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

yay

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

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

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).

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

Don’t forget

flatpak update

topgrade -y

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

Or nh os switch

Non of those.

sudo zypper dup

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?"

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

pacman -S [program name]

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

Also wtf is pkcon for?

I actually like Mint's software center

> update

(it's an alias)

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 dnf up

Downright quicker than opening a software center.

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

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

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

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.

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

I'm a pveupdate && pveupgrade guy myself

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

paru

TIL what dnf is finally.

Nah, just declare your packages programmatically

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

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

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

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

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
}

Write that down