Not a prince, but with a male protagonist, and overall very awesome story: Avatar the last Airbender

Well, doesn't that depend on your package manager? With pacman I can add a custom hook after install to update all flatpaks. I'm sure it could also be done for all snaps and AppImages if I would use any of those.

Isn't there a similar hooking mechanism in apt or yum?

Don't forget about timecop

I liked the mistborn series, and found the magic system quite unique and inventive.

I'm now nearing the end of warbeaker, in which I also like his special magic system.

I would have expected to see this story way higher in this thread!

We cannot forget about the wiki, which is a great resource for not only the Arch distro, but for any Linux install.

Seriously, the ease of installing any and all programs from the main repo's or the AUR is such an extreme advantage over all other distros!

And it makes keeping your system and programs updated a breeze.

Speaking as someone who also loves the movie: I won't hate you of it's not your jam, but give it a try nonetheless! Worst case you just lost some time, but you at least gave it a shot.

Is there a way to follow the update status while this instance is down?

I knew the update was coming, so I expected the downtime, but I could not find any info about when it was expected to be up and running again?

Thanks for the great and ongoing work put into managing this endeavor!