update notification - natty desktop

[NoOp]

On 05/30/2011 05:11 PM, Asif Iqbal wrote:
> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Lucio M Nicolosi <lmnicolosi at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Asif Iqbal <vadud3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I am running ubuntu natty desktop 64bit with ubuntu classic. How do I
>>> get an update notification?
>>>
>>> I used to get update notification on older ubuntu.
>>>
>>> I see there are 4 packages that are waiting to be upgraded per `sudo
>>> aptitude full-upgrade'
>>
>> Perhaps
>>
>> Software Sources / Updates
>> or
>> Update Manager / Settings
> 
> I changed the Automatic Updates from Daily -> Install security updates
> without notification to
>    Daily -> Only notify about available updates. Let's see if that
> kicks the notification in 24 hrs.
> 
> I really wanted security updates done automatically and get a
> notification on my desktop for other updates.
> 
> Any other suggestion out there?
...

I personally would not turn on 'Install security updates without
notification'. Primary reasons: 1) I don't like something installing
itself with my knowledge, 2) during the install the system can become
bogged down & may affect something I'm working on, and 3) after the
install some updates require a reboot & I may not like the interuption
of having to do that at that particular time. Yes I know I can wait to
do the reboot later, but the security/stability of the system may (or
may not) be affected without the reboot... I'm never sure, so I'd just
do the reboot anyway.

To be notified of updates when available use:

$ gconf-editor
then: /apps/update-notifier|regular_auto_launch_interval - set to 0 (zero).