Notices

Every few days I get the flashing icon telling me there are updates for facebook and other stuff. (I've done the PR1.2 unfortunately).

I keep ignoring it but soon enough it's back. I can't seem to find a setting to do anything about it.

Is there a way to stop it for these things I don't want?

Well if it's an update I suggest you install it. If it's something you don't want, uninstall it. You shouldn't be in a situation where running old versions of things is beneficial.

Disable the repo?

Updates for what facebook thing?

one reason why you don`t want bugfixes and stability
have fun
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/ap....en.html#s-pin

I think the best solution would be just updating (why would you want to keep using old version). If you have extras-testing or/and -devel in use and you don't want to update from them just disable them.

on a related note..i dont like Application Manager connecting automatically to check for updates when i connect to my data connection..it eats up like 10 MBs easily checking for updates..i have limited data on my plan..so i would rather have the Application Manager check for updates when i want it to..not whenever it feels like it...any ideas? this is also what the OP might be looking for

Yeah that would be ideal.

The apps, none of which I'm interested (right now) in are:
Amazon installer
AP News installer
Documents to go installer
Facebook installer
Foreca installer
tutorial-home-applet

just uninstall them thru the app-manager

I can see how the ability to exclude some apps from updating could be useful:

In my case I have one particular app installed that I like quite a bit in its current state, and have not encountered any bugs in my usage. Meanwhile, the developer of this app is currently undertaking some dramatic re-writes to the UI that I'm not particularly fond of (absolutely their prerogative to do so), and as a result I have no interest in updating at this point and losing the version of the app that I like.

However, I'm also using a number of other apps which are in need of updates from time to time, so I have no interest in disabling the Extras repos or the automatic update checks since I find that feature useful..

IMO it would be great to be able to simply long-press an app and tell App Manager to ignore updates. An item called "reset ignored updates" could be added to the App Manager menu.

This page will tell you how to disable automatic checking.