On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:17:23 -0400 Tom Horsley horsley1953@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 23:07:41 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote:
Failing that, google "gnome disable auto update"?
This isn't gnome, it was well into the shutdown process when this nonsense suddenly popped up.
Imagine how convenient it will be to be on your laptop when the plane starts boarding and you are supposed to shut everything off (just like mandatory Windows update - why does linux always adopt the worst features of windows?)
The price of trying to attract the uninitiated...
Indeed, but IIRC since I never actually used anything other than Unix and Linux, at least in Windows you had the following:
"Click OK to confirm"
with no other option:-)
But going back to your point, yes, why? I have attracted several people into linux in the past 20 years, and they have said things like such a (proprietary) software is not available. Never have I heard anyone say: I miss this feature of Windows.....
Ranjan