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Blog posts tagged
"refresh"

Igor Ljubuncic
15 November 2022

Hold your horses, I mean snaps! New feature lets you stop snap updates, for as long as you need

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

One of the core aspects of the snap ecosystem is the built-in, robust auto-update mechanism. Whenever there is a snap update available in the Snap Store, the snapd service will apply it, keeping your software patched and up to date. Most of the time, this works great. In some scenarios, though, this may not be ...

Igor Ljubuncic
4 November 2022

Snaps & better refresh notifications

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

Automatic updates grant snap users an ability to receive timely patches to their software, both in aspects of security and functionality. This can be rather useful and convenient, especially for applications that have online access. On the other hand, automatic updates can potentially disrupt users’ workflows if they happen to coincide. B ...

Igor Ljubuncic
27 February 2020

Experimental feature: snap refresh awareness and update inhibition

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

We’d like to follow up on last week’s article about parallel installs for classic snaps with another bleeding-edge topic. Today, we will discuss snap refreshes. By design, snaps come with automatic updates, and by default, the update (refresh) frequency check is four times a day. Whenever new application versions are published, they soon ...