I still get a notification on the status bar as an Up Arrow with a circle around it and Blue dot when there are updates. This dot is red for a security update. I think I have it set to weekly, but seem to get them every day. P.
On 24/07/2026 08:11, Terry Coles wrote:
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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