Help my curiosity and start a discussion?
System is a VirtualBox VM running UM 16.04 64-bit while I get set to install on my main machines soon. As I write this, Synaptic reports 43 upgradeable packages while Software Updater reports only 8. As an experiment, I used Synaptic to update only the 8 and sure enough… Software Updater was satisfied all was up to date. This left 35 packages still pending in Synaptic and most were bug fixes and enhancements upstream.
I assume the difference is intentional risk-managing or some sort of vetting delay. But there may be very good reasons I’m not aware, too.
But I’ve gotten used to Synaptic’s nice search-able history and been using it for everything for most of the last decade. Yeah, hard to change us old fellows.
Here’s my questions…
What’s the expert consensus on using Synaptic? Is the risk substantial? Where does Software Updater keep its logs? Recommendations?
All Comments Welcomed. TIA!