It looks like the Debian/Ubuntu calibre package already disables the ET feature.
http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/calibre/0.8.8+dfsg-1/no_updates_dialog.patch (Thanks to jcristau on IRC for pointing that out.) -- Freedom-based blog/wiki/web hosting: http://www.branchable.com/
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