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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.

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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]

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

On Arch Linux I've migrated away from Flatpaks, so I only use AUR and official repos.

Oh boy my updates speed increased like 3 to 5 times. Flatpak is slow as fuck.

Also my ISP is slow as fuck.

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

Guess what, Flatpaks have delta updates (a criminally underrated feature) so all things equal, updates are technically faster than pacman.

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

I practically observed it. To me flatpaks were horribly slow due to my download speed. I don't know what sort of magic packages it was downloading, but I was waiting way longer than simply using pacman/AUR packages. 🤷

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Arch has more mirrors for sure. But my point was on delta updates which technically make updating flatpaks faster and less bandwidth consuming, runtimes aside.