Hi Thomas Thank you for your help and time. I really appreciate it.
> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2021 at 10:23 AM > From: "Thomas D. Dean" <tomd...@wavecable.com> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of > software/security updates? > > I have the same problem. OK, but do you use Ubuntu or Debian or both? > > I saw this in: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1038923 > > sudo systemctl disable apt-daily.service > sudo systemctl disable apt-daily.timer > > sudo systemctl disable apt-daily-upgrade.timer > sudo systemctl disable apt-daily-upgrade.service > A poster named l0f...@tuta.io replied to me via this mailing list yesterday and below is what he wrote (verbatim): "Cannot remember if you have Gnome installed but you should have a look at https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/594287, especially ALL the associated comments (click on "Show 7 more comments")." When I did a *fresh* minimal install of Debian about two years ago, I didn't install the whole Gnome DE. Instead, I installed the following packages: xorg gnome-core gnome-tweak-tool synaptic file-roller gedit A few days ago, after reading replies from some posters, I purged the package called unattended-upgrades. I don't know how and when it was installed in the first place. You see, about two years I chose the option Expert Install (without GUI) and during the installation process, I chose the option to not install updates automatically. After reading what was written in the page (https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/594287), I disabled the package called PackageKit today. Only time will tell if said step works. By the way, does Ubuntu use the full or stripped-down version of Gnome Desktop Environment? *fresh* = not upgraded from Debian Stretch
