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0 pointsSymbiote2y ago0 comments

Disabling auto-updates on Ubuntu/Debian is, obviously, just a configuration option.

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True, I was thinking more of Windows and MacOS.

I chose FreeBSD for a few things like jails, ZFS as first class citizen and no corporate "invented here" crap like snaps.

But I really hate coming back to my pc after a few days and find that it has rebooted to install an update, all my open work be damned. There's no good way to turn that off, nor the telemetry.

marssaxman2y ago

What is that option? I would love to disable firefox auto-updates.

SymbioteOP2y ago

For normal Apt updates [0]

  sudo dpkg-reconfigure --priority=low unattended-upgrades

or edit /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades.

For Snap [1]

  snap refresh --hold=forever firefox

Or for all Snap applications

  snap refresh --hold=forever

(Various other useful options are documented, like only updating at weekends, or when the application isn't running.)

[0] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutomaticSecurityUpdates

[1] https://askubuntu.com/questions/930593/how-to-disable-autore...

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