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Disabling auto-updates on Ubuntu/Debian is, obviously, just a configuration option.

• marssaxman 3y ago
  What is that option? I would love to disable firefox auto-updates.
  • Symbiote 3y ago
    For normal Apt updates [0] sudo dpkg-reconfigure --priority=low unattended-upgrades or edit /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades. For Snap [1] snap refresh --hold=forever firefox Or for all Snap applications snap refresh --hold=forever (Various other useful options are documented, like only updating at weekends, or when the application isn't running.) [0] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutomaticSecurityUpdates https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutomaticSecurityUpdates [1] https://askubuntu.com/questions/930593/how-to-disable-autorefresh-in-snap https://askubuntu.com/questions/930593/how-to-disable-autore...
• wkat4242 3y ago
  True, I was thinking more of Windows and MacOS. I chose FreeBSD for a few things like jails, ZFS as first class citizen and no corporate "invented here" crap like snaps. But I really hate coming back to my pc after a few days and find that it has rebooted to install an update, all my open work be damned. There's no good way to turn that off, nor the telemetry.