diff -up a/eric/src/eric7/Preferences/__init__.py.defaults b/eric/src/eric7/Preferences/__init__.py
--- a/eric/src/eric7/Preferences/__init__.py.defaults	2020-01-27 08:42:04.442893427 -0600
+++ b/eric/src/eric7/Preferences/__init__.py	2020-01-27 08:43:52.885446881 -0600
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ class Prefs(object):
         "ShowSplash": True,
         "SplitOrientationVertical": False,
         "UseNativeMenuBar": True,
-        "PerformVersionCheck": 3,
+        "PerformVersionCheck": 0,
         # 0 = off
         # 1 = at startup
         # 2 = daily
@@ -1010,11 +1010,11 @@ class Prefs(object):
     # defaults for the help settings
     helpDefaults = {
         "CustomViewer": "",
-        "PythonDocDir": "",
-        "Qt5DocDir": "",
-        "Qt6DocDir": "",
-        "PyQt5DocDir": "https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Docs/PyQt5/",
-        "PyQt6DocDir": "https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Docs/PyQt6/",
+        "PythonDocDir": "/usr/share/doc/python3-docs/html",
+        "Qt5DocDir": "/usr/share/doc/qt5/html",
+        "Qt6DocDir": "/usr/share/doc/qt6/qtdoc",
+        "PyQt5DocDir": "/usr/share/doc/python-qt5-doc/html",
+        "PyQt6DocDir": "/usr/share/doc/python-pyqt6-doc/html",
         "PySide2DocDir": "",
         "PySide6DocDir": "",
         "EricDocDir": "",