It is strongly recommended to install these patches.

All security and important patches are preselected.

Either click Install updates in the notification message or click the icon to open the Software Update window.

Whenever new patches are available, a notification message will appear and the Update Applet icon will be visible in the notification area.

Yellow Triangle with Exclamation Mark: An error has occurred. Yellow Star with a Down Arrow: Trivial patches are available. Orange Star with an Up Arrow: Important patches are available. Red Star with Exclamation Mark: Security patches are available. Open box with a globe: The update is busy (for example checking for updates or installing software). Icon visibility: By default, the update applet icon is only visible in the notification area, if patches are available. To invoke the applet manually, choose Computer+ More Applications+ System+ Software Update. Its icon changes depending on the availability and relevance of patches and the status of the update. The update applet resides in the notification area of the panel. If you don't want to use it, run the following commands:

This often fails and throw annoying error notifications. KDE update widget will check online updates every time you login. Here you can configure update checking cycle and whether to check updates on battery and mobile network. Right click the system tray widget, choose Configure Software Update to open configuration dialog. Sudo zypper dup Configure software updates

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