• Samskara@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    That’s the best part of this post. Windows is fully automatic, while on Linux you need to tell apart two terminal commands with confusing naming.

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      2 months ago

      On linux, you can do what you wish. You can use a desktop environment with a GUI software center that pops up a notification that prompts you to install updates. Or update by opening the software center and selecting the ones you want. Or use the terminal commands. Or write an alias so you can type “update” and have it execute all your commands in the right order. Or script it to run silently in the background on an automated schedule.

      And you can use your computer during updates, there’s no mandatory update during shutdown/boot.

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      2 months ago

      Not necessarily. On Arch it’s just “sudo pacman -Syu” and on Fedora it’s just “sudo dnf update”.

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          If you’re too stupid to remember one or two commands there are GUI applications available where you can click “a button” to update your system.

          Or make an alias with the update command and name it “update”. This works on every distro.

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              2 months ago

              If you can’t remember one or two commands then you are in fact stupid. With that said, Linux is for everyone.

              There are distros that have auto updates as a feature they ship (Linux Mint comes to mind). There are distros that are basically impossible to break and there are distros where you are responsible for building your own system and keeping it functioning. It all depends on your own needs. Linux gives you the freedom to choose and there are more than one way to do things.