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It pops up every hour, even though I went into Preferences > Software Sources > Updates and set the schedule to weekly and rebooted (and daily is the shortest period offered in that dialog.)

There is no surprise why it is doing this: it is a result of the /usr/lib/ubuntu-update-notifier/lubuntu-upg-notifier.sh script having a hard-coded sleep 3600 in its loop - but is there a better way of changing it than editing this file? In particular, is there a way to have it follow the schedule set in the Software Sources Updates tab?

Update: I did not want to be that entitled, self-absorbed guy who wants open-source projects to address his particular needs, but I see that I have become him. I realize now that I should just use the notifier for critical updates, and if I want anything more, I will write it myself (and share it, if I think it is any good.)

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  • Have you tried installing the updates you have so that the notifier will stop bugging you for now? It only runs when the system detects that you have updates ready to be installed. – Terrance Feb 05 '21 at 15:02
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    @Terrance I tried that for a while, but it is just not feasible. I cannot just stop what I am doing every time an update comes in to deal with it, and then I am back to being bugged every hour - it is not as though I forget that I have seen the notification after an hour or two. Furthermore, I would like its behavior to actually conform to my preference settings, is that unreasonable?... If this is working-as-designed, then it is broken-as-designed from my point of view, and I will probably have to get rid of it, or at least go to critical security notifications only. – sdenham Feb 05 '21 at 15:18
  • Maybe set your Automatically Check for Updates to Never then so that you can do it at your leisure. – Terrance Feb 05 '21 at 15:21
  • @Terrance Well, as I mentioned above, if no-one comes up with an answer to the question as posed, then I will do something like that, but I say again, what's unreasonable with preferring it to conform to the preferences that it allows me to set? – sdenham Feb 05 '21 at 15:25
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    No, it's no unreasonable. But what you are asking would be a feature request to have the Software and Updates made to control the Updates Notifier. https://askubuntu.com/questions/28440/where-can-i-send-feature-requests – Terrance Feb 05 '21 at 15:32
  • @Terrance OK, thanks - I was hoping there was a workaround I could apply on my machine, and maybe there is, if I can find out where the preferences are stored, and run a slightly-modified copy of the script from my login profile. – sdenham Feb 05 '21 at 15:39

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Lubuntu Update Notifier

The timer is version 0.1 used in focal/20.04 was 1 hour.

It was changed (24 hours) in version 0.2 found in groovy/20.10

using exactly what you describe, as can be seen in

FYI: The current version is 0.3 (used in hirsute), you could file a bug report (request an easier, or more friendly way to change value) if you wish another way, but I suspect you've already found the way.

Better choices no doubt exist, but volunteer developer time is limited. The alternative would also be to suggest/code a fix yourself via the provided github link. You sound more than capable :)

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sudo rm /etc/xdg/autostart/upg-notifier-autostart.desktop worked for me.

If someone wants ansible role for some reason, feel free to copy https://github.com/matkoniecz/recovery-with-ansible/blob/master/roles/stop_upgrade_notifier_popup/tasks/main.yml

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