--- a/libdiscover/backends/PackageKitBackend/PackageKitUpdater.h

+++ b/libdiscover/backends/PackageKitBackend/PackageKitUpdater.h

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ private:

     QSet<AbstractResource *> m_allUpgradeable;

     bool m_isCancelable;

     bool m_isProgressing;

-    bool m_useOfflineUpdates = false;

+    bool m_useOfflineUpdates = true;

     int m_percentage;

     QDateTime m_lastUpdate;

     QMap<PackageKit::Transaction::Info, QStringList> m_packagesModified;

--- a/libdiscover/backends/PackageKitBackend/PackageKitUpdater.cpp

+++ b/libdiscover/backends/PackageKitBackend/PackageKitUpdater.cpp

@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ void PackageKitUpdater::proceed()

 bool PackageKitUpdater::useOfflineUpdates() const

 {

-    return m_useOfflineUpdates || qEnvironmentVariableIntValue("PK_OFFLINE_UPDATE");

+    return (m_useOfflineUpdates || qEnvironmentVariableIntValue("PK_OFFLINE_UPDATE")) && !qEnvironmentVariableIsSet("NO_PK_OFFLINE_UPDATE");

 }

 void PackageKitUpdater::setOfflineUpdates(bool use)

--- a/libdiscover/resources/ResourcesUpdatesModel.h

+++ b/libdiscover/resources/ResourcesUpdatesModel.h

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ private:

     QVector<AbstractBackendUpdater *> m_updaters;

     bool m_lastIsProgressing;

-    bool m_offlineUpdates = false;

+    bool m_offlineUpdates = true;

     QPointer<UpdateTransaction> m_transaction;

 };

--- a/libdiscover/resources/ResourcesUpdatesModel.cpp

+++ b/libdiscover/resources/ResourcesUpdatesModel.cpp

@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ void ResourcesUpdatesModel::init()

     // kwriteconfig5 --file discoverrc --group Software --key UseOfflineUpdates true

     auto sharedConfig = KSharedConfig::openConfig();

     KConfigGroup group(sharedConfig, "Software");

-    m_offlineUpdates = group.readEntry<bool>("UseOfflineUpdates", false);

+    m_offlineUpdates = group.readEntry<bool>("UseOfflineUpdates", true);

     KConfigWatcher::Ptr watcher = KConfigWatcher::create(sharedConfig);

     connect(watcher.data(), &KConfigWatcher::configChanged, [this](const KConfigGroup &group, const QByteArrayList &names) {

@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ void ResourcesUpdatesModel::init()

             return;

         }

-        if (m_offlineUpdates == group.readEntry<bool>("UseOfflineUpdates", false)) {

+        if (m_offlineUpdates == group.readEntry<bool>("UseOfflineUpdates", true)) {

             return;

         }

         Q_EMIT useUnattendedUpdatesChanged();