The update selection screen

Wouldn’t it be neat to have an auto-update feature ala Windows Update but less annoying? Well, worry not, there is! In fact, it’s all like Windows update, and then some!

Straight off the bat I can tell you what’s annoying about Windows Update - the thing can occasionally reboot your computer without asking permission! Just a 15 minutes timeout dialog box. Imagine coming back from lunch and seeing a newly rebooted computer - and you didn’t save your work! God damn Windows!

Details of the update after prompting for the admin password

Here’s how Ubuntu’s auto-updating trumps Windows updates:

• it asks for permission to do anything, before it even starts downloading
• you have to be have admin rights to install it, requiring a password before downloading anything
• it updates any software in the debian repositories and OS patches - how cool is that?!

The actual download

Also, almost 90% of the time, there’s no reboot after installing updates. And it sure as hell won’t force me too! Here’s looking at ya’ Windows.