Linux

48400 readers

698 users here now

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

Rules

Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
No misinformation
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, etc

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

290

Did we kill Linux's killer feature? (lemdro.id)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

266 comments fedilink hide all child comments

A few years ago we were able to upgrade everything (OS and Apps) using a single command. I remember this was something we boasted about when talking to Windows and Mac fans. It was such an amazing feature. Something that users of proprietary systems hadn't even heard about. We had this on desktops before things like Apple's App Store and Play Store were a thing.

We can no longer do that thanks to Flatpaks and Snaps as well as AppImages.

Recently i upgraded my Fedora system. I few days later i found out i was runnig some older apps since they were Flatpaks (i had completely forgotten how I installed bitwarden for instance.)

Do you miss the old system too?

Is it possible to bring back that experience? A unified, reliable CLI solution to make sure EVERYTHING is up to date?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 201 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Alias update="sudo apt full-upgrade && flatpak update"

Fixed it for you

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago

Since they’re using Fedora apt isn’t going to do anything, they would need to run sudo dnf upgrade -y && flatpak update

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago

Nice. Your excellent suggestion probably belongs in a meta-package somewhere so that users get it for free when appropriate.

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

appimages though?

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They don't update, they are standalone files

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Appimages for in-dev programs usually have an auto-updater that runs when you run the program, too, which is accetapble by my factual and perfect standards. It would be nice if someone put together an appimage store to manage these, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Why not create a plug in to the AppStore of whatever your using

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Im pretty sure there is a store, if I remember I think its called appimage pool.

Edit: https://github.com/prateekmedia/appimagepool

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is obviously what I was referring to, but yeah...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Thats it ... Thats how i do it in every distro inluding nix-env and i'm eine

No need to overengeneer

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

If you're an Obtainium/install from GitHub fan, then don't forget gam update.