Re: unwanted checks for updates.

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On 12/17/18 6:56 AM, home user via users wrote:
> (F-28; gnome)
> In a posting in the "downsized grub menu" thread, I said:
> "Something keeps trying to do automated updates, but I have not been able to figure out
> what, or how to shut it off."
> Tim replied, and suggested looking for something similar to MATE's
> "mate-session-properties".  I'm starting this new thread to address this issue.
>
> I found a settings gui in gnome, but I cannot find anything (other than ".bashrc" and
> ".bash_profile") for managing what is automatically started when I log in.
>
> In a LibreOffice thread some time ago, I was advised to install a gnome package called
> "Software" so I could install a font needed to replace a discontinued font in my
> LibreOffice products.  This is when I started seeing the unwanted update checking and
> notices.  I have not been able to find a way to configure the package "Software" at all.
>
> How do I get rid of the unwanted update checking and notifications?  By the way, I
> manually patch the workstation almost every week with "dnf upgrade".  Like some other
> members of this list, I prefer doing this manually.
>

Caveat, I'm not a regular gnome user.  However, a quick google search indicates you may
find doing

gsettings set org.gnome.software download-updates false
and
systemctl mask packagekit.service

will get you a quiet(er) system.


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