sudo apt-get remove update-notifier-kde will remove the application. If you remove it, you only lose notifications of past crashes, when there are new updates and when you need to reboot. This is likely the quickest and easiest solution for you.
On the other hand, I welcome any patches you may create to address the question in other ways. However, ignoring a reboot request, is really asking for a problem (realistically, reboot requests do not occur often). -- Kubuntu Restart Notification Balloon Should not Repeatedly show up https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271419 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to update-notifier-kde in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs