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minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI get that when I forget to update a Ubuntu VM for a week.
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoi’m like 80/20 if this is just going to straight bork the machine.
minus-squarefloquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoYou either test your backups or your lack of backups tests you
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoExecute order Sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo apt auto remove -y Needs a more concise order name…
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThere’s a flag for upgrade that will do an update as well. I don’t have it memorized, but you don’t need to “update and upgrade” anymore.
minus-squareloweffortname@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoTiny nits: apt dist-upgrade is more potentially destructive. It’s apt autoremove (no spaces) Otherwise, I do this every morning on my work machine. It’s very satisfying to have updates.
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agothat’s what backups are for. If it’s a vm then snapshots are a godsend. Update didn’t work? Revert.
minus-squareViceversa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 month agoSo much hassle just for routine update. Windows seems more stable in comparison.
minus-square9bananas@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agowindows just completely screwed up another update…it’s like, what, the 5th or so this year alone? so almost every month or so they screw up real big. including some that bricked systems completely… at least atomic distros let you roll back without hassle…
I get that when I forget to update a Ubuntu VM for a week.
i’m like 80/20 if this is just going to straight bork the machine.
You either test your backups or your lack of backups tests you
Execute order
Sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo apt auto remove -yNeeds a more concise order name…
There’s a flag for upgrade that will do an update as well. I don’t have it memorized, but you don’t need to “update and upgrade” anymore.
Tiny nits:
apt dist-upgradeis more potentially destructive.apt autoremove(no spaces)Otherwise, I do this every morning on my work machine. It’s very satisfying to have updates.
that’s what backups are for.
If it’s a vm then snapshots are a godsend. Update didn’t work? Revert.
So much hassle just for routine update. Windows seems more stable in comparison.
windows just completely screwed up another update…it’s like, what, the 5th or so this year alone? so almost every month or so they screw up real big.
including some that bricked systems completely…
at least atomic distros let you roll back without hassle…