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ubuntu: general maintenance

General Updates Update One-liner To Update without further confirmation: bash Copy sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y Remove the -y flag to manually confirm actions Fix Update Problems Removes bad cached packages and re-download bash Copy sudo rm -f /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-6.8.0-94_*.deb sudo apt clean sudo apt update sudo apt --fix-broken install sudo rm -f /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-6.8.0-94_*.deb sudo apt clean sudo apt update sudo apt --fix-broken install If this has run successfully you can trigger updates, I had best success with removing obsolete packages beforehand ...

Feb 7, 2026 Author:
  • pabu
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ubuntu: podman & podman compose

Choose the right container Setup In the past i used docker a lot. Since they moved on more to please enterprises I prefer to use podman and podman compose. Install Commands for podman & podman compose bash Copy sudo apt update sudo apt install -y podman podman-compose podman --version podman compose version || podman-compose --version systemctl --user enable --now podman.socket sudo apt update sudo apt install -y podman podman-compose podman --version podman compose version || podman-compose --version systemctl --user enable --now podman.socket Optional: make sure your user has a subuid/subgid range (needed for rootless features) ...

Feb 7, 2026 Author:
  • pabu