On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 05:03:31PM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Fri, May 05, 2017 at 04:32:44PM +0000, sare...@att.net wrote: > > Why doesn't Debian 8 Cinnamon notify when updates are ready to install > > after all these years Debian has existed? Don't tell me there is one, > > because after installing Debian I waited a long time to see if a > > notification would pop up. It never did. I know about doing apt-get > > update && apt-get upgrade,but why should we have to use a command > > line? It makes me wonder about Debian security. Would you please put > > an update notifier in all your versions of Debian. > > > > Who do you think you are talking to? >
In Debian Jessie install pk-update-icon from debian-backports In Debian Stretch install pk-update-icon. This package works both on Cinnamon, XFCE4 and Gnome. Not sure on the other DEs. Thanks Matt
