Re: [Dorset] Updating Applications Installed by Snap

2020-04-26 Thread Terry Coles
On Sunday, 26 April 2020 15:38:54 BST aidangcole--- via dorset wrote: > With all due respect, I think that it is possible that we might be > talking at cross-purposes Yes. And we still are. You can administer for you wife and I can administer for mine. However, there are presumably thousands

Re: [Dorset] Updating Applications Installed by Snap

2020-04-26 Thread aidangcole--- via dorset
With all due respect, I think that it is possible that we might be talking at cross-purposes OK, I get that some users are non-technical. My wife sounds much like yours in that regard, and looks to either myself or my son when it comes to this sort of thing, and fair enough. It is therefore

Re: [Dorset] Updating Applications Installed by Snap

2020-04-26 Thread Terry Coles
On Sunday, 26 April 2020 15:01:39 BST aidangcole--- via dorset wrote: > If that were me, and I was that troubled by it, then I'd set a snap > refresh to run on startup or delayed startup, and then hand the machine > back to the user and forget about it Sorry to keep harping on about this, but the

Re: [Dorset] Updating Applications Installed by Snap

2020-04-26 Thread aidangcole--- via dorset
Fair point If that were me, and I was that troubled by it, then I'd set a snap refresh to run on startup or delayed startup, and then hand the machine back to the user and forget about it On 26/04/2020 14:29, Terry Coles wrote: On Sunday, 26 April 2020 14:19:48 BST aidangcole--- via

Re: [Dorset] Updating Applications Installed by Snap

2020-04-26 Thread Terry Coles
On Sunday, 26 April 2020 14:19:48 BST aidangcole--- via dorset wrote: > Don't know if I am missing the point, but why not at your convenience > just do a: > > sudo snap refresh to update any installed snap packages > > or > > sudo snap refresh /package-name/ to update a specific snap

Re: [Dorset] Updating Applications Installed by Snap

2020-04-26 Thread Terry Coles
On Sunday, 26 April 2020 14:07:40 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Which they know, as I've already said, so I'd be surprised if there's no > mechanism to cope. When the laptop gets turned on tomorrow, it will be > interesting to see what ‘snap refresh --time’ then plans to do. My earlier post was

Re: [Dorset] Updating Applications Installed by Snap

2020-04-26 Thread aidangcole--- via dorset
Don't know if I am missing the point, but why not at your convenience just do a: sudo snap refresh to update any installed snap packages or sudo snap refresh /package-name/ to update a specific snap package // Aidan On 26/04/2020 14:07, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Terry,

Re: [Dorset] Updating Applications Installed by Snap

2020-04-26 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, > terry@OptiPlex:~$ snap refresh --time > timer: 00:00~24:00/4 > last: today at 13:22 BST > next: today at 22:08 BST > > That says it all really. We are likely to be eating lunch (or washing > up) at 13:22 and in bed / watching TV at 22:08. Yes, I think it's a good idea to ensure the

Re: [Dorset] Updating Applications Installed by Snap

2020-04-26 Thread Terry Coles
On Sunday, 26 April 2020 13:36:49 BST Terry Coles wrote: > That says it all really. We are likely to be eating lunch (or washing up) > at 13:22 and in bed / watching TV at 22:08. > > The trouble is that since that is the default, most people would get caught > by this unless they run their

Re: [Dorset] Updating Applications Installed by Snap

2020-04-26 Thread Terry Coles
On Sunday, 26 April 2020 13:17:14 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote: > What's the output of ‘snap refresh --time’? terry@OptiPlex:~$ snap refresh --time timer: 00:00~24:00/4 last: today at 13:22 BST next: today at 22:08 BST That says it all really. We are likely to be eating lunch (or washing up) at

Re: [Dorset] Updating Applications Installed by Snap

2020-04-26 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, > 'Managing updates > Snaps update automatically, and by default, the snapd daemon checks for > updates 4 times a day. Each update check is called a refresh.' > > Our laptop tends to get used intermittently, so if it is only switched > on for an hour or two then it is likely that a

[Dorset] Updating Applications Installed by Snap

2020-04-26 Thread Terry Coles
Hi, My wife recently read an online article regarding a vulnerablity in Chromium which was pretty nasty. I also read the article a few days ago and having checked the version of Chromium on this desktop PC, found that it was up to date. However, my wife uses our laptop and when we checked