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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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How To Install And Use The yay AUR Helper (thekernalblog.github.io)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 years ago (5 children)

What's the advantage of using yay over pacman?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

One nice feature is you can update all packages and AUR packages with one command "yay -Syu"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 years ago

Or just yay (it's shorthand for yay -Syu)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Oh ok. Isn't that what pacman -Syyu does though?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago

Pacman does not update or install AUR packages. That’s probably the main difference between pacman and yay (or similar AUR helper)

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