Is it possible to bring back that experience? A unified, reliable CLI solution to make sure EVERYTHING is up to date?
Yes. Use a Linux distro that doesn't use flatpacks and you're good to go.
Yeah, flatpaks are a pain in the ass. So glad that I don't have to use them since switching to Arch.
What a weird question, also that was never the case in the first place. You can still accomplish this with a simple bash script too.
Which is kinda one of the main reasons I started to like and still like gentoo. I do understand that it's not for everyone as a daily driver. Maybe Arch could also fit?
Make an alias like "sudo dnf upgrade && flatpak update".
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