If that's the game we're gonna play:

yay

I'll keep making Debian users aware that they can do it all in one command since Trixie.

sudo apt --update --autoremove --with-new-pkgs upgrade

Yes. At the beginning I preferred distro's specifically with a graphical software manager. Now i force uninstall it and use terminal for anything.

The only time I use the software center is if im looking for software to do a job without already knowing the name of the program that would

There is nothing wrong with using your distro's app center. Often it will save you extra steps by updating things like Flatpaks as well, if you use them (or Snaps, if you're an insane person).

Don’t forget

flatpak update

topgrade -y

yay

yay --noconfirm && reboot

Non of those.

sudo zypper dup

nix flake update && nixos-rebuild switch --flake .

Or nh os switch

I do both. If I know exactly what I want to install, I'll install it from the terminal because it's often more direct. If I go "I need an app that does thing, what's available?"

Aren't you supposed to do apt full-upgrade instead of apt upgrade?

Also wtf is pkcon for?

> update

(it's an alias)

I actually like Mint's software center

I love it when a program says theirs a new version, would you like to download? pffffftt.

pacman -S [program name]

ujust update

I use Bazzite BTW

sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake path

(Or just my nswitch [path] script with a file-backed path cache)

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo flatpak update -y

While I still tend to stick to the terminal for updating, I still have fond memories of doing everything through Synaptic Package Manager when I first got into Ubuntu in 2009.

Sudo dnf up

Downright quicker than opening a software center.

And it gives me the illusion of being some sort of super user

Don't forget to check needrestart or similar afterwards if you have no idea what has happened.

I don't even install anymore I just do nix run. What I use daily is in my nix config, the rest can stay in the store

paru

CachyOS has this app called “Shelly”. I use nothing but that. It does everything.

Am I the only one that always has to LOL when I think about how Red Hat tried so hard to push for modules to be a thing with DNF but then they decided to kill it off because nobody wanted to maintain it. lmao

I'm a pveupdate && pveupgrade guy myself

Fedora recommends using the software center rather than and in order to get more reliable updates.

Nah, just declare your packages programmatically

update_pm() {
  sudo apt update
  sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt upgrade -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite"
  sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt autoremove -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite"
  echo y | sudo ubuntu-drivers install || true
  sudo apt install -f -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite"
  echo y | sudo ubuntu-drivers install || true
  sudo apt install -f -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite"
  echo y | sudo ubuntu-drivers install || true
  sudo apt install -f -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite"
  echo y | sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall || true
  sudo apt install -f -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite"
  echo y | sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall || true
  sudo apt install -f -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite"
  echo y | sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall || true
  sudo apt install -f -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite"
  sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt autoremove -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite"
  sudo apt clean
  sudo apt autoclean
  flatpak update -y || true
  flatpak uninstall --unused -y || true
  sudo snap refresh || true
  brew update
  echo y | brew upgrade
  echo y | brew autoremove
  brew cleanup
  uv self update
  uv tool upgrade --all
  npm i -g npm
  npm update -g
}

Updating my shit in Termux:

# update via apt wrapper
pkg upgrade
# update yt-dlp
yt-dlp -U
# update everything in ~/.src
# (in this case, just ksh93)
gr ~/.src
cd ~/.src/ksh
bin/package make
bin/package install /data/data/com.termux/files/usr

Yes... until I started using Fedora Silverblue and now I use software center, but only occasionally because the flatpaks update themselves in the background.

or just put into your .bashrc

alias update="sudo dnf up --assumeyes && sudo flatpak update --system --assumeyes && flatpak update --user --assumeyes"

a lot more comfortable

TIL what dnf is finally.

Write that down

Damn! I wish Keanu would validate me

This matches my experience exactly.

Duh. Why do you think I switched to Linux the moment I learned it existed

On Arch, Discover only updates flatpaks though, smh

Flatpak?

sudo softwareupdate -i -a --restart

but gui app will also update flatpaks

I use an fzf based script that queries for updates and lets me choose what to install.

If you use xbps, or are just curious:

::: xu #!/bin/env sh

self="$(basename "$0")"

error() { printf '%s:' "$self" >&2 # shellcheck disable=SC2068 printf ' %s' $@ >&2 printf '\n' >&2 }

fatal() { error "$@" exit 1 }

if [ -x "$(command -v sk)" ]; then finder=sk elif [ -x "$(command -v fzf)" ]; then finder=fzf else echo "neither fzf or sk are installed" >&2 exit 1 fi

tmp="$(mktemp)" || fatal "couldn't source bindings" grep '^export' "$DOTFILES/.zshenv" | grep -E 'FZF|SKIM' >"$tmp" . "$tmp" rm "$tmp"

shellcheck disable=SC2046

choices="$(xbps-install -nSu | cut -f1 -d' ' | sed 's/-[^-]*$//g' | $finder | tr '\n' ' ')"

[ -n "$choices" ] || exit

guard=pkexec command -v "$guard" >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || guard=sudo

shellcheck disable=SC2086

while ! $guard xbps-install -Syu $choices; do :; done

:::

The fingers tho

LoL

mommy install <package> --sudo

Which distro supports m-dashes for long option?

I'm not seeing any smitty love

Declarative config skeleton at bottom of swimming pool

Nah download AppImage and put in ~/Applicaitons

sudo topgrade for me, it just does it all

[misc]
    # ...
    # Run `sudo -v` to cache credentials at the start of the run; this avoids a
    # blocking password prompt in the middle of a possibly-unattended run.
    pre_sudo = true