I maintain a all of the computers in my house. The other users couldn't be bothered with the system updates by Ubuntu. What I currently do is borrow a few seconds of mouse and keyboard control and launch updates manually.
What's the best way to perform system updates on other computers within the home network...
- remotely from my desktop
- in the background without disrupting the other users' activities?
I'm fine with using command line.
21 Answer
TL;DR Use SSH.
Install openssh-server, set the computers IP addresses to static (something outside the DHCP pool of your router/modem), then from you computer, open a terminal and type ssh accept the warning, type your password. You now have a terminal of the remote computer at your computer. You can now update the computer however you do so normally with apt-get.
Hopefully it all makes sense.
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