Reducing frequency of updates for dnf, snap, flatpak; `dnf-automatic` command

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Hello,

What is the best way to reduce frequency of updates for Fedora 41 KDE? I seem to get them every day and a lot of times they take a while to build.

What does dnf-automatic do, exactly?

In addition to dnf, s there a way to reduce the frequency of updates for snap and flatpak also?

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How does dnf-automatic work? How do I set it up?

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You can read what dnf-automatic does at DNF Automatic — DNF @DNF_VERSION@-1 documentation

for what you want, I would suggest the following:

  • turn off automatic updates in Discover (KDE’s software store)
  • manually run sudo dnf update and flatpak update and you think the time for an update has come.
  • may I ask what you are using snaps for? Fedora is designed around flatpaks and usage of snap is not recommended (although possible).