# Three short questions about updates on Bluefin/Aurora

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**Category:** Bluefin\
**Created:** [June 6, 2024, 11:40am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/three-short-questions-about-updates-on-bluefin-aurora/2150 "2024-06-06T11:40:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/kier/32/2006_2.png) [@Kier](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/Kier)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 11:40am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/three-short-questions-about-updates-on-bluefin-aurora/2150/1 "2024-06-06T11:40:07Z")

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- Is is correct that the system downloads a new whole layer every day? Like ~2GB per day
- If this is true, this behaviour only applies to Bluefin/Aurora, or is already a thing in Fedora Silverblue?
- If I want less GBs of updates each week, would it be significantly useful to rebase to **gts**?

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**Author:** ![j0rge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/j0rge/32/8_2.png) [@j0rge](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/j0rge)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/three-short-questions-about-updates-on-bluefin-aurora/2150/2 "2024-06-06T12:01:58Z")

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Work for reducing the download size is in progress in Fedora, see here more info:

> [@Reduce Update size](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/reduce-update-size/2147):
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> I have 5 handhelds and updating is a pain when it comes to the file sizes. 4+ GB for each device for (by default, yes i know i can change that) 2 days. That’s too much. I heard work is being done here. Where can i inform or contribute to the progress?

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**Author:** ![Kier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/kier/32/2006_2.png) [@Kier](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/Kier)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/three-short-questions-about-updates-on-bluefin-aurora/2150/3 "2024-06-06T12:21:14Z")

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Thanks Jorge!  
I see that it is a Fedora Atomic desktop thing.

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**Author:** ![j0rge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/j0rge/32/8_2.png) [@j0rge](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/j0rge)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/three-short-questions-about-updates-on-bluefin-aurora/2150/4 "2024-06-06T12:47:58Z")

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Oh, to answer the rest of your questions, switching between latest and gts won’t really make a difference as the issue is our big layer on top of Fedora but they’re making decent progress!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/univeral_blue/original/2X/e/e39f7d1952979cf23b0f8d634e025fb38da50026.png) [@system](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/three-short-questions-about-updates-on-bluefin-aurora/2150/5 "2024-06-07T00:48:03Z")

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