Avoiding unattended upgrades?

[Tyler Aviss]

Debian : depends on if the applications you use are available, or if you
have source-installs etc that may not work. There's a fair but of stuff in
ubuntu that may not be as readily available in Debian.

One thing that's helpful is to back up your list of installed packages with
"dpkg --get-selections > /path/to/backup.txt" prior to blowing away the
current OS.
On Apr 28, 2012 3:50 PM, "Mel Wilson" <mwilson-4YeSL8/OYKRWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> I see that Ubuntu is back to pushing unattended upgrades last thing in its
> security updates.  My gut feeling is to disapprove: I don't think I'm my
> most productive if I constantly wonder what might have happened to my
> toolchains and system while my back was turned.  Two questions:
>
> 1) Am I overreacting?
>
> 2) Are there any serious caveats about installing, say, Debian instead?  I
> have my /home directories sequestered and backed up.  I've learned that
> much, at least.
>
>    Thanks,        Mel.
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