Ubuntu LTS20.04 - wireguard package

[Dan Streetman]

On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 6:17 PM Jeffrey Walton <noloader at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 2:02 PM Filip Menke <fips at filip-menke.de> wrote:
> >
> > Is there a reason why the wireguard package is outdated and no updates are available through the standard update process(apt-get update / upgrade)?
> >
> > Users must update the package manually and from a security perspective a VPN server should be always up to date otherwise the system could be vulnerable..
>
> Related, if you want the latest version of a package like Wireguard
> (or GCC, or Python, or Perl, ...), then you might want to look at
> Fedora.
>
> Fedora has a 6 month release cycle. Each version you are on has the
> latest releases of its packages and gets full updates. And in 6 months
> you move onto the next stable version. At the 6 month release in the
> life cycle, you simply run dnf-system-upgrade [1] and you are on the
> next version of Fedora. dnf-system-upgrade is a lot like a Ubuntu
> dist-upgrade.

Just to clarify, what you are describing about Fedora is EXACTLY the
same for Ubuntu...6 month release cycle, latest packages in each
release, full updates (for at least 9 months), upgrade with a single
command at each 6 month release. The 'dnf-system-upgrade' sounds more
like the 'do-release-upgrade' command, not 'apt dist-upgrade' (though
both are similar).

>
> I really like Fedora's model, the use of SELinux in enforcing mode,
> and Fedora's desire to provide the latest versions of software. In
> fact, I run Fedora Workstations to test the latest GCC compilers, and
> Fedora Servers when I need a web server.
>
> I no longer bother with CentOS or Red Hat servers. I can't stand that
> antique software that makes you use Software Collections (SCL) to get
> something semi-modern. I gave up on CentOS and Red Hat servers when
> trying to get Mediawiki running on them. CentOS and Red Hat servers
> with their old software was just too much work.
>
> I also use Ubuntu workstations and servers. But every now and again
> you want the latest software for a server, and that's when you want to
> consider Fedora.
>
> [1] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/dnf-system-upgrade/
>
> Jeff
>
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