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To still sorta replicate that, I just set up a script at /usr/local/bin/update for it:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
sudo emaint sync -a &&
sudo emerge -utDU @world &&
sudo emerge -c;
flatpak --user update;
doom upgrade &&
doom sync &&
doom purge
I use very minimal software and usually don't care about Flatpak
I'm using MX Linux and don't use any flatpak or snaps, only good old debs
100% agree with you OP.
I mostly stick to things in the repos, if theres something I want that's not yet packaged I package it myself because Gentoo packages are fancy bash scripts with libraries (eclasses) to handle the normal make && make install sort of things for most build systems
What about pkcon? I haven't used it in particular, but packagekit based GUIs work pretty well in my experience, and then it supports flatpak/snap/apt/kde addons/etc in one interface, which is better than it was originally.
If you want a single command, consider topgrade. Not sure if it supports Flatpak and Snaps yet, as I do not use those (yet).
I get 99% of my packages via nix and the other 1% through appimages which I can put anywhere I like on my disk
It's wild what can be done with some clever aliases. Linux is better now than ever before.
Snap forces updates, and you cannot disable them. So if you use snaps, I guess you can stop worrying and keep going with your usual apt routine.