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So, there is some aggravation (not really a con) in terms of package management systems.
You have MANY options not limited to your standard repo tools like yum, pacman, apt, etc. You also have 3rd party ones like flatpak and snap. You could also throw in the AppImage format to that. Arch has the AUR on top of that which usually means you're running paru or yay. And then you have things like brew and crates which you might run into.
Working in any of these is straightforward, the problem comes from having to manage them all independently of one another at the same time. Pacman will update standard repo, but not AUR. Paru will update standard repo and AUR, but that doesn't help with flatpak/snap. Then docker/pods/lxc are in their own little world while you get those handled.
In the end, the more complex you build a system the more complex it is to manage, but it still is an aggravation. I'd still take it over the one-size fits all approach Microsoft has, though.
might I recommend topgrade to you in these trying times?
https://github.com/topgrade-rs/topgrade
Thanks! I'll take a look at this.
This is what Bazzite uses to update system and it's perfect. One command and it updates everything, including firmware even