Alternatives to Software Update Monitor (SUMo) after it has reached End-Of-Life.

Thank you, Sampei_Nihira!

I visited the QuickInstaller - Software Updater/Installer website, and it looks promising, but I would like to wait to try it until its developer releases a stable version.

Interestingly, the developer's name sounds Scandinavian, and my Flagfox add-on and my Chrome Country Flag + extension show that the server's location is in Norway, but I do NOT know him personally.

Good luck!

Thank you, Sampei_Nihira!

 

I visited the QuickInstaller - Software Updater/Installer website, and it looks promising, but I would like to wait to try it until its developer releases a stable version.

 

Interestingly, the developer's name sounds Scandinavian, and my Flagfox add-on and my Chrome Country Flag + extension show that the server's location is in Norway, but I do NOT know him personally.

 

Good luck!

i'm trying this, it looks very interesting. thanks

Edited by giusan70, 24 November 2023 - 01:11 PM.

I know I already have learned only one of the most basic commands and parameters in WinGet, which is winget upgrade, but it is excellent as a REFERENCE.

Good luck!

Try:

 

winget list

you can see installed softwares and any proposed updates (with its limitations).

Thank you, Sampei_Nihira!

Yes, I tried the command and parameter winget list, but I think my habit of checking for 3rd-party software updates twice daily will NOT list many available ones.

If I managed to correctly count my total list of software that WinGet can detect, it is 139, but that is necessarily a bit of an exaggeration.

I have to admit that even using several software updater programs cannot replace SUMo, but I am at least glad I never purchased the professional version.

These are, as already mentioned, UCheck Free, PatchMyPC Free, RuckZuck (Free), and WinGet.

Good luck!

Thank you, Sampei_Nihira!

 

Yes, I tried the command and parameter winget list, but I think my habit of checking for 3rd-party software updates twice daily will NOT list many available ones.

 

If I managed to correctly count my total list of software that WinGet can detect, it is 139, but that is necessarily a bit of an exaggeration.

 

I have to admit that even using several software updater programs cannot replace SUMo, but I am at least glad I never purchased the professional version.

 

These are, as already mentioned, UCheck Free, PatchMyPC Free, RuckZuck (Free), and WinGet.

 

Good luck!

i tried all this applications and more. At the moment none of these apps can replace sumo 

FWIW, there is a two-page article on 10 (21) Great SUMo Alternatives: Top Software Updaters in 2023.

Good luck!

 

Some users are using this software.

I don't want to try it at the moment, but it might be better than the others:

 

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/quickinstaller-software-updater-installer-releases-discussions.452768/

 

thanks 4 your advise. i tried also quickinstaller, it's not bad, but the developers have to work a lot to make it better

I am using WingetUI and UpdateHub. And interestingly, they find some more 3rd-party software updates that the other alternatives do NOT.

As such, I am also using UCheck Free, PatchMyPC Free, RuckZuck (Free), and WinGet. And these work well, respectively.

However, I know that using several Software Updater Programs is cumbersome, but the point is that they all look for different software.

As for updating web browsers, I have created a text file wherein I keep an overview of Chromium web engine version numbers on various browsers.

Good luck!

Having loved Secunia's PSI (and considered CSI), it was sad when they were absorbed and went away.

By far the best approach in my opinion to this problem is twofold:

1. Avoid installing unnecessary software
2. Use WingetUI to manage your software

It's not perfect and will not update some software without intervention.  But it's a win and it's free and it's better than nothing

I recently received an essential informational message within WingetUI, and there is consequently an article on WingetUI, which will soon become UnigetUI #1900.

Good luck!

I recently made the mistake of trying to update my Opera GX browser with UpdateHub, which seemingly went well, but stopped at 97% and never finished.

However, I decided to Disk image recover my desktop-only computer with Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office Essentials, which luckily was successful.

As such, the point of the above is that one should never use any Software Updater Programs to update or upgrade browsers because that does NOT work.

Nonetheless, I enjoy using UCheck Free, PatchMyPC Free, RuckZuck (Free), WingetUI, UpdateHub, and Winget, and it is time-consuming but fun.

Good luck!