Got a new one today… An Ubuntu “Windows style” update screen…
Got a new one today… An Ubuntu “Windows style” update screen…
I’ve been around for a while and this is the first time I’m seeing something like this. I’m wondering if I picked up something nasty or if this is something that other people are seeing.
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This is common across a lot of Linux. I believe it first started with Fedora and now is pretty much everywhere except for a handful of distros. It is much better to do updates offline since there is a lower chance things will go wrong. You don't need to do it this way but when you use gnome software this is what it does. I was unaware that Ubuntu supported this but apparently they do.
Ideally ostree based distros will take over since they can transparently swap the root FS on reboot but they are still fairly rare. I like Fedora Silverblue since I can easily roll back a bad update.
No. Updating in the background without user consent is unacceptable bullshit. It belongs in Android and Windows, where you can punish the competent because you have to accommodate the incompetent. But not in Linux.
This kind of shit and Snaps is why I won't install Ubuntu even on my parent's computers.
Automatic updates are optional
I'm not sure why you think this is being forced. It is just a toggle that you control.
Sounds like this user was surprised by it. Stuff like this shouldn't be "opt out" any more than marketing, behavior tracking, or information sharing.
Except every action to do this requires user prompting. They clicked update and then were prompted to reboot. None of this is forced what so ever.
This isn't Windows believe or not
You get notified and can opt-out of the update in the Shutdown dialog, at least with Gnome.
That's good. It's still annoying, but as more people used to this sort of behavior come onboard Linux, behaviors like this are going to inevitably creep in. And, options are good; I object only to opt-out.
It doesn't affect me, anyway, but I'm still going to have a cow the day my dad calls and tells me he said "yes" to an upgrade dialog and now his computer won't work, and I have to waste my time dealing with this bullshit at an inconvenient time.