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[-] Zeth0s@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

His dad just needs to put a password when asked. It's a 6-years-old kid task updating on most Linux distro.

[-] itsraining@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

That would be true if:

  1. A GUI software center is used (or if the said dad is comfortable with an interactive console application)
  2. The said dad actually realizes the importance behind updates. From my experience, many people don't.

So, unless both of above are true, the dad will never (want to) update his system because "it works as is", sticking to old versions of software, never receiving bugfixes and neglecting security.

[-] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

You're a wise (wo)man. That is exactly the case. I've shown him how to do it in the GUI but he doesn't care to because, like you said, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

[-] itsraining@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you for answering. I can relate to manually updating my parents' systems once in a while but at this point I'm seriously considering unattended upgrades (updating over SSH is also a good idea).

[-] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

NP, I don't consider it a big issue, I kick it off whenever I'm there and it takes about 10 minutes.

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