It's wild what can be done with some clever aliases. Linux is better now than ever before.
Snap forces updates, and you cannot disable them. So if you use snaps, I guess you can stop worrying and keep going with your usual apt routine.
yeah like other people have rec'd, I just wrote a script for installing/removing/upgrading/searching all the package managers I have. this was used as a tongue in cheek jab and has never truly been a brag.
You don't really need much of a script, a relatively simple bash alias should do the trick and for new users the GUIs are a better solution anyway and those still update all apps.
I use Fedora for work, but ArchLinux at home. If you really want to skip flatpak then you need the AUR.
🎶That's why i don't like and use flatpaks, snaps and appimages 🎶
What about pkcon? I haven't used it in particular, but packagekit based GUIs work pretty well in my experience, and then it supports flatpak/snap/apt/kde addons/etc in one interface, which is better than it was originally.
Is it possible to bring back that experience? A unified, reliable CLI solution to make sure EVERYTHING is up to date?
Yes. Use a Linux distro that doesn't use flatpacks and you're good to go.
Which is kinda one of the main reasons I started to like and still like gentoo. I do understand that it's not for everyone as a daily driver. Maybe Arch could also fit?
Yeah, flatpaks are a pain in the ass. So glad that I don't have to use them since switching to Arch.
What a weird question, also that was never the case in the first place. You can still accomplish this with a simple bash script too.
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