A cheatsheet for updating Linux

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Linux needs updates, badly! Here's how to keep your version of Linux updated (not sure which version of Linux you have? Good news I wrote a guide to that)

Update commands

On Debian-based distributions, you use apt-get update && apt-get upgrade;
On Redhat-based distributions, yum update;
On Arch-based distributions, pacman -Syu.
Slackware-based distributions vary in their approaches to package management:
- On SUSE-like distributions, you use zypper up;
- On Slackware itself, you manage packages manually with the help of the suite of package tools.
Gentoo uses a package management system called Portage. You run emerge --sync, do what the prompt says, then run emerge -atv.
Other consult your distribution's documentation.