It has been a while since I last made a post questioning things, life has been really busy. But I currently got a little bit of downtime so why not make a new thread again :)
So the question is how often do you do updates? Every day? Once a week? Once a month? When XY thing happens? Never? Or is it just completely random?
I try to do it every time I use the computer (so every day for my desktop and around weekly for the laptop) but of course thats not always possible. Desktop is running Arch with my custom setup I am still working on, and my laptop has EndeavourOS with LTS kernel.
When it comes to mobile, I have a OP8Pro so in terms of bloat as another user mentioned, its not that bad. I update the system whenever I see there is one, so roughly every 6 months I want to say. Apps I update regularly.
Arch: everytime I log in. Work laptop (Ubuntu): whenever prompted, which means once a weak. Android: whenever prompted which means never (I guess my phone is old).
I tend to update my endeavouros whenever. Mostly when I get a notification about there being X packages ready for an update.
Sometimes I update when there are only about 10 packages that need updating, sometimes (more rare) when there are 100-200. If I see there are more than 200 I make sure to update asap.
Desktop: (Arch) about 2-3 times a month, but used to be 1-2 times a week when I wasn’t working. I also usually update when Discord stops working. Sometimes asap when there’s a security fix. Otherwise i update for cool new stuff or because it’s been a while :P
Laptop: (Debian) 50/50 chance when Discover says there’s updates available
Phone: (ios) usually when new emojis are available 💀
Ah someone else who updates when Discord stops working, there is at least 2 of us :D
Huh, is new emojis being available a common thing? I am too old for that shit and still use the text ones :)
Yup lol. Although just now I discovered that the Arch Wiki changed a section on Discord where you can disable the update check (before, it was written on how to spoof your version which I used a couple times)
New emojis don’t roll out very frequently, from what I understand there’s a whole process it goes through and then it sits in a queue for like 2 years. Sometimes I use the brand new ones, other times it’s other people who use them and I want to see the emojis myself. Text ones are still just as valid though o(-)o
Oooooooo I didn’t know about that either. I haven’t had the issue yet with that on Arch, but it was a constant issue back when I was using Manjaro and for some reason I never thought to look up if I can disable it (I just automatically assumed I couldn’t I guess). Thanks for letting me know about it!
I see, makes sense ^^.