But I was pleasantly surprised by pkcon (through Discover) being able to do proper system updates on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. It used to be discouraged to use it for system updates.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Ah, fair enough. Yeah, I kind of have the same problem that I forget about it. I have to use Ubuntu at work and APT is confusing in many ways, so I keep meaning to try pkcon instead, but I still have to do so...

[–] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Pacman sucks ass and this is a hill I will die on. Sure, it's fast, but there's such a thing as too fast. Like when I was updating the system once and it decided to delete bash to replace it, but it couldn't replace it because bash was gone already and my shell died since that's what I was logging in with. Oops! System is completely unusable now, got to reinstall arch again, because pacman pulls stunts like this.

[–] deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de 2 points 3 weeks ago

This type of shit happens if you intentionally mess up your own system (or use Manjaro). pacman requires extra confirmation (instructions only found in its man page) before even allowing you to delete bash (base requires it). bash has also never been replaced, and even if you deleted it, it would still be loaded in RAM. Even still, if you deleted it and immediately rebooted, it would be a quick fix for anyone familiar with the distribution they're using, and would not require reinstalling the whole thing.

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[–] p_consti@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Of course it won't do anything, you need to update (refresh the index) before you upgrade (download and install updates), silly you

[–] doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

rpm-ostree upgrade && reboot

[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

guix pull . . . . guix upgrade

[–] Shape4985@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sudo dnf update

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[–] visnudeva@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Using bluefin or bazzite it is automatic in the background and I don't need to click anywhere or enter any command, I don't even need to open the terminal.

[–] crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

why does Ubuntu even use ppas

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