Glacially slow system updates on Mobian - waiting on boot 20m - 1h

[Anna]

What are the average system update times for anyone else here?
Is there a way to speed this up? Is it affected by system encryption?

It used to be discouraged to use "Software" and the Graphical User Interface for updates because it was known to cause problems (not sure if that's still the case). It was recommended to to use the terminal instead:

Code:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y -y

That's how I've always done it without ever experiencing any problems or delays of glacial proportions. Never takes more than five minutes to upgrade (which I do on a daily basis though).