And while I haven't had this happen to me yet; the fear of something like this or even worse is why I try to stay one step behind the update paths on linux dist

And while I haven't had this happen to me yet; the fear of something like this or even worse is why I try to stay one step behind the update paths on linux distros. Security patches matter, but I'm no one important, so I should be fine to wait a week or month... Anyone else who is important though... servers for example...