This is seriously annoying. I fully agree that the notification area
icon is just not obvious for most users, and I fully support popping up
update-manager once a week to grab the attention of those users who
haven't updated their system yet.

However, as someone who likes to install updates as soon as they arrive
(for example, for testing *-proposed packages), the lack of notification
area icon is annoying at best and a severe usability regression at
worst. In Intrepid, I would be automatically notified of the updates
when they arrived, prompting me to update. In Jaunty though, I have to
keep manually opening update-manager every day to check for updates,
whereas this was not necessary before. When Jaunty becomes stable, I'm
going to find myself doing this manual checking every day when there
might only be updates once a week or so, which is a real waste of time.

I think the notification area icon should remain, but still pop up
update-manager once a week for those users who don't notice the icon.

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[Jaunty] Removal of Update Notifier is WRONG
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/332945
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