mostly anything on windows

that can be done too. tarballed software normally doesn’t have permissions attached I think

but also the way it puts file data one after the other can be beneficial for compression, especially if you can define the order of the files somehow

didn’t they also push that downgrade for older versions?

@SatyrSack@quokk.au

there is. if the updater gui integrates with packagekit and systemd, it can start an offline update that reboots your system and installs the updates while nothing else is running.

kind of like on windows, except that this is one of the things where windows made the right call. complex software does not handle it well if its program libraries and assets are being replaced by newer ones that the running version cannot understand.

its still kind of a new thing, not all distros make use of it yet, but Fedora does, and it’s not a Fedora custom solution but something that most distros can have.

automatic filesystem snapshots and rollback can be integrated to this too, and then bye bye to updates breaking the whole system.

I don’t think so. all user processes should be stopped in one way or another before the screen is turned off

then your hashbangs are bad. isn’t their point to tell the kernel exactly which interpreter can process it correctly?

I do create a lot of duplicates as I move and transfer files between 3 laptops.

Consider using syncthing

because it’s a pocket computer that fits in a small place and can drive an external display

maybe you could install a “portable” linux system on it. you may want to encrypt it though

I admit I didn’t read the article, but yes, I meant all corners, and not such those of windows but widgets amd popups too

bit out of character that this is what kde does not let you to customize by default

I’ve been told that opensuse tumbleweed has it. I’ve also read a suse forum post saying leap 16 will support offline updates, releasing in January, so they could be the first to support all of this with fs snapshots

Even just the updating from Discover can be broken on some systems

if you didn’t enable offline updates in systemsettings, then it’ll do roughly the same as you would in the terminal, so that’s not unexpected

username checks out

not if you mount the fan on the ceiling, and let it lift up the air

that’s exactly how updates should work in every desktop distro. as an option of course.

systemd made it possible to install updates on shutdown.
packagekit enabled kde software to automatically obtain and prepare the updates.
plasma does the final touch nowadays to ask you on the reboot/shutdown dialog whether you want to install them.

Basically all the system is in place, with code from widely used parties. packagekit can even integrate with your filesystem to make a snapshot before install. It’s wonderful. yet, it seems as if only fedora supports this full setup right now? or is there anything else?

btw I think libreoffice calc supports python macros, like excel did with visualwhatever

brachial plexus… is that how you say Factorio balancer?

Win L. the next, superior edition of windows, if someone asks.