(12-10-2025, 07:50 AM)Praktica Wrote: I've got lazy in my old age - i can't be bothered with all this command line stuff.
In typical daily usage it's not usually required, even on Linux.
Especially if you are a basic user who only needs a web browser, an office suite, and the like.
It's entirely possible to install Linux using a GUI installer, install the programs you want through the GUI, and use your Firefox or Chromium or whatever without needing to open the terminal once.
Even installing updates can be done through the GUI - at least they should be, and I have personally had no issue there - though I do often use the terminal for that just as it's faster.
Wainuitech claimed his updater didn't work, but since we never got to see what the error message was, I can't comment on that. It might have been another typo, who knows? In general, the update systems are pretty reliable from my experience, especially on *Ubuntu
(12-10-2025, 09:19 AM)Wainuitech Wrote:(11-10-2025, 10:48 PM)Agent_24 Wrote: Yeah, exactly.
When it says: Run 'apt list --upgradable' it's telling you to run the command within the quotes, which is as king1 has described.
"Run" is the command given to you, not the command you type into the terminal.
Thanks for clearing that up. BUT I'm giving up on this useless OS, not wasting my time on inconsistent operating system. Tried the command as suggested -- Just sat there for over 30 minutes did nothing. rebooted, this time tried sudo apt update again nothing happened after typing in and hitting enter. Went to look at the one in the workshop, the laptop started, but dont know what happened but it went "Crazy, flashing crashing" ( best way to describe it). Booted from a USB partition software, wiped drive dropped a w10 image onto it, runs without problems.
At least the ubuntu servers OS's are behaving
I wonder if it's a VM compatibility issue. You say you have the latest version of Kubuntu - I assume 25.10? Is your VM host software actually able to support it properly? I would try the latest LTS release - currently 24.04
It's of course entirely possible the latest version has bugs, having only just been released.
When you say you typed
Code:
sudo apt update