Best practices for smooth updates: a proactive approach
Keeping your software updated is important, but the road might get bumpy if you make updates an afterthought. Besides the more obvious security aspect of updating your system, bug fixes are also often available.
Usually, it is quick and painless to install these updates when notified. However, if you neglect to install updates when available, they will accumulate over time. The longer you wait to install the update, the more additional updates accumulate, which could lead to unexpected behavior as the Ubuntu development teams providing these updates test the update on a fully updated system. I always recommend installing the updates soon after being notified to ensure your system is as close to what has been tested as possible.
It’s great that your snaps will automatically update, ensuring the best possible scenario. But as mentioned earlier, if the application is running, SnapD will notify you and defer installing...
