Comment Comment by sidkshatriya > The upgrade mechanism from 7.9 to 8.0 is still gloriously simple, and exactly the same as it has been for many yearsThe upgrade mechanism on a typical Linux distribution is _even more_ gloriously simple, and exactly the same as it has been for many years. # Fedora/RHEL $ sudo dnf upgrade -y # Debian/Ubuntu $ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y # Arch Linux $ sudo pacman -Syu The false distinction between the OS packages and user local (/usr/local) packages during upgrade causes much unneeded complexity. FreeBSD is making this go away which is welcome. parent sidkshatriya 11 days ago
The upgrade mechanism on a typical Linux distribution is _even more_ gloriously simple, and exactly the same as it has been for many years.
The false distinction between the OS packages and user local (/usr/local) packages during upgrade causes much unneeded complexity. FreeBSD is making this go away which is welcome.