OSTREE-ADMIN-SWITCH(1)
okay so bestie, welcome to OSTREE ADMIN SWITCH(1) β the ostree admin switch page from the OSTree manual π
β¨ this one is lowkey iconic: it constructs a new tree from your current origin and deploys it, but only if it changed. no cap.
π NAME π
ostree-admin-switch β Construct new tree from current origin and deploy it, if it changed π¦
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
ostree admin switch {REF}
πΈ DESCRIPTION πΈ
Choose a different REF from the current remote to track π This is the ref that will be "tracked" and upgraded with ostree admin upgrade. Like an upgrade, the operating system state will be preserved. periodt. π
π OPTIONS π
--reboot,-rβ Reboot after a successful switch. π₯--kexec,-kβ Load new deployment into kexec after a successful switch. π§--os="STATEROOT"β Use a different operating system root than the current one. π«Ά
π EXAMPLE π
$ ostree admin switch fedostree/20/workstation/gnome/core
that's the whole vibe, bestie β source/version: OSTree; date: not listed in the original footer, so no invented dates from me ππ
π¦ where this page comes from
- arch rolling: ostree 2026.6-1 Β· LGPL-2.0-or-later
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms