Re: Before Dimdows 10 Goes EOL, I'm Testing Linux To Save My Laptop From The Landfill

On 6/26/25 11:43 AM, rbowman wrote:

My list:
$ dnf history list | grep -v update | grep -v upgrade | grep -v remove

Well, duh, if you grep out any update you don't see any, do you? I had
removed a couple of installs like expat-devel from my first list to focus
on the update history.
 I'm not arguing against Fedora but if you treat it like Windows patch
Tuesday and only update once a month have fun.

I was only interested in what updated, not when it updated.
When is every day.  I do it manually.
$ su root -c "dnf -y update"
The "root" is not necessary in the above.  I do it as a
reminder as I frequently su to users too.
If you are coming from a M$ environment, it takes a while
to emotionally adjust to trusting updates.
If my numerous M$ qemu-kvm virtual machines, I freeze
the updated and only install the builds when they hit
from their ISO.  I only use them for research for my
customers.  And when I need then, they need to start.
Not wait four hours for a sh**ty, poorly tested
update to install.
Two great programs I adore:
      osmo.  A simple personal information manager that is not annoying
      krusader.  an ugly file manager that is so, so damned useful
      su root -c "dnf install osmo krusader"
And do not forget Brave Browser.  No spying and automatic
ad blocking.  Uses the Blink rendering engine so it works
with web site that only work with the spyware Chrome browser:
   Fedora 41+ (dnf5)
      su root -c "dnf install dnf-plugins-core"
      su root -c "dnf config-manager addrepo --from-repofile=https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/brave-browser.repo"
      su root -c "dnf install brave-browser"