Hi Thomas > Sent: Friday, June 04, 2021 at 6:02 PM > From: "Thomas D. Dean" <tomd...@wavecable.com> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of > software/security updates? > > I use Ubuntu. I removed the ubuntu desktop and installed vanilla gnome. > Google: > 'Converting Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to Vanilla Gnome3'
According to the website "The 8 Best Ubuntu Desktop Environments (20.04 Focal Fossa Linux)" [https://linuxconfig.org/the-8-best-ubuntu-desktop-environments-20-04-focal-fossa-linux], Ubuntu 20.04 LTS comes with the default Gnome 3.36 desktop. > > After I disabled timers, I rebooted. apt-update && apt-upgrade. After > that I had one popup that said I had upgrades pending. The apt timer > was set to expire in 3 hours... See...you'd an automatic download of updates.....