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?

    • const_void@lemmy.ml
      31·
      1 year ago

      This. AUR packages are easy to create too. Flatpaks are only useful if you want to use something temporarily.

    • Sentau@lemmy.one
      2·
      1 year ago

      Especially when you also use a aur helper like yay. Also I have to do is type yay and enter my password and then everything is updated

      • voxel
        1·
        1 year ago

        or paru. basically like yay but slightly faster (really noticable on crappy hardware, paru searches packages like 2-3 times faster on a 5200rpm hdd)