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Thanks to a promising participant in this year’s Google Summer of Code, we now have an automated updater for Gentoo Linux – introducing gentoo_update, developed by Stepan Kulikov, aka “LabBrat”. This tool simplifies system maintenance, reduces administrative time, and heightens user satisfaction by automating the process of applying security updates to Gentoo systems. You can check out the full GSoC report on this Gentoo auto-updater for more details.

This fantastic utility is currently maintained on GitHub. Essentially, gentoo_update can be customized to deploy only security updates from Gentoo Linux Security Advisories (GLSA) or to keep all system packages up-to-date. See the tool in action in this demo video:

Head over to the Gentoo blog for more information on this groundbreaking development for auto-updating Gentoo systems.

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