more user-friendly than Update manager?

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Mr Chris Aitken <chris-n/jUll39koHNgV/OU4+dkA at public.gmane.org>

| Is there a more user-friendly way to get updates than Update manager?
| 
| I see hundreds of suggested updates for things like Evolution that I don't
| even use. You can't Shift+Click to deselect ranges of updates. So I have to
| click each update of hundreds.
| 
| Is there a faster way to do this?

You don't say what distro you use.  I am guessing Ubuntu.

All those updates are for packages that you have installed.  If you
have them installed, it is probably a good idea to update them.  If
you find that a pain, then uninstall the ones you don't use.

Note: some packages that you don't directly use are used by other
packages.  So you might not actually know which ones you are using.

If you have a broadband internet connection, it is much easier to do
all the suggested updates than to be selective.
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