Post #1997789

2026-04-20 12:52 UTC

A quick question regarding Debian: A Debian version receives 3 years of support, I know that much. But then there is also LTS which extends support for another 2 years, making it 5 overall. Do I have to be proactive in any way to get those LTS updates? Or will they be automatically enabled without any notice? What I found online left me a bit confused, so I&#39;m thankful for anyone able to help. #Debian #DebianLTS #LTS

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@jbjrkng@hachyderm.io 2026-04-20 16:34

@zeroase@fosstodon.org The current LTS version is Debian 11 ("bullseye") and will be supported until August 31st, 2026. To receive security updates for Debian 11, your /etc/apt/sources.list should look like this one: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free deb https://deb.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib deb-src https://deb.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib Note that if you already follow security.debian.org (and you should), this should mostly be a no-op. In other words, Debian LTS reuses the same mirror infrastructure as the regular release team, it's just a responsibility handover. https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Using

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