diff -ru source.orig/src/update-notifier.c source/src/update-notifier.c
--- source.orig/src/update-notifier.c	2023-05-01 12:24:36.171054235 -0400
+++ source/src/update-notifier.c	2023-05-01 13:54:27.833304128 -0400
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 gboolean update_timer_finished(gpointer data);
 
 // the time when we check for fam events, in seconds
-#define TIMEOUT_FAM 180
+#define TIMEOUT_FAM 30
 
 // the timeout (in sec) when a further activity from dpkg/apt
 // causes the applet to "ungray"
@@ -388,10 +388,9 @@
 
    // monitor these dirs
    static const char *monitor_dirs[] = {
-      "/var/lib/apt/lists/", "/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/",
-      "/var/cache/apt/archives/", "/var/cache/apt/archives/partial/",
+      "/var/lib/apt/lists/",
+      "/var/cache/apt/archives/",
       HOOKS_DIR,
-      CRASHREPORT_DIR,
       NULL};
    for(i=0;monitor_dirs[i] != NULL;i++) {
       if (getenv("UPSTART_SESSION") && monitor_dirs[i] == CRASHREPORT_DIR) {
@@ -411,7 +410,6 @@
       "/var/lib/dpkg/status",
       "/var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp",
       "/var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp",
-      LIVEPATCH_FILE,
       NULL};
    for(i=0;monitor_files[i] != NULL;i++) {
       GError *error = NULL;
diff -ru source.orig/src/update.c source/src/update.c
--- source.orig/src/update.c	2023-05-01 14:30:39.889778059 -0400
+++ source/src/update.c	2023-05-01 18:05:21.754318730 -0400
@@ -702,7 +702,8 @@
 
    // show the notification with some delay. otherwise on a login
    // the origin of the window is 0,0 and that looks ugly
-   g_timeout_add_seconds(5, show_notification, ta);
+   if (priv->num_upgrades != 0)
+       g_timeout_add_seconds(5, show_notification, ta);
 
    return TRUE;
 }
diff -ru source.orig/src/update.c source/src/update.c
--- source.orig/src/update.c	2023-05-01 14:30:39.889778059 -0400
+++ source/src/update.c	2023-05-01 20:45:14.717390627 -0400
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
 					    GTK_STOCK_DIALOG_INFO, 48,0,NULL);
    notify_notification_set_icon_from_pixbuf (n, pix);
    g_object_unref(pix);
-   notify_notification_set_timeout (n, 60*1000);
+   notify_notification_set_timeout (n, 10*1000);
    notify_notification_show(n, NULL);
    // save the notification handle
    if (priv->active_notification)
