I used to disable gnome software at start up creating this file: ~/.config/autostart/org.gnome.Software.desktop [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Name=GNOME Software Exec=/usr/bin/gnome-software --gapplication-service OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity; NotShowIn=Budgie NoDisplay=true X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled…

You can also mask the service, which has some other consequences. systemctl --user mask gnome-software.service but then you have to make additional changes to the desktop file to get it to launch or just run it from the command line. Desktop file changes: cp /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Sof…

[image] mawoha 5585: Is there a better/cleaner way to do this? Edit: This is incorrect, see my post below. I am leaving the original text here since knowing about preset files may be useful for somebody else. Most likely, check out man 5 systemd.preset. The preset files determine which unit…

Are you wanting to not utilize gnome-software or just not have it startup when you login?

[image] Lars: Most likely, check out man 5 systemd.preset. Actually, turns out I assumed wrong and this isn’t the way to go. I just spun up a Silverblue 43 VM, which I wanted to check out anyway. In Silverblue 43, gnome-software.service is not started as a preset, but by a Wants= entry in th…

This is not really an answer to your question, but I wonder why do you want to prevent GNOME Software from starting up? Is it because you don’t want to use it at all? I am on Silverblue as well, and while I was updating it from the CLI at the beginning, via rpm-ostree upgrade and flatpak update com…

[image] Mike B.: This is not really an answer to your question, but I wonder why do you want to prevent GNOME Software from starting up? Is it because you don’t want to use it at all? [image] Disable gnome software at start up in Silverbue 43 - What did I do wrong? Ask…

Disable gnome software at start up in Silverbue 43 - What did I do wrong?: I don’t use it. Got it. Makes perfect sense then. Disable gnome software at start up in Silverbue 43 - What did I do wrong?: […] it is (was) slow to run. FWIW, according to the GNOME 49 release notes , GNOME S…

[image] Joe Walker: ou can also mask the service, which has some other consequences. systemctl --user mask gnome-software.service but then you have to make additional changes to the desktop file to get it to launch or just run it from the command line. I tried that and It didn’t work. It sti…

[image] Mike B.: FWIW, according to the GNOME 49 release notes , GNOME Software received some performance improvements. I have noticed such improvements myself after rebasing to Silverblue 43. Yeah, I noticed, now It starts a lot faster. But still, it uses 100% of CPU when running sometimes, c…

[image] Lars: Actually, turns out I assumed wrong and this isn’t the way to go. Thanks for your help I went with @grumpey solution just in case there is an update to the file you mentioned and it isn’t picked up on my system.

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mawoha5585 (mawoha 5585) November 3, 2025, 7:18am 7

I don’t use it. I have automatic updates stage and a script for flatpak apps. One thing less running in my computer. It delays start up, waste RAM and it is (was) slow to run.

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