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    To be honest, it is quite complicated now as well with all of the proprietary software (sh.itjust.works)
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    [–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    The safest way to install update is via offline updates, which don't need sudo on the user side, but requires a restart. See https://fedoramagazine.org/offline-updates-and-fedora-35/ for a good explanation.

    I believe offline upgrade is also the default on every OS out there, for example gnome software only installs updates offline.

    Even if you have to use sudo to upgrade (or journalctl, dmesg, both are sysadmin tasks and not typically done by a normal user), you are still only giving root privileges to these trusted programs distributed by your distro, not some random installers on the internet, unless you are using AUR.

    I am genuinely curious what other commands with sudo that you need to run on a daily bases, for tasks that is unrelated to system administration?