions and newer. You are almost certainly just fine on 9 now, > and will be until LTS support ends. But 10 will be more secure at some > point. Right now, it's a judgment call you'll have to make.
Well, I could try to wait a little with Debian 9 as I did with Windows 7. That thing of no software updates is very weird. Windows 7 is many years old yet I can still use the latest version of Firefox. Isn't there a way to update user programs without updating the operating system itself. I read there was something called backports, but the warning about instability just terrifies me; I know more or less how to fix Windows, but not Debian.
