You can set your update manager to only fetch security updates and install them in the background (and via a GUI, too!). They don't break anything and you won't

You can set your update manager to only fetch security updates and install them in the background (and via a GUI, too!). They don't break anything and you won't get bugged. Plus, many people have huge hard drives and making backups of the OS isn't hard. You can fix it of course, but why bother when can you do it faster restoring from a backup..