question please: is there anything similar to the update manager that mint uses but for other distros??

[notanapple@lemm.ee]

If you dont mind using the terminal, there is topgrade which can update many different kind of packages with a single command (topgrade).

You could also build mintinstall (linux mints updater/store) on ubuntu.

[Guest]

Different software management systems can interact with Flatpak. I think the KDE package manager can, and the Gnome package manager too, if you install the plugin.

[ambiguousprops@lemmy.today]

topgrade is great. Distros such as bazzite use it for all of their updates, under the hood anyway.

[stuner@lemmy.world]

Both KDE Discover and Gnome Software offer similar functionality. You should also be able to use them without their respective shells.

[notanapple@lemm.ee]

yep very underrated piece of software, its so fast and reliable compared to like packagekit

[superkret@feddit.org]

Just a heads-up: Synaptic doesn't come preinstalled on Debian or Ubuntu anymore.
It's 25 years old software, and tends to behave weirdly when you try to uninstall multiple packages.

[jlow@beehaw.org]

Yeah, I think it depends on how the distro decides to implement it, can't remember now but I think e. g. in Fedora KDE you need to tick a box somewhere in Discover's (KDE's updater) settings (and then it's Fedora's own Flatpak repo?). In Bazzite which I'm using atm it's Flatpaks all the way down anyway

It's also quite nice in KDE that you can do Flatpak permissions etc in System Settings.

[riscwarez@feddit.online]

bauh, it has support for Debian and Arch packages (including AUR), Appimages, Flatpaks, Snaps and web apps.

[Guest]

use windowsssss

[tiny@midwest.social]

Cockpit has an update manager built in and has the ability to setup dnf automatic

[bcsven@lemmy.ca]

OpenSUSE has GUI software updates via GNOME package updater or KDE discovery center, but also has GUI Yast software manager independent of DE

[patch@feddit.uk]

Ubuntu's software updater updates both deb packages and snaps. To my knowledge it doesn't do flatpaks, though, as Ubuntu officially doesn't support them.

[jamesbunagna@discuss.online]

Seems cool, but it's unfortunate that the project doesn't seem healthy. Last commit was 5 months ago. Furthermore, its maintainer has even explicitly mentioned that the future of its project is uncertain. At least, we gotta give them credits for being transparent.

[strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show]

You can install a flatpak plugin for the GNOME software center and use that to update everything. It does debs, snaps, firmware and flatpaks for me on my work laptop.

[thingsiplay@beehaw.org]

This can easily be solved by bundling all update commands into a single command. I have an alias for this, that updates everything with just a command called update. There is no need for an extra software. But you have to figure out the commands and options to do this correctly. For my operating system EndeavourOS, I have this:

alias update='eos-update --yay ;
  flatpak update ; 
  flatpak uninstall --unused ; 
  rustup self update ; 
  rustup update'

then run it with:

update

... which updates the system, the AUR, Flatpak and my Rust environment. You don't need to rely on any third party software to update your system.

[thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe]

That's a shame, I rather like bauh

[umbrella@lemmy.ml]

ubuntu has its own updater too. fedora relies on gnome software and that systemd updater thing. ymmv