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This question concerns the infamous "The following packages have been kept back" message, however, I'm not asking how to (1) disable phased updates (I'd rather stick to the "standard" update cycle); or (2) manually install the kept back packages (I know that this is a bad practice). Rather, what I'm looking for is a way to configure apt so that the "summary message" returned when running apt update simply disregards the kept back packages (in particular, those kept back due to phased updates).

For example, just now, when running sudo apt update, I'm getting the following "bottom line" message:

2 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.

Following that, I'm running sudo apt full-upgrade just to discover that the two "upgradable" packages are actually kept back and the upgrade attempt is redundant:

The following packages have been kept back:
  libruby3.0 ruby3.0
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.

Therefore, what I'm looking for is a way to configure apt so that the the aforementioned "bottom line" message of apt update would have "ignored" the kept back packages and report instead that there is nothing to upgrade (at the moment).

Any ideas? For the record, I'm running Ubuntu 22.04 although I guess that the question may be relevant to other Ubuntu releases as well.

Clarification: What I'm asking for is already implemented in the GUI Software Updater tool (also in Synaptic), where the "status report" regarding the upgradable packages does not take the kept back packages into account.

Background

I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 on several different machines (Dell XPS13 laptop, two desktops) and in all of them, I experience the same problem.

Problem description

I've installed chromium from snap and since I use it quite often, I added it to the dock's favorites (using the Add to Favorites button). More often than not, when I open a chromium window by pressing on the chromium icon in the dock, the window opens (and runs) properly, but the badge count associated with chromium in the dock remains on zero, that is, it does not indicate the existence of the open window (with a little orange dot appearing to the left of the chromium icon).

To illustrate this problem, here is a screenshot of the dock when one firefox and one chromium windows are open:

You can clearly see that there is an orange dot next to the firefox icon, indicating that there is one firefox window open (badge count = 1) and the lack of such an orange dot next to the chromium icon (badge count = 0).

Some additional info:

• The problem doesn't always occur. I can't identify any pattern as to when would it happen.
• When pressing the Super button to show the existing open windows, the chromium window does appear.
• If I press the chromium icon in the dock again, it will open a new chromium window that usually does trigger the appearance of an orange dot next to the chromium icon (so the badge count shows 1, whereas the number of open chromium windows is actually 2).
• This problem seems to occur only with chromium. This may be related to sanp though as chromium is the only frequently used application that I installed through snap (most of my applications are installed through apt).

Any ideas?

I've installed Ubuntu 18.04 on a new desktop with a new screen and the colors seemed bleached (or washed out). This is more obvious with shades of gray that turn into white (e.g., read emails in gmail). Approaches I've already tried:

(1) Running

xrandr --output HDMI-1 --set "Broadcast RGB" "Full"

as recommended in previous posts. Doesn't help in my case.

(2) Playing with the resolution under Settings->Displays. Doesn't solve the problem.

(3) The problem is resolved if I change the color profile of my screen in Settings->Devices->Color from the default one to Test Profile Blue or to D50 or D55. However, then the screen becomes blue-ish (with the former profile) or pink-ish (with the latter ones), so it's not a sustainable solution.

Any ideas?

My system's info:

• Ubuntu version: 18.04
• Screen model: Samsung S27F350
• Graphics card vendor: Intel Corporation

I'm experiencing a serious problem with the new Ubuntu 18.04:

System
Dell XPS 13 with a freshly installed Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Problem description
The touchpad provides only primary button (single click and double click), but no secondary button. In particular, when using the "test Your Settings" option in Settings -> Devices -> Mouse & Touchpad, any click on the touchpad is signaled as primary button, no matter where I click (left or right side of the touchpad). This remains the case even after I change the Primary Button from Left to Right (in Settings -> Devices -> Mouse & Touchpad -> General).

In comparison, an external mouse connected to my laptop (via usb) works fine: it provides both primary and secondary buttons with sides corresponding to the choice of Primary Button (in Settings -> Devices -> Mouse & Touchpad -> General).

This may be related to Touchpad right click doesn't work on touchpad, only the buttons above it. Thinkpad E480 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Any ideas?

Update:
Meanwhile, I found out that in addition to the solution proposed by EntropyWins, one can also control this touchpad behavior via the Tweaks tool (a.k.a. gnome-tweaks) under Keyboard & Mouse -> Touchpad -> Mouse Click Emulation. In any case, as EntropyWins explains in his answer, this is not a bug.