Anybody else had this? What’s going on?

If you're using Discover, then all updates will require a reboot not just security updates... Not sure why. It's a real pain in Neon which does receive frequent updates.

I mostly use Synaptic for updates. But it can't be used all the time since I don't believe it supports apps you might have installed using other methods such as flatpak.

Normally when I see the update icon pop up on my panel, I'll open Synaptic and download the list of updates. If I see something major like a kernel update, or a major KDE upgrade, I'll shut down Synaptic and use Discover where a reboot isn't a bad thing. Otherwise Synaptic works just fine.

If you don't like frequent updates perhaps you may probe Kubuntu, for example. The pro of Neon is that you always have the newer version of KDE components or applications.

Another option to update your system is using scripts.

The Pros of a script are many: simple and fast, extendable in functions (you can execute automatically when you start your session, you can analyze if you are under your home's network to update and don't update if you aren't, etc.). The Contra would be you must learn some about scripting (but it isn't a contra for me ), really easy with a bit of information (in Internet).

It could be as simple as inserting in a plain text file this content, doing executable the file and executing it (with second button of mouse, with a desktop application link or with a keyboard shorcut):

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#!/bin/sh
# (this is a comment) Neon's developers recommend using these commands for updating:
pkcon refresh
pkcon update
exit


I have used scripts for updating during years without problems. Analyzing if we are under home's network, executing automatically at session's starting and without writing your password (using a rule in sudoers.d).

Regards

Before you are going to switch the distro, just deactivate offline updates in system settings. It might be the easier way...

will;

PS: Dear Devs, see what you've done...