So Debian/Ubuntu still can't into auto update?
this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2026
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Itβs all fun and games until you one day you see:
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
And itβs complaining about packages youβve never heard of before.
sudo apt autoremove && sudo apt autopurge -y
sudo guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm
Then you donβt even have to worry about what happens when an evil monkey unplugs your computer in the middle of an update.
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y && flatpak update -y
Another low-effort, inaccurate meme. A true comparison would be if you replaced the first screenshot with an image of someone clicking the update button.
I donβt mind criticising Windows but go after the genuine reasons for moving to Linux. No spyware, no AI forced on you etc.
why cant people type anymore?
Not everybody feels like memorizing undiscoverable magic phrases that might not be in a language they speak.
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sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
Until Google neglects to update Google Earth and your entire system update gets hung on a no-digest error so you have to either uninstall Google Earth or run a custom update command that skips it every single time. π©
sudo apt full-upgrade -U -y
Should be all you need.
Does nothing - Bootc based/nixos
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apt-get dist-upgrade
transactional-update :)
Apt is the wrong example here.
Me: update && upgrade
Apt: ##### 25%
Apt: dialogue with kernel news
Apt: ###### 30%
Apt: dialogue for reconfiguring abc
Apt: dialogue for reconfiguring xyz
Apt: want me to overwrite your critical config? yes/no/show differences
Apt: ################## 100%
Me: reboot
PC: No Display Manager, no wifi, emergency shell
Honestly, the only troubles I have had beside non-working Nvidia drivers was the dependency-resolver taking forever before aborting due to too many unresolved dependencies. full-resolver takes care of that.
Dialogues? Yes to inform you that some services won't work until a restart & you are currently using them (e.g. X)
Warning about overwriting config files? Only if you are an advanced enough user to have modified them by hand, and if the update requires a new base configuration.
never happenwd to me
This never happens to me when running distros based on Debian stable or Ubuntu, unless it's time for the major version update every 0.5-3 years. Even then, these days everything just keeps working after the reboot. Issues only really arise when you start messing with Debian sid, testing or frankendebian/frankenubuntu.
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