课程: Linux System Upgrade and Patch Management

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Differences between patches, updates, and upgrades

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课程: Linux System Upgrade and Patch Management

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Differences between patches, updates, and upgrades

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- [Instructor] Difference between patches, updates, and upgrades. The terms patches, updates, and upgrades are often used interchangeably, but refer to different type of software modification. Understanding these differences is crucial for proper system management and maintenance. So, let's go over the breakdown of each of them. So, we'll start with patches. Patches are typically small fixes aimed at specifically security vulnerabilities, bugs, or minor performance problems within a package or the operating system itself. They generally do not add new features or functionality, but instead focus on making the existing software safer and, of course, more stable. Now, example of such patch could be a security patch for the Linux kernel that fixes a specific vulnerability without altering any other functionality of the system. Okay, then from patches, we'll move on to updates. Updates are broader than patches and may include improvements to the software, a minor feature enhancement, and…

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