I really like Fedora as an Operating System, especially the Plasma Desktop Environment version. I also like to set and forget things; one of those things is updates.
When I started using Fedora again in 2022, I noticed that there was a way to set “Update software: Automatically” through System Settings under System Administration > Software Update. I was enjoying Pop!_OS’s automatic software updates, so I wanted it on Fedora as well. Turns out this setting does nothing for me.
I moved on to the next way to do automatic updates that I knew would work, dnf-automatic. I use it on my servers, so why not on the desktop as well.
Install dnf automatic with the following command:
sudo dnf install dnf-automatic
Modify the dnf automatic config file with the following command:
sudo nano /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
Change these lines under [commands] in the file:
download_updates = true
apply_updates = true
add this line under [commands] in the file:
reboot = never
Setup the systemd unit to download, install and report updates with the following command:
sudo systemctl enable --now dnf-automatic.timer
Check the enablement of the unit with the following command:
sudo systemctl status dnf-automatic.timer
After I set this up on my laptop and desktop, when Discover Software Center displayed some updates, I waited a couple hours instead of updating. I refreshed the updates later and it showed that there was none to apply, so mission accomplished.
Thanks for reading and if this helps any, I am glad. God bless.