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Don't make a mistake in choosing a distro (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] Michal 17 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I'm an annoyed fedora user and it seems every day there's an update that requires reboot to install. I want the latest patches to keep the system secure, but this is annoying, and I use 2 laptops.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (4 children)

sudo dnf up

Works for me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, that will forever be Did Not Finish for me. 😣

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Speedcubing or racing games? That's where I know that term from

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

While that works, it sometimes might break things: https://fedoramagazine.org/offline-updates-and-fedora-35/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Crashes are just the system telling me to restart. As god intended.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Except if you ran the update from within a graphical session and your session crashed, as this will kill DNF, making the update incomplete and potentially corrupting files. I recommend you either:

  • use the graphical updaters
  • run dnf from a TTY
  • or use some of the atomic spins, having atomic updates on btrfs subvolumes
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Switched to nix in the meantime.

[–] Michal 5 points 5 months ago

Thanks, i might start using that so i can continue work while it's installing. Even if I'm going to reboot later, i won't have to wait for it to install before using the system.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You need to "sudo dnf clean all" first to make sure you get the freshest index!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You can do that, but it is not necessary.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's not necessary but you'll get updates quicker. And I'm a chronic updater, even pick and choose stuff from updates-testing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I recommend "dnf automatic" to fetch the latest package index in background

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You can change that in system settings on KDE

System settings -> Software Update -> Apply system updates immediately

Not sure if it's the same on GNOME

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

No, there is not. Updating through terminal still bypasses it and I don't mind so much seeing how my mother might accidentally power it off in the middle an important update otherwise. Most people know not to hit the power button when the scary load bar pops up with a message saying please do not power off system.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Yeah, I'm using Fedora KDE and Budgie on a laptop and mini-desktop. There were a boatload of updates over the weekend. I understand the safety of doing a reboot to be up to date, but it does give me flashbacks to Wondows.

But, you can use sudo dnf upgrade and only need to reboot when you want to. Updating through Discover tends to make you reboot a lot.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I disabled it on day 2 in fedora KDE spin