How to disable notification of available updates

[dowkf]

I use to remove PackageKit ─ and it removes Plasma Discover, too ─ because I have never found how to disable these notifications.

I prefer to manually run "apt update" ─ and use Synaptic.

Also, you can disable "Unattended-upgrades" by running:

[#]# dpkg-reconfigure unattended-upgrades[/#]

and use TAB to "NO", then ENTER.

Yes, I removed Discover and it solved the problem.

[Flavio R. Cavalcanti]

I use to remove PackageKit ─ and it removes Plasma Discover, too ─ because I have never found how to disable these notifications.

I prefer to manually run "apt update" ─ and use Synaptic.

Also, you can disable "Unattended-upgrades" by running:

[#]# dpkg-reconfigure unattended-upgrades[/#]

and use TAB to "NO", then ENTER.

[vinnywright]

The underlying Kubuntu does expire. Neon just keeps pushing Plasma updates that the LTS doesn't get.

But I may be wrong, since I don't use Neon, but do use Kubuntu ...

it's a bit more like Neon is an Ubuntu LTS base (was 16.04 and is now 18.04) with a rolling KDE if on testing or unstable .

the one I'm on now was the 16.04 base and was upgraded in place .

VINNY

[jglen490]

Neon will continue, but the underlying Kubuntu will change. So you go with the underlying change and keep your Neon going with just a difference in the base.

I find bliss in a stable AND secure Linux - LTS type Kubuntu is exceptionally blissful.

[Don B. Cilly]

I think I'll stick with Neon-unstable for as long as I can .
At least here I have update annoyance at zero. I mean, no unattended upgrades, no xapian-hogs, no notifications either... bliss :·)
Oh, and I really like it too...

[jglen490]

I believe Arch is a rolling release. But you can always look at Distrowatch.com and do a search on rolling releases, if you feel so inclined. But I also believe that a rolling release would give more update notifications, if not more releases. Just a thought.

[Don B. Cilly]

I'm afraid I can't use something called "Manjaro". I'm (mainly) Italian
Still, if my neon ever "expires"... I'll think about it. Not Manjaro, some other solution ;·)

[WWDERW]

I consider it pseudo rolling release. The base of Neon is Ubuntu LTS, which does have an EOL. The KDE portion of Neon is more along the lines of rolling release. I would think if you are wanting a true rolling release with KDE, maybe something like Manjaro with KDE. I think even OpenSuse has a rolling release version as well with KDE. That's what I would go with if you want everything to not expire.

[jglen490]

The underlying Kubuntu does expire. Neon just keeps pushing Plasma updates that the LTS doesn't get.

But I may be wrong, since I don't use Neon, but do use Kubuntu ...

[Don B. Cilly]

Yeah, but he's being either silly, brave, a masochist, or just plain curious

Actually, none of the above
I moved to Neon unstable because it had Plasma 5.16, which fixed my clock :·)
After which - so far - I couldn't be happier. Not only it was easy to relegate updates to a "do not disturb" zone, but it has no "unattended upgrades" whatsoever (they simply don't exist as a deamon/process) and above all, it never runs the update-apt-xapi thing except when I actually update. On K18, it felt like it was running every hour or so - and just when I didn't need it.

Also, correct me if I'm wrong, I have this idea that Neon unstable is VLTS, like it's a "rolling distro", it never expires.

[jglen490]

Disco is "off-track" for me, as it's not LTS. The non-LTS don't stay around long enough (by definition) to be consistent and useful.

I have no problem with - and in fact appreciate - security updates, but I don't like the idea of working for my distro more than my distro working for me. And so I stay with LTS, avoid the short term releases, and stay away from Neon. Maybe that's boring for many Kubuntu users, but I almost never have any issues/problems/errors, except for the self-inflicted kind. Every two years a clean distro install, some application adjustments, and I'm off and running in a matter of a couple of hours at most.

Now my playground laptop does see a lot of change. Since installing 18.04.1 LTS on my desktop, the laptop has probably "seen" a dozen fresh installs of some distro or other. Obviously, most of those don't stay around very long. Linux Mint 18 and Peppermint 9 were about the longest running trials that were on that platform. It being a 32 bit machine, there are fewer options available anymore.

[claydoh]

And that's precisely why I don't do Neon

Yeah, but he's being either silly, brave, a masochist, or just plain curious , running the unstable git version, which is basically new code built daily, or more often maybe.
The User Edition has updates when either Ubuntu has some, or when KDE release an official update to Plasma, Frameworks, and Applications. Which is every few weeks, as these sections seem to have a staggered release schedule. So more updates than say 18.04 on the Plasma LTS track, but not really much more than a Disco set up with PPAs.

[dowkf]

I don't really care about notifications. But I turned off automatical checking for updates in 'software source' settings and it still checks it. Is this bug or why is the option ignored?

[WWDERW]

And that's precisely why I don't do Neon

I run a combo. Kubuntu LTS on my main content creation production rig, Neon on everything else. No real issues so far, but I also tend to run my important production programs (even KDE based ones) isolated in portable versions. I think that does help quite a bit in that regard. I don't change much in the base install and on Kubuntu I use the "min install" option (I really like have that option).

[jglen490]

And that's precisely why I don't do Neon