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  2. Rolling release - Wikipedia

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    Rolling release, also known as rolling update or continuous delivery, is a concept in software development of frequently delivering updates to applications. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This is in contrast to a standard or point release development model which uses software versions which replace the previous version.

  3. APT (software) - Wikipedia

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    full-upgrade (apt) and dist-upgrade (apt-get), in addition to performing the function of upgrade, also intelligently handles changing dependencies with new versions of packages; apt and apt-get have a "smart" conflict resolution system, and will attempt to upgrade the most important packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary.

  4. sudo - Wikipedia

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    After authentication, and if the configuration file permits the user access, the system invokes the requested command. sudo retains the user's invocation rights through a grace period (typically 5 minutes) per pseudo terminal, allowing the user to execute several successive commands as the requested user without having to provide a password again.

  5. Comparison of privilege authorization features - Wikipedia

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    sudo centralizes all privilege authorization information in a single configuration file, /etc/sudoers, which contains a list of users and the privileged applications and actions that those users are permitted to use. The grammar of the sudoers file is intended to be flexible enough to cover many different scenarios, such as placing restrictions ...

  6. Soft updates - Wikipedia

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    FreeBSD supports soft updates for the UFS file system [1] and they have been enabled by default during installation for many years. Soft updates are manually enabled or disabled during file system creation with an option to the newfs command. [2] They can be disabled or enabled anytime thereafter with an option to the tunefs command. [3]

  7. Delta update - Wikipedia

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    This has been implemented in Google's Android operating system devices that run on Android 2.3 or above. Google engineers have estimated that smart updates would be only about one third the size of a full update on average. [citation needed] Google's open source project Chromium requires frequent updates to narrow the window of vulnerability. [12]

  8. Release notes - Wikipedia

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    Release notes detail the corrections, changes or enhancements (functional or non-functional) made to the service or product the company provides.[7] [8] [9]They might also be provided as an artifact accompanying the deliverables for System Testing and System Integration Testing and other managed environments especially with reference to an information technology organization.

  9. chattr - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chattr

    chattr is the command in Linux that allows a user to set certain attributes of a file. lsattr is the command that displays the attributes of a file.. Most BSD-like systems, including macOS, have always had an analogous chflags command to set the attributes, but no command specifically meant to display them; specific options to the ls command are used instead.