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I'm using the KDE version and updates come in automatically through Discover. They almost always announce in the system tray that a reboot is required.
You also don't have to reboot when Discover says to. It's just saying that the updates won't take effect until you reboot. It could probably be worded better, for sure.
On the other hand you rather have to put a gun to the average GUI user's head to get them to reboot ever, otherwise the computer will sit there for months on end until finally they shut it down once and it can finally apply updates.
Honestly that little reboot icon in the sys tray is sort of like a loaded gun pointed at me
This is exactly my issue, Just as I can't deal with unread notifications, I can't live with a pending update icon just sitting there.
Right click the up arrow > configure icons tray > second tab > reboot notification > disabled.