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Debian GNU/Linux 9.2 "Stretch" Update Introduces Over 150 Security and Bug Fixes

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Softpedia; By Marius Nestor
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The Debian Project today announced the release of the second maintenance update of the Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch" operating system series, adding a considerable number of bug fixes and security patches.

Coming two and a half months after the release of Debian GNU/Linux 9.1, the Debian GNU/Linux 9.2 point release introduces numerous updates that regular Debian Stretch users should have received through the official channels of the popular distribution used by hundreds of thousands of people worldwide.

According to the statistics published by the Debian Project for Debian GNU/Linux 9.2, we can notice that it includes a total of 87 bug fixes and addresses 66 security issues for various apps and core components. It also updates the kernel to Linux 4.9.51 LTS, though the latest upstream version is 4.9.53 at the moment of writing.

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