SentauOct 6, 2023

Update handling after rebasing Fedora Silverblue

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Update handling after rebasing Fedora Silverblue - Feddit

So I am trying out fedora silverblue and recently rebased it to uBlue to get access to hardware decoding for non-free codecs and for some QoL improvements. Before rebasing, I used to get both system updates(update to image that silverblue is based on) and flatpak updates through the gui package manager(gnome-software in this case) but sincce i rebased, i was not getting any notifications for system updates. I ran rpm-ostree upgrade and then it pulled from the manifest and updated the system using the updated image. For some reason gnome-software did not know this new image was available. My question is does this mean that i will have to run rpm-ostree upgrade to update from now or will gnome-software handle it? I have no problem using the terminal but gnome-software is more convenient and I am lazy.

Show threadmnmalstOct 6, 2023

One of the main features of silverblue is auto updates in the background. You don’t need a cronjob or a graphical tool to achieve this, it’s build into the distribution.

Have a look here: …github.io/…/rpm-ostree-automatic-updates.html

You just have to change one entry in /etc/rpm-ostreed.conf and reload the systemd service.

Using Automatic Updates on Fedora Silverblue

One of the oldest issues and most desired pieces of functionality in the rpm-ostree stack has been automatic updates. The ability to have your host download and stage the upgrade in the background would eliminate some of the system admin headache that comes when maintaining your host. (Furthermore, enabling this ability in a cluster of hosts allows the cluster admin to worry about other things than scheduling downtime to apply upgrades.)

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Show threadSentau
Does that work even for the OCI images that ublue uses¿? Also can we configure this further. I don’t want to accidentally update my image when on a metered connection.
Oct 6, 2023 at 3:22pmWeb
Show threadj0rgeOct 6, 2023
Someone just merged some shortcuts to let you turn them on and off easier: https://github.com/ublue-os/config/commit/0823567237f8d83a50a75e9a7cd15c7c9d758d22
feat: check metered connection before automatic updates (#123) · ublue-os/config@0823567

* feat: check metered connection before automatic updates * feat: add just commands to disable/enable automatic updates * docs: add metered connection check * docs: change version * docs: add a...

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Show threadSentauOct 6, 2023
Cool. People are amazing
Show threadmnmalstOct 6, 2023
I only used ublue images for a little bit but on the one which offered xfce at that time it was available. I think it’s part of the main image design, so I see no reason it not being available. You can easily check tho.