Hi,
In what seems like a retrograde step, Ubuntu has removed the routine
updates notifications facility in order (apparently) to make the
experience less confusing (see
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/ubuntu-26-04-update-notifications-disabled).
Unfortunately the problem also affects Kubuntu and I couldn't fix the
problem by using the command 'gsettings set com.ubuntu.update-notifier
show-updates-status-icon true' as described in the link (no such schema).
As stated in the article, security updates are apparently done
automatically in the background, but without notifications, the only way
to find out if there are update is to run 'sudo apt update' in a shell.
I don't have a real problem with that, except it is easy to forget it.
More importantly, as I see it, some users will never find out about
pending updates, leaving their system in a potentially degraded state,
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