[TomGuy]

I found 10 updates for my laptop and 11 for my desktop yesterday.

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They were there. Just click on your Windows Update and let it search for them.

[Utilizer]

I have all the systems here configured to automatically check for updates. Essential security updates are automatically installed by default, and other packages set off a small notification and then I decide whether or not to install them.

Usually, I simply ignore them as they are for petty things like updated (unused) video drivers, firmware upgrades, or Samba files, none of which are critical and can wait until more than a couple of dozen are waiting or until I decide to go with the next version of the OS or a different distro. Each option (next release / other OS) chosen is already preconfigured to work stably with the latest releases, so no worries.