
Updates can occur for many reasons: new features being added, fixing bugs, or, most importantly, patching security flaws. Done ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk/groovy-updates,groovy-updates 1:20.10.Make no mistake, software updates are important. Update-notifier-common/groovy-updates,groovy-updates,now 3.192.34.1 all Files shared between update-notifier and other apt search ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk Sorting. Update-notifier/groovy-updates 3.192.34.1 amd64 Daemon which notifies about package updates Reboot-notifier/groovy,groovy 0.9 all daily reboot notification mailer Done lubuntu-update-notifier/groovy,groovy 0.3 all Qt notifier for available upgrades, has a very simple upgrader Update-manager-core/groovy-updates,groovy-updates,now 1:20.10.6 all manage release apt search update-notifier Sorting. Update-manager/groovy-updates,groovy-updates 1:20.10.6 all GNOME application that manages apt updates Done python3-update-manager/groovy-updates,groovy-updates,now 1:20.10.6 all python 3.x module for update-manager

See this output from my Pop 20.10 install apt search update-manager In any event, I would rather stop having notifications from two sources (although both from Ubuntu and from Pop point to the same deb updates), and also I would rather not have a prompt to upgrade to Ubuntu's next release (for obvious reasons). I see no harm in getting rid of these three, as the are not related to anything outside their own purpose, but I don't know if these are part of Pop's updating system, or something that at some point installed by me and can't remember anymore.

Ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk update-manager update-notifierĠ to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 3 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.Īfter this operation, 1,559 kB disk space will be freed.

I can remove it with sudo apt remove update-manager, which also offers the sudo apt remove update-manager Here's one I've been getting as of yesterday (when Ubuntu 21.04 is available again after the UEFI fiasco). Not just from Pop Shop, which is the common experience but also from Software Updater, that would be Ubuntu's default tool. I've been running this installation of Pop for way too long now, at least since 18.10 (upgrading of course, now on 20.10) and have lost track of what should and what should't be there.īut one thing I find strange is those pop ups I get for software updates.
