Remove Update Manager pop-up in Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope
Ubuntu 9.04 indeed was the fastest version of Ubuntu I had in my laptop. Before, boot time gradually increased as each version is released. But Jaunty Jackalope broke the trend, it was faster than it’s predecessor Intrepid Ibex.

But the release had a very noticeable annoyance, the Update Manager pops up a couple of times if you don’t have an updated system. It was unlike before when Update Manager only issues a notification on the notification area.
Fortunately, there’s a quick fix for that. Just go to your terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal) or press Alt-F2 and paste this:
gconftool -s --type bool /apps/update-notifier/auto_launch falseThat quick fix just fixes the annoyance, no side-effects or whatsoever!
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Conrad Miguel E. Gozalo is a 17-year old guy from General Santos City, Philippines. He is currently taking up his BS Computer Science at the University of the Philippines Diliman. He is a proud Linux user since August 2008. He is also a big fan of Free and Open Source Software. Know more about him on the 
4 Responses to “Remove Update Manager pop-up in Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope” (join them?)
June 3, 2009 at 3:50 pm
that update manager is a pure annoyance.
thanks for the tips.
June 11, 2009 at 9:46 am
Thank you so much. I love Ubuntu, and this is honestly the first feature I’ve actively despised. THanks for letting me know how to fix it.
June 30, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Thanks Kuya!!!
hehehehe naiinis na talaga ako dun.. kahit liveCD na lang meron pa….
hehehe huhuhu…. just lost the jetflash 2gb with ubuntu liveCd in it and my persistent mode…..
hahay….
June 30, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Waaaaaaaaa. Nakakaasar talaga yun, ayan may solution na.. Hehehe..
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