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[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

That's probably simply a more skeptical take of my own newbie perspective: the automated update systems on Linux are feeling increasingly scary since their maintainers can get hacked... I'm on Mint and I wish that the Update Manager would show changelogs per update, at least (even if those, too, can be fabricated)...