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I know that Linux is a host of OSs but generally speaking is it up to the user to keep their software up to date or is there some kind of automatic updating process?
There are automated updates, especially for security issues, but since Linux users feel they are power users and seldom have to deal with security issues, they often disable updates and do them manually. If and when they remember. And for self-hosted software it's worst because often they don't even consider running updates.
This depends entirely on the distribution. The distribution I run has no automatic updates by default. I do it manually.
I could easily set it up if I wanted to, but yeah. There is no consensus, it's just case-by-case basis. Some do have automatic updates by default.
Some day I'd like to try Linux. Another commentor on another post was telling me about Clover for old Chromebooks. The amount of variety in Linux can be intimidating.
It's an interesting hobby if you get into it. There are hundreds of variations when you count things like distributions, desktop environments and so on, but there's only a few core mainstream "families" where you get down to it. For something like an old Chromebook it's basically decided for you since there's only specific variants made for it.
Oh I just mean from the point of view of someone who's never tried it before. Lots of people arrive at Linux through indirect fields (pc building, self-hosting, gaming etc.) If it somehow turns into a career down the road all the better.
Unfortunately I don't have a lot of hardware to even put Linux on. Talking with the users on the other post piqued my curiosity a little. We'll see. Thanks for clearing some stuff up for me.