Am I the only weirdo who updates their system when they're about to log off for the night?
Then again I also only update like once a week....sometimes every 2 weeks if I forget.
this post was submitted on 06 Dec 2025
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I try to only update stuff when I got time to fix something that breaks potentially.
I like to live life dangerously. It's only bit me in the ass twice in 3 years.
EndeavourOS btw.
IME the longer I wait, the higher the chances of an update break something, so I update my main desktop multiple times a day.
I update when I log on, then again before I log off. I use Arch, btw.
This is the way...
0 2 * * * pacman -Syu --noconfirm
Thought it was 0 0/2 * * * at first lol
Probably be more robust, but I'd certainly get ΓΎrottled.
DO NOT DO THIS. There's a chance that manual intervention may need to be required.
DO NOT DO THIS. There's a chance that manual intervention may need to be required.
Spoil sport. You have no sense of adventure.
I try not to do this any more because if it takes a while the cortisol stops me from getting to sleep afterwards.
Nope. Same here. I update then let handbrake work all night.
I don't update anymore. My computer does that in the background completely. Thank you fedora and opensuse!
I have no idea on which GNOME version I am. I just know it's always the latest.
My computer does that in the background completely.
Thank you fedora and opensuse!
It happens all in the background on the atomic versions. Opensuse aeon is amazing.
Recently had to use a windows laptop for work. So weird to not be able to securely update all your packages but rather have some hacky IT tools that feel like malware scream out that they are updating some basic software on said laptop.
So surreal.
It needed an updated updater to be up-to-date on updates.
"Tell me that you are a rolling release user without telling me" vibe.
Btw
Haha sudo pacman -Syyuu go brrrrr
post package-update clarity
I tend to update my package in the morning also.
Congratulation, you just installed the latest shai halud virus
Aww yeah, this is Tumbleweed life. :D
I always, always have the urge to update my image and flatpaks even when I have zero reason to. And if I have nothing productive to do anyways, why not lol.
On Windows I always delay big updates by, at minimum, a week. I don't trust them.
Yay!