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Is there a way to force update VanillaOS 2.0 Orchid? (lemmy.today)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by paequ2@lemmy.today to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I'm trying it out for the first time and reading the handbook here: https://docs.vanillaos.org/handbook/en/updates

However, I noticed the page says:

This guide is for Kinetic (22.10), not Orchid.

And when I tried running command to check for updates, I got this.

$ vso update-check
Error: unknown command "update-check" for "vso"
Run 'vso --help' for usage.
  ERROR   unknown command "update-check" for "vso"

I could wait for the normal update job to run, but I'm being impatient. :)

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[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I've been using it for just over 6 months and it's perfectly fine as a desktop distribution. I'm enjoying that it's based on Debian Sid and I get a more up to date GNOME release than I would have with Ubuntu or Debian. The update process is a bit slow but you can just leave it downloading in the background and then reboot when it's ready. If you know that you want an immutable desktop distro based on Debian then I would definitely recommend it.

If you're using it for development then it's a bit more complicated as you'll need to get used to working in a distrobox container and understanding when it can and can't access the host system or communicate with programs running on the host system.

If you have the time and basic understanding to be able to switch your dev workflow to run inside a container, or if your dev environment never needs to interact with the base system that you're running it on, then it's perfectly usable for dev work - just a bit of a learning curve.

[–] notanapple@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks, didn't knew it was based on Debian Sid though that makes a lot of sense for an immutable distro since I assume you can easily rollback in case of issues.