Re: Debian 13 Trixie GUI desktop environments
On Sunday, August 31st, 2025 at 1:50 AM, Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> wrote:
> At Sat, 30 Aug 2025 10:57:38 -0600 Charles Curley charlescurley@charlescurley.com wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 30 Aug 2025 16:24:59 +0000
> > Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming teo.en.ming@protonmail.com wrote:
> >
> > > On Saturday, August 30th, 2025 at 9:40 PM, Lee ler762@gmail.com
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > > Also required is something that tells you there are software updates
> > > > you should install. Maybe there's already a package that does that -
> > > > I don't know. I ended up writing my own script.
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > > Lee
> > >
> > > You mean Debian doesn't inform you if your OS needs an update?
> >
> > I don't know of any way to only have it automatically inform you of
> > updates. You could probably write a systemd unit or two to have it run
> > "apt list --upgradable" from time to time. Synaptic might have something
> > of the kind.
> >
> > Or you can have it install upgrades automatically by installing the
> > unattended-upgrades package. I have mine send emails so I can review
> > the results. It does occasionally hit an odd error which requires
> > manual intervention.
>
>
> I use a cron job on my vps:
Which VPS provider are you using? Is it cheap and affordable?
Regards,
Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
Targeted Individuals Singapore
>
> 0 3 * * 0 /usr/local/sbin/check-update.sh | /usr/bin/mail -s 'check-update' heller@deepsoft.com
>
> sharky5% cat /usr/local/sbin/check-update.sh
> #!/bin/bash
> apt update
> apt list --upgradable
>
>
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