cannedtuna@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoSeriously, every time I gotta be out the door. Just let me shut you down.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square194fedilinkarrow-up1590
arrow-up1590imageSeriously, every time I gotta be out the door. Just let me shut you down.lemmy.worldcannedtuna@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square194fedilink
minus-squarequadrant5835@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoMy phone and Linux PC’s now all do this. Primary partition in use. Updates apply to secondary partition. At next reboot, load the updated partition. It’s so much better that the alternative, I can’t wait for Windows 14 to adopt it.
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoonly atomic distros do that, and it has its downsides. most distros still only keep a single system partition, but if it does snapshots before update then it’s not a big deal if something goes wrong
My phone and Linux PC’s now all do this. Primary partition in use. Updates apply to secondary partition. At next reboot, load the updated partition.
It’s so much better that the alternative, I can’t wait for Windows 14 to adopt it.
only atomic distros do that, and it has its downsides. most distros still only keep a single system partition, but if it does snapshots before update then it’s not a big deal if something goes wrong