Let's see, say I have a server that is set up for web and database services (Apache, PHP and MySQL, with OpenSSH for admin). A bug shows up in sendmail, which isn't installed on my server. Only an idiot would say I should apply the sendmail fix to my server.
You probably don't know it, but you do the same thing when you use Microsoft's Auto Update. For example, it will not apply any IIS patches if you don't have IIS installed. This is why running Auto Update after installing IIS results in a bunch of patches, new and old, being downloaded.
He gave the impression he didn't patch ANYTHING, including his kernel, yet you boys wanted to throw him a ticker tape parade since he was using linux. An obsolete version of that too, LMAO!