What about pkcon? I haven't used it in particular, but packagekit based GUIs work pretty well in my experience, and then it supports flatpak/snap/apt/kde addons/etc in one interface, which is better than it was originally.
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yeah like other people have rec'd, I just wrote a script for installing/removing/upgrading/searching all the package managers I have. this was used as a tongue in cheek jab and has never truly been a brag.
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Yeah, flatpaks are a pain in the ass. So glad that I don't have to use them since switching to Arch.
I mostly stick to things in the repos, if theres something I want that's not yet packaged I package it myself because Gentoo packages are fancy bash scripts with libraries (eclasses) to handle the normal make && make install sort of things for most build systems
Perhaps a small bash script to iterate through all of the package delivery mechanisms' for updating everything?
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Is it possible to bring back that experience? A unified, reliable CLI solution to make sure EVERYTHING is up to date?
Yes. Use a Linux distro that doesn't use flatpacks and you're good to go.
Which is kinda one of the main reasons I started to like and still like gentoo. I do understand that it's not for everyone as a daily driver. Maybe Arch could also fit?