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I've checked the official Ubuntu site, but I can't find anywhere it says if a release is a security update or just a feature update. For example, if there's a vulnerability in 13.10 that requires an update to 14.04 etc. Is there a place I can check every release to know if I should update because of security or if it's safe to remain at the older version?

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I start here http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/ and / or with the changelog

See Seeing apt-get changelogs for to-be-upgraded packages

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  • Thank you for the answer. As a followup on the same topic, does the security releases actually list the vulnerabilities? I was expecting just to see "There is a security fix" type message and instead I saw some specific reports in that first link. I know some things will give some time before releasing the actual vulnerabilities so you have time to upgrade before announcing the vulnerabilities with your server to everyone. – o_O Nov 04 '14 at 07:53
  • I am not sure that there is a specific policy on this one way or another. As such it likely varies by package, update, vulnerability, and maintainer. – Panther Nov 04 '14 at 13:07