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this post was submitted on 27 Nov 2024
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Thanks to image-based distros like Fedora Atomic, I skipped the asking to update step. They download and apply updates in the background, and then the new image gets selected on next boot.
Given Fedora doesn't do major changes in point releases, nothing breaks (until I do a manual upgrade to a new (half-)yearly major release).
Not having a terminal does not make sense (unless in a business context). For some people (my mum) it's as if it doesn't exist anyway, so why remove it.