Thanks for the replies so far. I get it, real life comes first and all in all almost everything is working in a meaningful way for me. The only issue I have with the current generation of package manager/ software center the 3rd party app integration. It is frustrating that there is no option, that liberates the user from manually checking for updates.
What I mean is, e.g.:
If I install Google Chrome via 3rd party apps and there is a security update released to Chrome, I will not be notified, there is no auto-update, I just will continue running a potentially insecure piece of software until I open manually the software center and check for updates. Also it just triggers then an install without any progress or information about the update itself. This is the kind of UX which could really need some love.
Please don't get me wrong, not complaining, just explaining what keeps me so far from recommending Solus to friends and family. Not everyone reads changelogs after all Happy to brainstorm for minimal effort ideas how this could be improved as quickfix (e.g. a simple online service which compares at least weekly the hash of the latest offered version)