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"I want my software to stay out of my way and only update when I say to" also me the moment an update releases for anything: (media.kbin.earth)
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A screenshot of Discover refreshing the updates page

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[–] 68 points 1 year ago (3 children)

At least this is still you choosing when to update

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    yeah, I just thought it was funny that ive been checking literally daily since I switched to Linux.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    If you want you can setup automatic updates in kde settings. They will always stay out of your way and download in the background. They will install if you chose to click "update and shutdown" next time you shutdown or restart your computer.

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    • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (16 children)

    I struggle to only update once a week. I'd update daily if it weren't such a waste on the servers.

    Its Wednesday and I'm fiending for my Friday update.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (13 children)

    Do you have to restart? I'm finding that Fedora (KDE or not) is usually very restart happy.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Fedora updates the kernel and other packages that get loaded into memory at boot time more frequently than other non-rolling distros, which of course necessitates more frequent restarts.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    So it is just because they do more when upgrading if I understand you correctly (actually these restarts are daily occurrence)?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    They are saying that boot related packages (kernel, etc.) are being work on more frequently than other booting-required distros.

    They might be spending their time on other things or whatever. Just that fedora is focusing that direction, heavily and regularly for quite a while. I'd say especially since 42 not that i have any history beyond 40. I came from a place I despised but couldn't find one that worked as well and stably til i got to trying Fedora. I did, like a decade ago or more, but it wasn't like it is now to me then.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Nah I dont restart unless its a massive update of tons of core packages

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    On fedora that is? Because "my" fedora want to install system stuff only during restart (if updated from app at least).

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    You can toggle that off in the menu if youre on KDE. I'm on nobara though not fedora so maybe its different.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Where exactly do I find that setting? But I fear it won't work with fedora.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Settings > software update > apply system updates . set it to immediately

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    When I first started using Fedora I hesitated to turn this setting on because, to me, it sounds like it's going to install stuff automatically without asking. I feel like it's badly named and confusing. Now I suspect they named it poorly on purpose because they really want people to restart to install updates.

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    • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    It's choice vs force.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I like that on Linux I can install the updates and know that the ones that require a restart will just be ready the next time I restart at my leisure. And if I don't feel like restarting right away, it won't nag me about it and maybe just restart on its own if it decides I've put it off for too long.

    And I can't believe my previous "solution" to that was to give ms even more money for win 10 pro (to get access to the paywalled settings) only to still feel like ms thought it was their computer that they allowed me to use.

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    • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    When you run sid and update some times 7 times in a day 😁

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    [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Restarting is good for a computer's health, right? I think my Kubuntu laptop is the only machine in my house that averages less than two weeks of uptime

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    My CachyOS (Arch) desktop gets rebooted somewhat often because it suggests I reboot after some upgrades. I guess it's kernel upgrades, but I'm not sure which do and don't trigger that recommendation. Nor do I really know how important it is lol.

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    • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    But it's such an excitement!

    Automatic updates don't give you the pleasure to see what changed and update and test new features out

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