Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat to Install Security Updates Automatically

If security is a top priority on your list, then configure your system to automatically download and install security updates and patches. Normally, you must first confirm that you want to install selected security packages before they are installed on your systems.

Configuring automatic security updates, will remove the prompt and install patches as them become available. 

Getting started:

To get started, press Alt-F2 on your keyboard, then type the command below:

gksu software-properties-gtk

Next select the ‘Updates’ tab and enable the highlighted field below and click Close.

Last Security Updates:

Time zone and daylight-saving time data:


This package contains data required for the implementation of standard local time for many representative locations around the globe. It is updated periodically to reflect changes made by political bodies to time zone boundaries, UTC offsets, and daylight-saving rules.

* New upstream release 2011d: (LP: #735058)
    - Samoa: Update DST rules (effective April 2nd, 2011)
    - Cuba: Update DST rules (effective March 13th, 2011)
    - Turkey: Update DST rules (effective March 27th, 2011)


Time zone and daylight-saving time data: for use by java runtimes


This package contains data required for the implementation of standard local time for many representative locations around the globe. It is updated periodically to reflect changes made by political bodies to time zone boundaries, UTC offsets, and daylight-saving rules.
This package contains the data for use by Java runtimes.


  * New upstream release 2011d: (LP: #735058)
    - Samoa: Update DST rules (effective April 2nd, 2011)
    - Cuba: Update DST rules (effective March 13th, 2011)
    - Turkey: Update DST rules (effective March 27th, 2011)

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